I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down. 2 Kings 21:13
The time may come when many will think that the gates of hell have prevailed against Christ’s church.
Hezekiah removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. 2 Kings 18:4
The Court … returns … authority to the people and their elected representatives. —Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Since Congress and the President are presumed to be elected by the people, Dobbs doesn’t prevent the Federal government, as well as the States, from regulating abortion.
D. G. Myers by Patrick Kurp via @waisberg
So many of the kings of Israel did which was evil in the sight of the Lord.
And all the women therein that were with child he ripped up. 2 Kings 15:16
[Michael Dirda on Agnes Repplier](https://www.Washington post.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/15/AR2009071503818.html) via @waisberg
Prestige is like the blush of a grape, and when it goes, it goes forever. —Theodore Dalrymple via @waisberg
Brooklyn Heights
Bento boxes at Rice & Miso, Boerum Hill
New York Traffic Museum
Barzun on Teaching by Lee Trepanier
Grand Central Station
Writing on the wall near the Poughkeepsie train station.
Simone Weil was a student of the philosopher Alain (Émile Chartier). —Elizabeth Hardwick via @waisberg
Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason. 2 kings 11:14