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"They Came First for the Communists...."
I'm going to use my proverb until it catches on: The wise man recognizes truth in the words of his enemies . And the...
sursumcorda, 8 March 2009 |
A Lovely Respite from Politics
Driving home late last night we were treated to an unusual privilege: seeing a Delta II rocket—this one carrying...
Is This Really the End of America?
I am reproducing John C. Wright's latest post in its entirety because I desperately want my liberal readers to tell me why he is...
Black Market Baby Formula
Suspects arrested in baby formula theft ring . That was the headline for an article in today's Orlando Sentinel . A...
God So Loved the World
Although we couldn't fully appreciate it at the time, being neophytes who didn't know any better, we sang for several years in one of...
VPK
"What is VPK?" asks an article in our city's magazine. Pre-math, pre-reading and social skills. How do I...
Casting the Net, Vol. 7
Two of my favorite bloggers have written recently about the perils of allowing ourselves to be too busy. Surely You Can Work a...
The Gridlock Economy
The Gridlock Economy, by Michael Heller (Basic Books, New York, 2008) Peter V.—who now keeps most of his insightful...
Invitation to Conversation
I hope this doesn't violate blog etiquette, but I'm going to repeat a conversation an anonymous Canadian and I have been having over at...
Casting the Net, Vol. 6
It's time once again to clean up my "blog about this" list with a shovel rather than a spoon. Here are some treasures...
A Lovely Day
Sitting with us on our back porch, enjoying our porch swing , our neighbor announced that no one should be inside on a day like...
Gone to Find Out the Rest of the Story
RIP Paul Harvey .
Lent 2009
As someone relatively new to the Liturgical Year , I have nothing authoritative to say about Lent, but I love this season. As a...
Janet Jackson, Heavy Metal, Censorship, Liberty,...
As with most First Things articles, David B. Hart's 2004 essay Freedom and Decency is intellectual, dense, long, and not easy...
Remember, O Man, that Thou Art Dust
Did you ever wonder where your Ash Wednesday ashes come from? Traditionally they come from burning the branches from the previous...
Food Monopoly, Food Contamination
Jon shared Controlling Our Food on Facebook, but as that leaves out most of my readers, I'll post it here. I almost didn't,...
Classical Unschooling
Jon provided the name; now all I have to do is figure out what "Classical Unschooling" is. It could be confused with unschooling...
New Math Fun
Andy B. posted a link to New Math on Facebook, and it tickled me so I'm passing it on. Many are funny, some a little odd, one...
Claude Moore Colonial Farm, Again
I briefly reviewed the wonderful Claude Moore Colonial Farm back in 2005. It's time for an update, because there's a great...
Caught by a Book Meme
The usual disclaimers, I don't usually do "memes," etc. But when it's books, it's hard to resist. I found this one over at...
Genealogy - In Search of History, and Some Blue Blood
Both Porter and I are fortunate in having many ancestors who were amongst the first Europeans to come to this country. Whether...
New Harp
I am currently busy practicing the new harp that the schola ordered based on a Spanish painting from 1390. It as a double row of 14...
A Brief Whine about Welsh Names
I'm trying to digest and document the genealogical data I gathered during my recent visit to the NEHGS Library in Boston. There's...
Ich hab' es geschafft!
I don't know if Mom will figure the title out from Hippo tapes, but BabbleFish will be happy to help those who can't read it. (And...
I don't necessarily agree with everything I say
There is no post that will be worthy of breaking my blog silence, so having recently learned that I have devoted friends that still...