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Wind Rose Hotel

 Rob Piccoli ― http://windrosehotel.blogspot.com

News, analysis and comments on international politics, political science, philosophy, religion, and humanities.

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Listed: Nov 13, 2010

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Why I Wrote 'Blessed Are the Contrarians'

Why I Wrote 'Blessed Are the Contrarians'

Wind Rose Hotel ― I wrote this note for a Group at Goodreads.com called “The reasons why you wrote your book or books,” but I think it fits here, too. ∙ There is no specific reason why I wrote Blessed Are the Contrarians, nor was there ever even any decision ...

Rob Piccoli ― 20 weeks ago

A Review of Blessed Are the Contrarians: Diary of a Journey Through Interesting Times

A Review of Blessed Are the Contrarians: Diary of a Journey Through Interesting Times

Wind Rose Hotel ― ~ “LETTERS FROM AMERICA” - by The Metaphysical Peregrine ~ ∙ Yesterday finished reading Rob's Blessed Are the ∙ Contrarians: Diary of a Journey Through Interesting Times. It's a ∙ worthwhile read, and a great reminder of ideas ...

Rob Piccoli ― 23 weeks ago

Blessed Are the Contrarians

Blessed Are the Contrarians

Wind Rose Hotel ― All right, that’s it, I’m done with this job. My new book is out just in time for Christmas. Here is the Preface to Blessed Are the Contrarians: Diary of a Journey Through Interesting Times. ∙ I wish you all ∙ a Merry Christmas and ...

Rob Piccoli ― 25 weeks ago

The Infinite Quest

The Infinite Quest

Wind Rose Hotel ― Hold tight, dear readers, what this note is all about is nothing less than the Infinite. Tough topic, I know (and how could it be otherwise?), but it’s time, if not past time, because yesterday was not just an ordinary day. In fact yesterday we...

Rob Piccoli ― 28 weeks ago

Tipping Point and the Seven Deadly Sins

Tipping Point and the Seven Deadly Sins

Wind Rose Hotel ― ~ “LETTERS FROM AMERICA” - by The Metaphysical Peregrine ~ ∙ This week America ∙ passed the tipping point. We found out America ∙ has moved from a constitutional republic based on moral scriptural values and ∙ beliefs, ...

Rob Piccoli ― 31 weeks ago

The Desire for God

The Desire for God

Wind Rose Hotel ― Benozzo Gozzoli, St Augustine Departing for Milan (between 1464 and 1465) ∙ Apsidal Chapel of Sant' Agostino, San Gimignano, Italy ∙ Pope Benedict XVI (from this week’s Wednesday audience in Rome): ∙ Continuing our ...

Rob Piccoli ― 31 weeks ago

A Defense of Bores

A Defense of Bores

Wind Rose Hotel ― “There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person. Nothing is more keenly required than a defence of bores. When Byron divided humanity into the bores and bored, he omitted to ...

Rob Piccoli ― 32 weeks ago

500 Years of the Sistine Chapel

500 Years of the Sistine Chapel

Wind Rose Hotel ― “Without having seen the Sistine Chapel one can form no appreciable idea of what one man is capable of achieving. ” ∙ ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Rome, August 23, 1787 ∙ Today the Sistine Chapel celebrates 500 years. Click here if...

Rob Piccoli ― 32 weeks ago

Ralph Waldo Emerson: How I 'Met' Him

Ralph Waldo Emerson: How I 'Met' Him

Wind Rose Hotel ― [Warning — another very long post!] ∙ After Montaigne, I “met” Emerson. That’s how I would summarize a very important part of the story of my intellectual life. To both of them I owe much of what I have achieved in my life as a thinking ...

Rob Piccoli ― 32 weeks ago

Montaigne: A 16th Century Blogger

Montaigne: A 16th Century Blogger

Wind Rose Hotel ― Michel de Montaigne's library-tower ∙ Someone says the best way to read Montaigne is by sitting under a tree along a small river, as the ancients used to do. Someone else says the only one place in which you can read Montaigne is a library, ...

Rob Piccoli ― 32 weeks ago

431st Anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto, Oct. 7, 1571

431st Anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto, Oct. 7, 1571

Wind Rose Hotel ― The Battle of Lepanto, H. Letter, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich/London. ∙ On October 7 the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, but the feast has its origin in an event, the battle of Lepanto, that took ...

Rob Piccoli ― 32 weeks ago

Truth Will Out

Truth Will Out

Wind Rose Hotel ― Photo courtesy The New York Post - EPAThere is a saying in Italian which literally translated means “lies have short legs” (so they don’t go very far), and which roughly corresponds to “Truth will out” in English. This seems to particularly apply ...

Rob Piccoli ― 32 weeks ago

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Blessed Are the Contrarians

by Rob Piccoli ∙ 25 weeks ago
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All right, that’s it, I’m done with this job. My new book is out just in time for ...

The Desire for God

by Rob Piccoli ∙ 31 weeks ago
The Desire for God

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Torcello: The True Pearl of the Lagoon

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Torcello: The True Pearl of the Lagoon

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