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Wisconsin Governor Submits State to Vatican!

The Wisconsin governor ordered flags flown at half-mast this week. The result? The separation-of-church-and-staters are upset: "The gesture 'appears like an endorsement of Roman Catholicism over other religious viewpoints,' said Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. LINK

Hey, she's right. If the civil libertarians let this one slide, the next thing you know, everyone in Wisconsin will be required to fulfill the Sunday Mass obligation and all the men will be forced to have their vasectomies undone. There'll be pregnant women all over the place, and that's not good for the Lake Michigan beaches.

Why I Don't Stay Informed

I'm glad the Establishment didn't succeed in destroying JRE during COVID. It’s pretty much the only way I stay informed to the extent I want to be informed. I agree with Nassim Taleb’s observation that there’s no reason to read the daily news,

Why Weak Fools Can Dominate

Exploring the fool in Christ and the fool in Antichrist. Ivan the Terrible v. Nicholas of Pskov. Nietzsche v. Everyone

Something Tells Me I’d Really Enjoy the Private Letters of Two Men I Didn’t Even Know Existed

It helps to be aware of one’s ignorance. That’s one reason I like to read Joseph Epstein, who wrote a delightful essay for the current issue of the new Catholic journal, The Lamp that brought my level of awareness to the brim. The topic? The letters of George

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