What Is Actually Happening
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This world is highly lacking in empathy and overflowing with judgemental, apathetic douchebags. It's clear from the context that no irony was intended. Yes, I laughed out loud.
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And part of the reason why the press is doing so much harm by making Trump seem even worse than he is, which is bad enough. (Not that anybody much is listening to me. This blog has an audience numbered in the dozens at best.) But I'll say it again: sow the wind, reap the
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A quick post from Fairhope Brewing, where they are actually encouraging people to come in and use their Wi-Fi, even opening in the mornings just for that purpose. Thank you, FBC. I have a new computer, and have taken the occasion to go through a lot of old files and discard, organize, etc. In the
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"We live in times when the very composition of man is changing." The remark was made sometime in the 1980s by Fr. John Krestiankin, a Russian Orthodox monk, and is quoted in a long piece called "The New Martyrs and Confessors: A Personal Memoir of Russia's Orthodox Clergy & Elders Under Communism," written by Fr.
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I've said it many times. Now with incidents like the one that just happened in Kenosha, Wisconsin, we are sliding closer to factions battling in the streets. Neo-neocon's post has a good overview of what is currently known, with links to more information and analysis. Addendum: And now a "fascist" has been shot in Portland.
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Having finally read this well-known and so-often-recommended book, I'm sorry to say that I was a little disappointed in it. It's not that there is anything wrong with its actual contents–it's a good book, and I recommend it–but that the contents aren't quite what I was expecting. I assumed that the topic named in the
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I didn't at first include the stuff in parentheses. I added it because of course there is no single explanation for what's gone wrong, and it is going very, very wrong. But this is one important factor. I'm sure I've remarked on it before, though it would be difficult for me to search out any
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Every few days, at least once a week, I see headlines about something outrageous Trump has said. Until recently my reaction tended to go like this: 1) Gosh, that sounds bad. 2) I wonder if he actually said it. 3) I will look for the transcript or the tweet and learn the truth. Two months
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This piece by Stanley Kurtz at National Review is a commentary on the very rapid growth of the belief, and subsequent practice, of left-wing journalists that views which they despise should not be heard. It's worth reading in its entirety, but here's how Kurtz ends it: Classical liberalism arose to prevent murderous civil strife between those
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Everybody's shouting 'Which side are you on?' –Dylan …to see life steadily, and see it whole… –Matthew Arnold
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