I have wondered now for some time how to talk about my depression. Other than to my parents and to… Read more My Melancholy
Reflections on the Delaware Classical Association Conference
Today the Delaware Classics Association met for the first time in two years at St. Andrews’s School in Middletown, home… Read more Reflections on the Delaware Classical Association Conference
Latin Day MMXVIII
Yesterday was Latin Day in New Castle County, Delaware, one of the most peculiar and most enjoyable days of the… Read more Latin Day MMXVIII
The National Latin Exam
Yesterday, I received the results of the National Latin Exam, which many of my students took ominously on the Ides… Read more The National Latin Exam
The Philosophy and Psychology of Suffering: A Review of Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
I visited the United States Memorial Holocaust Museum in D.C. with my family over Easter Weekend. Like so many others… Read more The Philosophy and Psychology of Suffering: A Review of Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
The Importance of a Name
The matter of names has been on my mind a lot recently. I have come to realize the importance and… Read more The Importance of a Name
How to be a Feminist Soccer Coach, Part II
Well, we are now in the midst of our soccer season with our first match tomorrow. Oddly, with our first… Read more How to be a Feminist Soccer Coach, Part II
The Redemption of an Existentialist Monster: A Review of Grendel by John Gardner
When a wry, self-aware novel successfully and subtly takes aim at Jean-Paul Sartre, you know you have a very special… Read more The Redemption of an Existentialist Monster: A Review of Grendel by John Gardner
Old English Epic and an Irish Poet: A Review of Beowulf as Translated by Seamus Heaney
Just as other epic poems, most notably Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, seem to conceal beneath a veneer of uncomplicated heroism… Read more Old English Epic and an Irish Poet: A Review of Beowulf as Translated by Seamus Heaney
A Fresh Take on Caesar: A Review of Caesar in Gaul and Rome by Andrew Riggsby
I currently teach Advanced Placement Latin at an elite independent school, and before this year, I had never read Julius… Read more A Fresh Take on Caesar: A Review of Caesar in Gaul and Rome by Andrew Riggsby