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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Plutarch on Lycurgus.
05-Dec-11Facing Alzheimer’s.
03-Dec-11buy stromectol A sometimes moving blog by Don Maiocco, former headmaster of Saint David’s School (and the best boss I’ve ever had), about dealing with his wife’s Alzheimer’s. He drives to his wife’s nursing home twice every day and eats lunch and dinner with her daily, though she no longer recognizes him. This kind of loyalty in […]
Truth, Religion, and Universalism.
02-Dec-11I wrote my piece contra Mr. Kreeft very quickly, and wish to revisit two thoughts: First of all, on “truth.” I knew there was something interesting to be said about Kreeft’s contention that it was the “crackpot” colleges – Thomas Aquinas College, Christendom College, et al. – alone which were defined by the pursuit of […]
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.
02-Dec-11A trip to the Film Forum when I was in New York around Thanksgiving gave me the privilege of seeing The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. The promotional material cited the movie as “England’s greatest film” and “better than Citizen Kane” and so forth; but these are about as useful as the blurbs on […]
Regrets of the Dying.
02-Dec-11I think we all know these things, and yet we see other people heading right for these same regrets, and are powerless to stop it. http://www.inspirationandchai.com/Regrets-of-the-Dying.html
Hitch-hiker.
01-Dec-11I picked up a hitchhiker a few nights ago. I picked him up a long straightaway in the woods, where it was obvious we were going in the same direction. He said his girlfriend had hit a bear and for some reason as a result of this he had to walk home. Seemed a bit […]
Scott Horton translates for us as Der Spiegel notes what needs to be noted, that the Republican primary is so embarrassing that it is doing damage to our image abroad. This country has to give up either its ignorance or its empire or its democracy. If the president had no real international power, the global ignorance […]
No More Habeas Corpus.
02-Dec-11Not good news. This easily passed the Senate.