There is a man named Jeff Kisselof whose vocation is to prove, 75 years on from his conviction, the innocence of Alger Hiss. You ask, Jay, what we'd like to know; I'd like to know what drives such a man—David Irving comes to mind too—to persist, despite unimpeachable evidence of his folly, in his prosecution of a lie. I don't suppose I'd be satisfied with the answer, but there it is.
I think when you grow up around a classicist, you absorb a lot of history and some language, even if it’s just word roots from Latin and Greek-also an appreciation for the influence classic civilization had on our Western one.
So is she converting to "Roll Tide"?
Let us not forget about Pulaski and Kosiouscu !
Nice bridges too !
There is a man named Jeff Kisselof whose vocation is to prove, 75 years on from his conviction, the innocence of Alger Hiss. You ask, Jay, what we'd like to know; I'd like to know what drives such a man—David Irving comes to mind too—to persist, despite unimpeachable evidence of his folly, in his prosecution of a lie. I don't suppose I'd be satisfied with the answer, but there it is.
I think when you grow up around a classicist, you absorb a lot of history and some language, even if it’s just word roots from Latin and Greek-also an appreciation for the influence classic civilization had on our Western one.
Thanks again, Jay. a lot to perc, in this one.
I love New York:
attended grammar school, high school and university in the Bronx;
had the city to myself on many mornings riding the IRT to my 2-10 am job;
and especially alone one Easter Sunday morning in 1979 - Broadway at 54th Street.
"Patriotism, not Globalism" ???
So, wadda we doin' "running Venezuela" / killing Columbians in the Pacific / bombing Iran ???
Not studying Greek has also been a lifelong regret. Could I start over, I’d be a Classicist then figure out a way to make a living.
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