The Straight Dope on the Trojan War As an occasional reader of the Straight Dope through the years I was pleased to see the latest entry, though I was very highly disturbed by the questi Continue Reading →
On the End of Roman Rule in Britain Continuing on for a moment on the topic of late Roman administration, I offer a citation from J.N.L. Myres articles ‘Pelagius and the End of Roman Rul Continue Reading →
Allusion in the Modern Novel I was reading Marilynne Robinson’s novel Gilead tonight, and in one passage the narrator describes himself and a friend as boys spending large parts o Continue Reading →
