Leno
"Our space probe, Voyager 1, launched back in 1977, is 11 billion miles in
space. It's on the verge of leaving our solar system on its mission to find
other civilizations to try and borrow money from."
Eric Scheske
Thursday
Bullets
A TDE reader sends me this nifty little story: Popular atheist blogger converts
to Catholicism
[http://www.theblaze.com/stories/atheist-blogger-stuns-secular-community-with-announcement-shes-converting-to-catholicism/]
. She's still struggling with a few things, like the Church's teaching on
homosexuality, but
Wednesday
Fascism or Socialism?
I must admit: I struggle occasionally with the exact distinction between
"socialism" and "fascism." But no more. Thomas Sowell lays it all out
[http://lewrockwell.com/sowell/sowell94.1.html], using the current
administration as the touchstone.
The basic distinction: In socialism, the
Tuesday
Economic Thinking
The folks at Cafe Hayek say it might be the best blog post ever
[http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2012/06/factual-free-market-fairness/].
They exaggerate, but it's awfully good. The economist/blogger pits conventional
economic thinking against free market economic thinking . . . and leaves the
pitiful liberal
Monday
Nock Notions
"[A]s government consolidates and strengthens, the power of independent moral
judgment in the citizenry weakens; and this is one of the most interesting
phenomena of our time."
Nock wrote those words in 1934, as he watched FDR unfurl massive efforts to
weaken the independent moral
Something for Sunday Morning
“All fear arises from the love of something.” St. Thomas Aquinas
Saturday
Miscellany
Pretty cool: Bulgarian Relics of John the Baptist are Probably Authentic
[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/godandthemachine/2012/06/bulgarian-relics-of-john-the-baptist-are-probably-authentic/]
. Of course, the skeptics will laugh. Kinda reminds me of the old skeptical
trope (Voltaire, I believe, started it) that, if
Friday
I like history, I like beer. This sounds pretty good:
> To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, the team at Mamuee Bay
Brewing Co. has re-created two period beers – one English style, one American
style.
> If your allegiances fall to king and crown, try
Thursday
Bullets
Whew, whatta week. This is my first blogging opportunity since last Saturday. *
* * * * * * In the interim, I didn't have a chance to post about the significant
gay marriage and children study. If you hadn't seen commentary about this study,
start with Douthat's piece at
Wednesday
Music Man
It's summertime. That means it's party time. And where there's a party, there's
music.
Unfortunately, I'm repeatedly unimpressed by people's inability to come up with
a good song selection. I've been to many parties