So there has been a lot of good email about recent posts, in addition, of course, to all the thinking going on in the threads. Here’s what Jean Yarbrough of Bowdoin, the distinguished author of pathbreaking books on President TJ and President TR, wrote: I read this post with great interest, as . . . . Continue Reading »
What are “The 222 Mays?” Well, I suppose we could ask Mr. Memory, of The 39 Steps fame, but it’s George Will who tells us, while arguing against the constitutionality of Obama’s announced revision of a key PPACA deadline that I’ve been making such a stink about: This . . . . Continue Reading »
This entire Roll Call article is a needed informative look at the issue I attacked in “The New Take Care Clause” post below. RTWT, but this is it’s most striking bit: “It’s a fascinating transformation for Obama,” said Jonathan Turley, a constitutional law . . . . Continue Reading »
Pope Francis’ first encyclical, Lumen Fidei (“The Light of Faith”), has been released, available online . The encyclical itself is relatively short, but those who wish to read a thorough summary before approaching the encyclical itself may do so courtesy of the Vatican Information . . . . Continue Reading »
How many Americans have heard about Wendy Davis? How many Americans have heard of Davis based on the fawning descriptions of liberal-leaning journalists? How many Americans have never seen, on their television, a sonogram of a late-term fetus combined with a description of . . . . Continue Reading »
big thoughts here . . . . Continue Reading »
Damian Thompson is a British journalist , author , and traditionalist Catholic loyal to Rome. A keen observer of happenings in both the Catholic and Anglican, he’s written a fascinating piece examining the similarities between Pope Francis and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby : The . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the common reactions of the British to the American Declaration of Independence was astonishment at the claim of self-evidence. “We hold these truths to be self-evident” is certainly a bold way to begin. It is also a beginning that could hardly go unchallenged. One of the more . . . . Continue Reading »
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. If we would believe that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with . . . . Continue Reading »
There's something great—or wonderfully unnatural and distinctively human—about life as the joyless quest for joy. Continue Reading »
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