“Today everything is theology, except that which theologians speak about.” Carl Schmitt in 1959, with reference to Jacob Taubes

History as ghost-story: “Like specters, the separate parts of time rise up & devour each other.” Jacob Taubes, 1947 Stanford Press

In 1926, Paul Tillich published a widely-read reflection on history titled “Das Dämonische”. Maybe worth revisiting in 2026.

Remarkably, India is mentioned twice in the Book of Esther — in the formula, “from India to Ethiopia” (at 1:1 & 8:9). I Maccabees not only features a cohort of combat-ready elephants, but an “Indian driver” (at 6:37). Harvard University Press International

Is India mentioned in the Book of Job? Max Müller thought so, noting that the Vulgate reads an obscure toponym, “Ophir”, as “India” at Job 28.16: Non conferetur tinctis Indiae coloribus.

Good to see the University of Florida in the top five public colleges Forbes.

We must stand with the Christians of Gaza. 21st-century ‘Western’ policy has been disastrous for Christianity in Western Asia. It still is.

I am slightly over halfway through: an elegant, coherent, and convincing synthesis of many of the major trends in the historiography of the Habsburg Empire. A great way to catch up with the literature, it will also be very readable for undergrads, and really for anyone.

"Take care of the beauty of the earth" Soviet poster

“I know all things save myself alone” Je cognois tout fors que moi mesme François Villon

Ultra-modern 25-year-old Ezra Pound, unironically: “The study of literature is hero-worship.”

“Art is a fluid moving above or over the minds of men.” Ezra Pound, 1910