When Giving Thanks is Hard
John Donne Holy Sonnet: XIV Batter my heart, three-personed God; for you as yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend. That I may rise and stand, o’erthrow me and bend your force...
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Makes You Look Again
Tom McMahon. A fresh, and challenging, way to look at a perennial challenge. Wow.
The First Thanksgiving — by Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin The Real Story of the First Thanksgiving By Benjamin Franklin (1785) “There is a tradition that in the planting of New England, the first settlers met with many difficulties and hardships, as...
Early Weekend, Movie Edition Part Two: Go See Zathura!
We loved Zathura. This movie has great timing — for all of you parents who are wrestling with the bad reports coming out about the new Harry Potter: take the kids to see Zathura....
Thanatos: A Book (Suggestion) To Die For.
Winston Churchill said that if a book is not worth reading twice, it’s not worth reading once. Charmaine has a book suggestion that deserves double coverage. Cross Posted at Reasoned Audacity by Charmaine: I...
Decriminalizing Bestiality? Kid. You. Not.
World’s Ugliest Dog My friend Steve, on the bestiality beat. . . * * * Cross-posted at Zeitgeist.
Christmas Book-Buying
Welcome National Review Online readers . . . I love nothing better as a Christmas present than a good book. (Unless, of course, the present sparkles.) After all the paper has been ripped apart,...
Early Weekend, Movie Edition Part One: Top Spiritual Movies
If you are anything like me, Thanksgiving might be less about the turkey. . . and more about the movies! My brother and his wife arrived in the wee hours last night, and we...
The Only Thing Bob Woodward Cares About
Bob Woodward at U of VAA dear old friend, who is a reporter, emailed about the life and loyalties of reporters. He is a genuine God-fearing conservative, who loves his wife and loves his...
Carnival of the Capitalists
The Carnival of the Capitalists is up with a compelling new face at Gongol.com by Brian Gongol. A must see site visit. Learn what good web design looks like. Content and links are good...
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