The movie, “True Grit,” is the drama of a small but relentless coterie of citizens, instigated and led by Miss Mattie, to gain justice for the murder of her horse trading father, by the coward, Chaney, down in the Arkansas territory sometime after the ‘civil’ war. It is . . . . Continue Reading »
That’s the position of fascinating posts on the Porcher page. The whole Christian/Biblical/monotheistic tradition has, until quite recently, been against cremation. I don’t think the “progressive” argument for its efficiency in disposing of a dead body is anything but . . . . Continue Reading »
My initial attempt to mainstream some of our disputes over the Founders, the Progressives and all that is found here . . . . . Continue Reading »
Jonah Goldberg seems to complain that being gay is no longer being transgressive or genuinely countercultural or genuinely bohemian. The gays no longer offer us a genuinely “alternative lifestyle” that stands in contrast to the boring bourgeois family. On MODERN FAMILY, the most boring . . . . Continue Reading »
Is discussed by ME here. Sorry to have neglected this site, and thanks to John P. for his spirited comments below. . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s what it means about nature . . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s why. I call this bullet-point summary to your attention today so that you’ll be able to dominate your friends and relatives in conversation on Christmas. . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s my attempt to mainstream Christmas for people more sophisticated than you or me. I know it’s too some extent of repackaging of my Christmas sermons of the past, but I’m still introducing myself over there. You can scroll down and see MAD MEN and some other stuff you already . . . . Continue Reading »
1. I’ve revised my analysis of MAD MEN for the season. 2. So someone wrote me that SOCIALIST MONARCHIST is the same as RED TORY. And that puts the PORCHERS at the greatest possible distance from the LIBERTARIAN POPULIST members of the TEA PARTY. 3. But we have to add: The Tea Partiers are . . . . Continue Reading »
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