Polyhymnia

Blake Scott Ball has done us the honor of becoming a fellow at Polyhymnia. You can get to know him a little bit here. As it turns out, he is a pretty interesting and smart guy. We’re happy to have him on board, and you will be glad to meet him. https://hvilleblast.com/charlie-brown-una-blake-scott-ball/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOO07FleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeQh8Z7O1XCWYHB2syALKdC2DzqAKSI4RhPnG0K5pyXHRiIy0yfrWw04RrMEA_aem_ytsJxALTtgfE9ESZfimcwQ

Apple TV+ subscribers now have the opportunity to peer into the complex mind of filmmaker Martin Scorcese in a five-part docuseries. And readers now have the opportunity to see what Rebecca Miller learned as she made Mr. Scorcese. “He talks a lot about an obligation to tap into a truth about human beings. And that’s …

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Polyhymnia Chief Operating Officer James R. Harrigan and economist Antony Davies discuss the two most important sentences in history, one political and philosophical, the other commercial. These two sentences, taken together, provide the bedrock of Western life and have improved the fortunes of man everywhere they have been embraced. And in the end, it all …

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Polyhymnia Senior Fellow Jay Nordlinger joins John Daly on the DalyExpress podcast to discuss, among other things, the Renew Democracy Initiative, free speech consistency, Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado, the Young Republicans chat controversy, and, of all things, public restrooms? You can have a look at the full interview here. https://www.bernardgoldberg.com/p/jay-nordlinger-on-free-speech-consistency

Imagine being called at 9p and being asked to sub in for another performer for an afternoon concert the next afternoon in front of 2000 people. It sounds daunting, but imagine that you had played the piece in concert just a few weeks before. Less daunting. Now imagine you get on stage, and the orchestra …

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by Thomas R. Grover I wish I hadn’t looked at X on Sunday night.  Earlier in the day, a gunman attacked a congregation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Michigan. He also set fire to the church building, which is a total loss. As of this writing, four congregants are dead, …

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David Frisk reviews Lawrence Perelman’s American Impresario: William F. Buckley, Jr., and the Elements of American Character for Law and Liberty. He writes that the book is “a gem, richly insightful on two of Buckley’s deepest qualities—his love of classical music and generosity as a mentor.” It’s the story of how Perelman came to meet …

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Up today on Words & Numbers, Antony Davies and I are joined by Clark Neily, Senior Vice President for Legal Studies at the Cato Institute, to discuss the weaponization of the Department of Justice, and what that might mean moving forward. The thing you can bet on is that whatever the Trump administration does with …

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Few people seem interested in learning. Many prefer cheering. Americans in 2025 are, in important respects, less knowledgeable about the world and about themselves than Americans were in 1925. Or 1825.