Pattern The greens and greys of hospitals and office corridors are depressing and cold. Natural wood, sunlight, bright colors are warm. In some way, the Continue Reading
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Kidner on wisdom’s breadth
It was no misuse of scripture to inscribe over the entrance of not only the old Cavendish laboratory in Cambridge but, in the 1970s, of Continue Reading
#252: Pools of Light
Pattern Uniform illumination — the sweetheart of the lighting engineers — serves no useful purpose whatsoever. In fact, it destroys the social nature of space, Continue Reading
#253: Things from Your Life
(This is the start of a series in which I will be going through Christopher Alexander’s “Pattern Language” book in reverse order, from the smallest Continue Reading
American colonists as blacks
Indeed, one is tempted to say that the colonists existed in the consciousness of Englishmen somewhat as blacks in America have existed, until very recently, Continue Reading
“Lack of Communication”
The American revolution cannot be understood unless it is possible to see each party to the dispute through the eyes of its opponent. We often Continue Reading
An Incomplete Review of “A Conflict of Visions” by Thomas Sowell
Preface In what has been described as a unusually non-polemical entry in his long list of works, in “A Conflict of Visions” Dr. Thomas Sowell Continue Reading
(Mini) Miniseries review: “Charite at War”
Reposted from my original post on Facebook in 2019: I was floored by this hidden gem I found on Netflix: “Charite at War”, a German Continue Reading
Review: The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby
Preface Mr. Jemar Tisby is a graduate of Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, MS and a PhD candidate in history at The University of Mississippi. Continue Reading
Review: Kristin Lavransdatter Trilogy
This is my review from Good Reads, written in late 2019 after I finished my first reading of the wonderful Kristin Lavransdatter Trilogy: Kristin Lavransdatter Continue Reading