In Medias Res

[Cross-posted to By Common Consent ] Jorge Mario Bergoglio was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2001. I didn't take any notice-...

There are many fine haiku here , but this one is the best. The monster know his Thoreau, obviously. Or his Rumi.

Since the Christmas season is upon us, let's spend the month enjoying some great live Christmas pop music. This week, a classic from the...

And no, I don't know what "our era" is supposed to mean, but I wanted to shoot for something grandiose. Anyway, what a wonderf...

A rather vulgar (though not dirty) cartoon, and a very male one as well. For all that (or perhaps even because of it), a funny, poignant, ho...

Eric Clapton's guitar track from "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," isolated . Beautiful.

[Cross-Posted to Front Porch Republic ] Amongst those Americans who believe that the civic virtues which make both popular government and ...

It's basically a given, among both dreamy-eyed liberal lovers of the show and Clinton-hating conservative mockers of it, that The West W...

Blue-eyed soul joins with the authentic, muscular R&B article, and manages to make Paul McCartney's plaintive pop tune funky. Too ba...

Haters will hate, of course, but screw them: when Bono gets his high-pitched growl going, and The Edge starts with his sparkling clean guita...