'Sideways Look' Blog

A Very Special Archeologist
October 05, 2015
Thirty years ago today, Glynn Isaac, then aged 47, died.
Enough is Enough
April 21, 2015
“The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse”
(Edmund Burke speaking in the House of Commons on the 7th February, 1771)
In Praise of Authority
March 30, 2015
One of the many definitions of “authority” in my American Heritage Dictionary is “an accepted source of information or advice.” In some circles it may be questionable to confer the label of “auth