Tohu Bohu – Page 373 – “…the tohu-bohu of inquiries, which have never yet emerged from the stage of chaos.” -William Gladstone.

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Vardibidian April 7, 2003 2 Comments

Your Humble Blogger would like to thank Jed for his nifty comments widget; from now on, you, yes, you, Gentle Reader, can correct my egregious errors. In Real Time. This is, perhaps, a segue to the point that what I…

Almost Entirely about Gandhi

Vardibidian April 4, 2003 2 Comments

A friend writes, in response to my earlier comment on Gandhi: “In the process of slogging through lifetime after lifetime one closes in on the harmonic understanding; which is paradoxical; because the understanding (as put in Albert Brooks’s movie “Defending…

The Mikado, or the Town of Chichibu

Vardibidian April 3, 2003 Comments Off

This morning’s New York Times has an interesting article (regreq, as usual) about a production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Mikado in Japan. Evidently, it had never been performed in Japan by a Japanese cast for a Japanese audience, until a…

Conservative Tenet # 5

Vardibidian April 2, 2003 Comments Off

Well, and Your Humble Blogger is up to the fifth of 21 Conservative Tenets, from Clinton Lawrence Rossiter’s book Conservatism in America (New York: Knopf © 1955). 5. The need for a ruling and serving aristocracy. This seems to me…

Gummint and Big Bidness

Vardibidian April 1, 2003 Comments Off

Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal had an editorial by Richard Perle defending his actions. It’s an interesting read. He talks quite seriously about the need for elected and appointed positions to be advised by Big Business, saying “Most often, the people…

Conservative Tenet # 4

Vardibidian March 31, 2003 Comments Off

Your Humble Blogger has been slacking lately; perhaps a way to get back into the swing of things is with another Conservative Tenet. When we last left our Conservative, he was up to … 4. The inevitability and necessity of…

Now, with Added Enmity!

Vardibidian March 27, 2003 Comments Off

It seems that the esteemed diplomat Rumsfeld is fomenting religious violence in Baghdad. There’s genius. There’s the groundwork for years of peace. There’s the thoughtful preparation for the long-term we expect from our administration. Hoo-Hah. I understand that we want…