Unabomber weighs in on ancient Egyptian dwarf-worship
by Luke Rodgers on February 24, 2010
Letter to the Editor, New York Review of Books, Vol. 52, No. 12, July 2005
In “Survival of the Smallest” {NYR, March 10], István Deák writes on page 22: “In ancient Egypt, dwarfs were often venerated like gods.” Deák here is (…)
Goethe-recognition FAIL
by Luke Rodgers on February 21, 2010
Goethe in same room as unaware Hölderlin; hilarity ensues
Logic of post-modern thought
by Luke Rodgers on February 19, 2010
The role played by “sympathy” in the middle ages, as Foucault develops it in The Order of Things, is today played by “contagion” (though we don’t know it).
Chekov on Nihilism
by Luke Rodgers on February 11, 2010
Excerpt from a letter, 1892.
“Your opinion doesn’t have to be based on facts”
by Luke Rodgers on February 10, 2010
According to a Teabagger
Inspiration
by Luke Rodgers on January 23, 2010
is a dish best served unexpectedly
Progress without politics
by Luke Rodgers on November 2, 2009
Are we supposed to think this is a good thing, Bloomberg?
Beer in America
by Luke Rodgers on September 7, 2009
Some amazing, good, and not so good beers I’ve tried in my first two weeks in the US
