Miscellaneous Rambling Shew. It's been a whirlwind of activity since returning from Alpena. Mostly, garden stuff, but also work and family. Michael (#4) returned from a two-week mission trip to Mexico City, where he visited Our Lady of Guadalupe daily and played soccer with kids at the city

> Alpena boardwalk, morning 7-26-2018 pic.twitter.com/KbIXIVoenf [https://t.co/KbIXIVoenf] > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) July 26, 2018 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/1022497698770022401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] I took my annual pilgrimage to Alpena, Michigan, returning Thursday evening. Alpena is a neat little city on the

> "I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said." - William F. Buckley Jr. pic.twitter.com/p9xCN6JSZs [https://t.co/p9xCN6JSZs] > — Catholic Thinker (@ThinkerCatholic) July 27, 2018 [https://twitter.com/ThinkerCatholic/status/1022658836828704775?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

Ah, yes, that would be a great channel: > A 24-hour Fast Food Brawl channel would probably stop me from cable cutting https://t.co/vCGIFL4f2T > — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) July 26, 2018 [https://twitter.com/iowahawkblog/status/1022629631122391041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

I returned from vacation last night, greeted to news of a GDP blow-out and threatened bombings of Iran. For today, just this throwback to the Iranian hostage crisis:

In his modern classic, The New Science of Politics, Eric Voegelin wrote about the tendency of modern political movements to throw the highest human efforts behind earthly progress and noted that the result is a sacrifice of the human spirit in exchange for earthly goods: “The more fervently all human

Black magic is similar to selling one's soul, a magical practice colorfully passed down through the centuries in the Faust legends and literature. Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), Johann Goethe (1749-1832), and Thomas Mann (1875-1955) all told the Faust story. The stories, though distinct and expressing the writers' different

Black magic is substantively no different than ordinary magic. Both types of magicians are making a choice for earthly goods (power) and are willing to solicit/manipulate the supernatural to obtain the fruits of their choice. The black magician is set apart by the vehement suddenness and ugliness of his

Although the term "magic" has been defined differently, it is perhaps best defined as the practice of deliberately soliciting or directing the supernatural for purposes of obtaining power over the natural. "Supernatural" refers to a spiritual agent which can, or is believed to be able, to

Brews You Can Use The feel good drink story of the year: "This autumn, 61-year-old Shunsuke Takagi will launch his unique project, calling on welfare centers engaging in organic farming and using ingredients like barley and hops cultivated by those with disabilities to produce special regional craft beer."