Saturday, August 20, 2022

I Was Wrong

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 A fair while back , I did my best to reassure any rad-trad readers and others who love the Traditional Latin Mass that there was no reason ...

The Vital Issue, Redux III

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 This issue becomes more important with every election, especially in the United States post- Dobbs .  I've published this post twice be...

The Problem With YouTube (and Society)

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I remember telling somebody that the internet makes it easier for you to interact with everyone in the world, and also that it makes it ea...
Monday, September 13, 2021

Remember when ...

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Do you remember when leftists cared about liberty? It was 1999.  That's the date on this George Carlin concert . It's George Carlin,...
Thursday, July 8, 2021

The Gods of the Copybook Headings

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 Ludwig von Mises once said, "Rulers do not like to admit that their power is restricted by any laws other than those of physics and bi...
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Sunday, June 20, 2021

Reflecting on Father's Day

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 I originally composed this in response to a group writing challenge posted by Jennifer Fuwiler, "What are three things your parents di...
Monday, May 31, 2021

Not my usual thing

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I don't do hot takes. I first saw this video yesterday, and it made me mad enough to fisk it today. Getting mad that someone won’t date...
Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Improving the Constitution

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 I've been mulling over the apparent shortcomings of our federal government, and a couple possible constitutional amendments have come t...
Saturday, March 6, 2021

Policy Review: A vs. E:

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 Let us consider an imaginary university system, the Generic State University System.  Their board of regents is trying to decide between tw...
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Monday, January 11, 2021

We Are Tin Ducks in a Shooting Gallery

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 Even some liberals and Democrats are aghast at what has hppened, lately, to President Trump.  In the aftermath of the demonstrations and ri...
Friday, June 12, 2020

Some random thoughts on the passing scene.

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One of the most infamous events in the rise of fascism in the previous century was Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass.  A bunch of Ger...
Saturday, May 30, 2020

When's the last time you were this happy?

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Behold, a girl who picked up the sticks at two, and has played the drums like a rock star from the age of eight.  And that's not just me...
Saturday, March 14, 2020

You Are Probably Washing Your Hands Wrong

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Most people do not adequately wash all surfaces of their hands.  This visual guide ( my source ) is almost adequate: Large format PDFs ...
Sunday, January 19, 2020

The Carrot and the Stick

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It is a truism of political science that there are two ways to get a mule to do what you want:  to use the carrot, or the stick.  These appr...
Sunday, June 16, 2019

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A video interview of Fr. Gordon Macrae has surfaced.  Never before has he been allowed to speak, directly, for himself.  I embed it here. ...
Sunday, March 31, 2019

Mercy, Compassion, and the Prodigal

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I am a huge fan of These Stone Walls .  Fr. Gordon Macrae has an entirely unique point of view in the blogosphere -- a priest sent to jail, ...
Monday, October 15, 2018

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May God bless Mark Shea, who appears to have a beam in his eye .  He starts with a quote from C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity: "S...
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Monday, August 27, 2018

Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry

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Things are getting weird and bad in Holy Mother Church.  People are fretting all over St. Blog's.  Anxiety is higher than I can ever rec...
Monday, February 19, 2018

Thank you, "Weird" Al Yankovic!

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Sunday, April 9, 2017

Minimum Wage Hikes Are Not Pro-Life

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May God bless Mark Shea, who thinks he is helping . Mark is calling for a $15/hr minimum wage.  He has done so many times before, and he...
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