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Nota in Brevis
Mysteries, Missiles and Modern Morality
What happened in the school shooting at Stoneman High School gets even odder: It now seems a senior officer on scene ordered all the deputies to 'set up a perimeter' while the killer wandered...
Nota in Brevis
Of Conservatism, Ideology and Cowardice
So Patrick Brown has dropped out, one might say ‘again’, but the first resignation was from actually holding the leadership of the Conservative Party, with this second time from running to regain his job....
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Mϋller and Polycarp
While we're on the topic of clarity, an excellent read is this recent piece by Gerhard Cardinal Mϋller in First Things. Quite a limpid, and we might add, bold presentation of the only orthodox...
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Jacinta’s Modest Proposal, Olympic Gold and Har Meggido
I just discovered this morning, after my reflections on Olympic modesty, that today is the memorial of Blessed Jacinta Marto, one of the Fatima visionaries, who died on February 20th in 1920 of the...
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Troublesome Technology and the Modesty of Mixed Doubles
I suppose I should wish everyone a joyous and restful Family Day, but I have a strong, almost knee-jerk, reaction to State-mandated holidays, regardless of their theme or intention, as I wrote on this...
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Retracting and Detracting
Patrick Brown has thrown his hat into the ring of the Progressive Conservative leadership race, vying to win back the very position he resigned what seems like just yesterday ago, I suppose in his...
Nota in Brevis
The Devil Made Me Do It
How does the Devil enter a soul? Obviously through grave sin, but many commit such sins and don't seem to be overtly possessed, or commit heinous crimes, like the tragedy on Ash Wednesday. I...
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God or King?
I have this theory, and history attestst to its veracity, that people are by nature monarchists. Oh, we may give lip service to republicanism or good old constitutional democracy, but we ultimately want someone...
