An International Herald Tribune article points out that housing prices in the suburbs are falling faster than prices in the urban core, possibly because of rocketing fuel costs. Will fuel prices remake our cities and kill our suburbs?
Archive for June, 2008
Will we be writing the history of the suburbs soon?
Posted in Clio, tagged economics, fuel prices, housing on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Readings
Posted in Clio, tagged historians, history, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey on June 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
‘You are fond of history! — and so are Mr. Allen and my
father; and I have two brothers who do not dislike it. So
many instances within my small circle of friends is remarkable!
At this rate, I shall not pity the writers of history any
longer. If people like to read their books, it is all very
well; [...]
Review of The Road by Cormac McCarthy, Pt 2
Posted in Calvin, tagged Atheism, Christopher Hitchens, Cormac McCarthy, morality, philosophy, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, The Road on June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An edited version of this review appeared in the April, 2008, edition of Touchstone
In his two characters, McCarthy presents us with a study of the tension between moral pragmatism and moral purity. In the father, McCarthy has written a character burdened with a responsibility–caring for his son–that complicates his moral choices. He is frequently presented [...]
Review of The Road by Cormac McCarthy, Pt 1
Posted in Calvin, tagged Cormac McCarthy, literature, morality, philosophy, religion, The Road, Touchstone on June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An edited version of this review first appeared in the April, 2008, edition of Touchstone
As I read The Road, I kept imagining two people sitting on a darkened stage with the ruins of the world around them, one saying “everything is gone,” and the other asking “what is left?” McCarthy is probably best known for [...]
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