February 2011
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Sunday Night Journal — February 27, 2011 I'm not able to write anything very substantial tonight, so instead I'm going to throw together a few miscellaneous things I've noticed over the past week or so. *** Simcha Fisher explains why she loves her ugly little liturgy. I'm much of the same mind, after many years…
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Weekend Music I've never heard much rap/hip-hop that I like. But considering all the wonderful music made by black Americans for the past hundred years or so, I thought there must be some, and so for years now I've had an eye, or rather an ear, out for it. I read somewhere that A Tribe…
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Morbid thought after reading some comments on a political blog: when will civil war break out in the United States? I don't think it will be soon but it sure looks like it could happen if present trends continue.
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A few weeks ago I mentioned the Carmelite monastery in Mobile (here). The last four nuns were moving out, having grown old and infirm and in need of a good deal of assistance. I've been meaning to follow up on that story. As with many religious orders, new vocations have not been arriving for many…
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I took that step quite a while ago. Now I need to take this one. Or rather the one described in the rollover text of the image (roll your mouse over the image).
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It's not something one has occasion to do very often, but I did feel a twinge of pity for her when I read this rejection letter. Read this first if you've never read any of her writing. This reminds me of Flannery O'Connor in one of her letters, dismissing the work of some avant-garde writer: "If…
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I don't know how many people who read this blog are in the habit of bringing their laptop or phone to places like Starbucks and using the free wireless Internet. But if you are one of them, you should read this. If you don't want to bother, here's the crucial part: Firesheep is an incredibly…
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Sunday Night Journal — February 20, 2011 The January issue of The New Criterion includes a symposium called “The Anglosphere and the future of liberty.” It’s been on my mind a good deal since the issue arrived some weeks ago. “The Anglosphere,” in case you haven’t encountered the term, refers to the English-speaking world, to…
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Who shall deliver my soul from the words of men?… Harken ye loud and presumptuous ones, wind-strewn children of your own caprice: We are parched beside your well-springs, we are starved by the meat you offer us, we have grown blind by the light of your lamps. You are like a road that leads nowhither,…
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I received this unpleasant-looking object in the mail at work a few days ago. It's supposed to make me want to buy stuff from HP (Hewlett-Packard). In fact I do buy stuff from them, and have always respected their engineering, but this certainly did nothing to encourage me. It's about the size of a large…
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