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Lines, Lines, Everywhere a Line This is the line outside a Gucci store at a Chicago mall. A similar line was standing outside the Nike store. Marie was told the wait was 45 minutes. To get inside a store. The mind boggles. This, no doubt, could serve as Exhibit A

From the Notebooks

20th Century Existentialism Four subjects that were wildly popular in the 20th century: Zen arose when Mahayana Buddhism merged with Taoism. Buddhism is steeped in a thing called “monism,” which teaches that all things are one. Individual things don't exist; individual classes of things don't exist.

CSL

Meilaender's in the House Gilbert Meilaender was recently featured on Mars Hill Audio [https://marshillaudio.org/people/gilbert-meilaender]. I haven't listened to the interview yet, but I will. I honestly didn't even know Meilaender was still "in the game," so to

Miscellany

Uncut Crap Worst. Movie. Ever. Uncut Gems [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/uncut_gems/reviews]. Actually, what I should say is, "Worst. Movie. Ever. That. Everyone. Is. Praising." I've heard this movie praised on podcasts. I've heard it praised in private conversations. It has

Developing a Sense for History

If you liked the podcast series, you might like this adaptation: If You Can Memorize Just Ten Years, You Can Develop an Historical Framework [https://medium.com/@ericscheske/developing-a-sense-of-history-ce1041f33af0?source=friends_link&sk=928341d7a186aa7dbc8388670bcacc15]

BYCU

Reasons to Drink I'll drink to that: San Buenaventura has been declared a minor basilica [https://angelusnews.com/local/la-catholics/always-forward-mission-san-buenaventura-gets-a-papal-upgrade/] . It's a lovely place. We stopped there last year during our spring break trip up Highway

Name Change

Virtue Signalling, Episode 3,477,011 The Navajo Nation has an idea for the DC Redskins: “We strongly encourage the NFL Washington organization to rename their team in such a way that truly honors and respects the First Americans of this country. Renaming the team 'Code Talkers' to

The Symbolic Importance of the Battle of Marchfield Plain

Only coincidentally, but highly significantly on the symbolic level, the Minotaur started to grow quickly right after Thomas Aquinas died in 1274. In 1278, Rudolph von Hapsburg defeated Otakar, the King of Bohemia, at the Battle of the Marchfield Plain, thereby ushering in the greatest European dynasty of all time,

Current Events

The Senate and the Covid Trump ally Tommy Tuberville wins big in the Republican primary. I gotta believe he beats Doug Jones in November. Trump also appears to be rallying a bit [https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/polling/trump-rises-13-points-among-independents-june-shrinks-bidens-lead-overall] . The

Three Ways Human Beings are Conducted, According to Foucault

The government of men: an activity that undertakes to conduct individuals. Pastoral power: concentrates the activity of conducting individuals in religious institutions. Governmentality: an activity that is located in the direction of political institutions. See Michel Foucault, Security, Territory, Population (Picador, 2007), xix (introduction by Arnold Davidson).