October 2012
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It has always struck me as funny that Reformation Day falls on Halloween.
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I found this the other day when I was looking for "Migration." It's a very young and very impressive Innocence Mission, or at least Karen–you can hardly see Don, and according to the comments on this video the other guys are the house band for the TV show (the name of which we are not…
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That was the comment my wife included when she sent me this link. And it is. It's an animated map of the current winds in the continental U.S.
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An Opportunity Not Just Missed But Thwarted What was noticeable from the start was that no evidence was produced in support of this accusation; the thing was simply asserted with an air of authority. And the attack was made with a maximum of personal libel and with complete irresponsibility as to any effects it might…
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Patrick J. Deenan of Notre Dame, formerly of Georgetown, offers one of the better commentaries I've seen on what the Obama administration's moves against religious liberty really mean. His conclusion: During the bloody twentieth century, the Church stood against the totalitarian ambitions of Fascism and Communism. A third ideology is clearly flexing its muscles today—threatening…
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Weekend Music From Small Planes, an album that was, I read somewhere, a collection of songs that for one reason or other didn't make it onto other albums. Lyrics here (scroll down for this song).
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Should have posted this yesterday (or whenever it was that I first saw it). Go here to get 20% off the price of Sally Thomas's book of poems, Brief Light, today. It's not very expensive to start with, so with the discount it's down around the price of a fast-food lunch, or even one of those elaborate coffee…
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It's depressing to think about how much of one's life is spent just waiting for something to be over.
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Or rather Orwell vs. God: a fascinating piece in The Spectator about Orwell's mixture of fascination and hostility towards Christianity. Thanks to Marianne, who linked to it in the comments on the previous post.
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George Orwell: Homage to Catalonia This is Orwell's account of the six months or so that he spent in Spain fighting, or intending to fight, or recovering from fighting, on the Republican side of the Civil War. (In case your history is as hazy as mine, that was the side of the left-wing government, in…
Light On Dark Water 