Pleasures of the Text*

We need history, but not the way a spoiled loafer in the garden of knowledge needs it. –Nietzsche, Of the Use and Abuse of History As in every Busay literary folio published in the past, this year’s edition tastes like

A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire

In the wake of the contradictions among the reactionary ruling cliques — the tangled warfare among the warlords — comes heavier taxation, which steadily sharpens the contradiction between the broad masses of taxpayers and the reactionary rulers. In the wake