"A GREAT DEAL OF VIRTUE AND PIETY” wrote Thomas Merton in Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander, “is simply the easy price we pay in order to justify a life that is essentially trifling. Nothing is …
December 21, 1995
News & Stories
Monks at Prince of Peace in Oceanside bring back author's time with Trappists
Richard Meltzer on Liszt, Wagner, Verdi
I have no context, no history (other than remote; remoter than remote; wholly, utterly adventitious) to plug into when I listen to classical music, no environment in which to meet and greet it even halfway.
December 21, 1995
The annual Matthew Alice quiz for readers
Ignoring a deluge of requests, we’ll end the year with our annual pop quiz designed to show you how much smarter you are now than you were 364 days ago — ail thanks to the …
December 21, 1995