From the Notebooks Brownson said, on a speaking tour on “The Church and the Republic” that every society is exposed to two opposite dangers: absolutism of the state and absolutism of the individual. In order to mediate between the two dangers, and give each, the state and the individual, their

> “People who pride themselves on having ideas often fail to understand that only after ideas have been filtered through real-world experience do we know whether they are right or wrong. Most turn out to be wrong.” > — Thomas Sowell (@ThomasSowell) March 17, 2019 [https://twitter.com/ThomasSowell/status/1107397245987684358?

More Miscellaneous Rambling The Tournament neareth. My 28th Annual NCAA Basketball Tournament Auction is tonight. I ought to post a commemorative BYCU, but the circumstances don't permit. Humorous story of the month: Their Street Is Famous on Instagram, and They Can't Take It Anymore [https://www.

Miscellaneous Rambling Rough Sunday. My Wolverines couldn't win their third straight conference tournament championship. Terrible reffing down the stretch, but I can't say that because UM fans have a bad reputation for whining about the officiating. The turning point came when MSU's McQuaid got

> MAN DOWN pic.twitter.com/CEZBACDCDu [https://t.co/CEZBACDCDu] > — Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) March 17, 2019 [https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1107354321593790464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

For the Great Gaels of Ireland Are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry And all their songs are sad. GKC, The Ballad of the White Horse

I like this painting: > Behold the Demon: Nietzsche as Destroyer ~ The Imaginative Conservative https://t.co/eupy5hoPkc > — Bradley J. Birzer (@bradleybirzer) March 16, 2019 [https://twitter.com/bradleybirzer/status/1107020157245931522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

Brews You Can Use Whew. The onslaught continues. Work flows in faster than urine through a frat boy. I need a lots of drinks. I'm only part-way through it, but this episode of Our Fake History is pretty good so far: Episode #84 ”“ What Was the Vodka War?

> “I'm Dominating” pic.twitter.com/e3wzzal947 [https://t.co/e3wzzal947] > — The Weekly Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) March 6, 2019 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/1103290798874021888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

Birthday Rambling Yup, it's my birthday. Happy birthday to me. All the great saints are commemorated today: Gerald of Mayo, Roderic, Solomon of Spain. Giants, all of us. It's been a terrible birthday week. I don't know what my problem is, but I'