Greetings from Pennsylvania!
This week I’m visiting family in the Keystone State. We managed to time our trip perfectly; after the snow storm itself, but closely enough to enjoy the snow while it’s still fresh. As a result, this week’s links are on the lighter side.
Here’s the best from around the internet this week:
The history of the birth certificate begins in 1903, with changes to New York’s labor laws.
It is interesting to observe the Middle Kingdom’s interest in the foundations of Western civilization at the precise moment the West is imploding due to tensions, in part, around the role of classics, their value, and what they represent. As one of the students says in this piece, ancient wisdom is relevant to all modern people, regardless of where you live or hail from.
How biographer Robert Caro structures his working days.
” ‘Paul may have the genius to be a great painter, but he will never have the genius to become one. The least obstacle makes him despair.’ ” It sounds like Emile Zola was a bad art friend.
On the power of nature to reset our cognition, the coziness of hygge, and the refreshment of uitwaaien.
Currently reading: Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
Have a great weekend.
