Last night four of us met to discuss the first chapter of G.K. Chesterton’s The Man Who Was Thursday. The discussion ranged freely from anarchy, chaos and order in the arts to Chesterton’s use of … Tea with ChestertonRead more
An Old Coot Teaches Kierkegaard to Youngsters
I am almost **.5 years old, and my students are in their teens. Some of their parents are younger than my sons. In my post “On Aging” (http://billisley.com/2023/01/on-aging/#more-4730) I mentioned discussing the Danish philosopher Søren … An Old Coot Teaches Kierkegaard to YoungstersRead more
On Aging
No one has said, or at least should have said, that aging is easy.
This Is the Female Primeval: A Review of Let Him Go
Let Him Go (2020), starring Diane Lane and Kevin Costner, is aptly described as a neo-western, but not chiefly because it is set in the early 1960’s instead of in the Old West of the … This Is the Female Primeval: A Review of Let Him GoRead more
Simone Biles, Sports, Sponsorship, Social Media and the Modern Self
I was glad to see that Simone Biles was able to compete again in the Olympics and win a bronze medal on the balance beam. She is an outstanding gymnast who has advanced the sport/art … Simone Biles, Sports, Sponsorship, Social Media and the Modern SelfRead more
