September 2013
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In a chapter called "Blind Alleys," Kalb discusses various responses to liberalism. I'll be posting a bit from each of them. Here is what he calls "simple conservatism." Simple procedural conservatism is a view for moderate worldly men attached to what is established but willing to accomodate new developments that seem sensible or inevitable. It…
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Weekend Music The absence of comments on my previous Blossom Dearie post causes me to be concerned that people have failed to appreciate it. Obviously the solution for that is more Blossom Dearie. I really like her on these upbeat tunes. I had not heard this charming and catchy little song before. As light as…
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"None of this is a surprise."
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Discovered by one of his fellow atheists: Can there be any residual doubt, after this latest imbecility, that Richard Dawkins is in the service of the global cabal of faiths henceforth to be known as Big Religa? In other atheistical news: Some atheists are starting a "church", which strikes me as very odd and yet…
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I think that’s the question–not “did it do any damage?” Rod Dreher, in the New York Times, thinks it was a lot: Whatever the evangelical merits of Pope Francis’s game-changing interview, there can be no doubt that the pontiff has decisively undercut the efforts of American Catholic politicians and Catholic bishops on issues related to…
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Make the subject line "Predictive Analytics Say You Will Read This."
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Recent to me, I mean. Not very recently made. Devotion Made in 1946, this purports to be a biography of the Bronte sisters, but can most generously be described as "based upon." Among other historical crimes, it invents a love triangle involving Charlotte, Emily, and their clergyman father's vicar. It stars Ida Lupino as Emily…
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Weekend Music I've been hearing about Blossom Dearie for years. I finally heard her this week. I love her. Yes, that was her real name.
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My wife's typically brief and accurate take: "He's sort of loosey-goosey when he talks, isn't he?" Someone else, whom I'll refrain from identifying but who can speak up if he or she sees this and wishes to: "We've got Paul VI again." It was a brief conversation, but what I took the Paul VI comparison…
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