Grad student in political science discusses poetry and philosophy, describing their relevance to the field. Entries cover Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Yeats, Auden, Aristotle, Plato, Nietzsche, Heidegger and Leo Strauss in addition to current political topics and personal notes.

• Remarks delivered at the University of Dallas Due Santi Campus, 1/4/09
  Tue, 6th Jan 2009 09:57 EST
  
  for Marilyn Walker and the Collegium Cantorum The University of Dallas isn’t really a place, but a spirit. Some want to say the spirit is that of critical inquiry, or that...
• Collegium Cantorum of the University of Dallas’ Pilgrimage to Rome, 12/26/08 - 1/5/09
  Tue, 6th Jan 2009 09:23 EST
  
  Just an opinion. Quite obviously, many others in the same group will differ. Also, an additional note: our tour guide, Alessio Rosoldi, was excellent. He can be reached at alessiorosoldi@hotmail.com...
• Masaccio’s “Holy Trinity”
  Thu, 1st Jan 2009 01:37 EST
  
  Seen in person at Santa Maria Novella in Florence. The Holy Trinity, with the Virgin and Saint John and donors The classical elements are not superfluous. The hallway supported by arches suggests...
• When in Rome…
  Thu, 1st Jan 2009 01:18 EST
  
  1. New friends: mosaic artist Julie Richey not only does some amazing work, but is even blogging about the Collegium Rome trip I’m still on. Cherie Peacock’s (who’s on the...
• “Sharks’ Teeth,” by Kay Ryan
  Sun, 28th Dec 2008 00:33 EST
  
  At the University of Dallas Rome campus at Due Santi, with Collegium Cantorum. Very lucky to have Internet, some very bad news has come my way, and I do ask...
• Flying.
  Fri, 26th Dec 2008 02:12 EST
  
  Dear _____: I’m packing for a trip as I write this. When I come back, the new year will have arrived and all will be at work again. I think of you...
• Does the Earth belong to the Living? On Jefferson’s Letter to Madison, Sept. 6, 1789
  Fri, 26th Dec 2008 01:34 EST
  
  Letter of Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, Paris September 6, 1789 I think we can see a more radical Jefferson in this letter, one who may have changed in some ways...
• I’m around, just quiet…
  Tue, 23rd Dec 2008 02:35 EST
  
  I’m out of the country from Dec. 26th - Jan. 5th. My brother whom I haven’t seen in months is back for a short while and I want to hang...
• Towards Immortality: On Emily Dickinson’s “I dwell in Possibility…” (657)
  Thu, 18th Dec 2008 13:49 EST
  
  “I dwell in Possibility…” (657) Emily Dickinson I dwell in Possibility - A fairer House than Prose - More numerous of Windows - Superior - for Doors - Of Chambers as the Cedars - Impregnable of Eye...
• A Note of Thanks, and a Request
  Wed, 17th Dec 2008 21:10 EST
  
  Jennifer [that link may not work well] has been a huge help to me and this blog - it’s because of her that the template you’re seeing now was found;...