Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Quote of the Day (Timothy Snyder, on Globalization, Totalitarianism, and History)

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“Both fascism and communism were responses to globalization: to the real and perceived inequalities it created, and the apparent helplessnes...
Monday, December 6, 2021

Quote of the Day (Robert Benchley, on a Christmas Pageant in the Vestry Starring Kids)

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“Twenty-five seconds too early little Flora Rochester will prance out from the wings, uttering the first shrill notes of a song, and will ha...
Sunday, December 5, 2021

Spiritual Quote of the Day (Fr. Ronald Knox, on God and ‘The Love That Waits’)

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“The world… does not understand the love that waits, any more than the love that weeps. It is so impressed with the feeling that this and th...
Saturday, December 4, 2021

Quote of the Day (Poet Jack Gilbert, on How ‘We Must Risk Delight’)

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  “We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in...
Friday, December 3, 2021

Quote of the Day (Tracy Morgan, on His Christmas List)

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“What I need for Christmas is another zero at the end of my paycheck."—Comedian Tracy Morgan, quoted in Clark Collis, “This Week We’re ...
Thursday, December 2, 2021

Flashback, December 1971: Lennon’s Yule Classic, ‘Happy Xmas,’ Released

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Released 50 years ago this week, while American soldiers were still dying in Vietnam, “ Happy Xmas (War Is Over) ” did not enjoy the kind of...
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Quote of the Day (Carl Safina, on Early December in Eastern Long Island)

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“With a real frost in the air and a mad-dog bite to the wind, winter is no longer just a concept. A new moon has the tide kicked way up. Wav...