Ted Cruz as Cicero?

By Mike Schultz in What I'm Readng on

The headline at The New Yorker—Obama, Cruz, and Catiline [http://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/obama-cruz-catiline]—really got me. I labored over the Catiline orations in high school, and I've actually got a copy of De Senectute next to my desk to get to soon, but I…

So True for So Long

By Mike Schultz in What I'm Reading on

> 'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.' Marcus Tullius Cicero — The School of Life (@TheSchoolOfLife) September 22, 2014 [https://twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife/status/514021500450787328] Seeing this lovely thought reminds me that Seneca's On the Shortness of Life is near…