Some Learned Lamentations

Here is a brilliant and timely analysis of William Blake's "London."

http://chronicle.com/article/William-Blakes-America-2010/125024/

LONDON, by William Blake

I wander through each chartered street,
   Near where the chartered Thames does flow,
And mark in every face I meet,
   Marks of weakness, marks of woe.

In every cry of every man,
   In every infant's cry of fear,
In every voice, in every ban,
   The mind-forged manacles I hear:

How the chimney-sweeper's cry
   Every blackening church appals,
And the hapless soldier's sigh
   Runs in blood down palace-walls.

But most, through midnight streets I hear
   How the youthful harlot's curse
Blasts the new-born infant's tear,
   And blights with plagues the marriage hearse.

How Laws Are Made

Make sure you have something nearby to catch the puke.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130833741

Anyone here?

You need to go to this link in google chrome with everything else shut down.

http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/#Westminster+School,+Simsbury+Center,+CT+06070,+USA

First Share From Bren!

This is perfect for the blog.

Here is a snippet of dialogue from a very fine motion picture that captures the spirit of the below article:

Ismay: But this ship can't sink! 
Thomas Andrews: She is made of iron, sir. I assure you, she can. And she will. It is a mathematical certainty. 

http://www.thenation.com/article/154458/busted-stories-financial-crisis?page=full

Ted, better read your Marx.