Miscellaneous Rambling: Agriculture Well, this was a disconcerting headline: Why are America's farmers killing themselves in record numbers? [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/06/why-are-americas-farmers-killing-themselves-in-record-numbers] As an agricultural proprietor (I just came up with that title; I kinda like it), am I at risk? Probably not.

Miscellaneous Rambling: Socialism I wanted to comment more on that Harvard communism link that I posted yesterday, but I try minimize Sunday blogging (six days a week with my ego is enough). I am stunned at socialism's comeback among college kids today. The evil is baked into its

Amen to that. > “Roughly 100 million people died at the hands of the ideology my parents escaped,” she writes. “They cannot tell their story. We owe it to them to recognize that this ideology is not a fad, and their deaths are not a joke.” https://t.co/CHNgURwKsG

Christmas gift idea: The Diamond Hoe. This is an amazing gardening tool. When I bought it two years ago, it wasn't even available on Amazon. Strongly and enthusiastically recommended if you like to wipe out weeds efficiently and without stooping.

Miscellaneous Rambling I'm reviving a measure of my Jack Kerouac studies (he's the focus of my January Theology on Tap lecture). I'm partway through his defining biography, Memory Babe. I saw this quote at the Daily Kerouac Twitter [https://twitter.com/DailyKerouac] feed. "

A New York woman is suing her surgeon claiming he was on his cell phone during her operation. In response, the doctor said, “For your information, I was Googling 'how to perform surgery.'”

Brews You Can Use I'm drinking tonight, so I want to feel good about myself. I am, accordingly, using this BYCU to plug the rosary bracelets you can find here [https://www.etsy.com/shop/JustHeavenlyJewelry?coupon=TDE10]. No, I'm not going hogue (rogue homosexual). I&

Rambling: Mexicans and Language Recommended: Thaddeus Russell's interview with Gustavo Arellano [http://www.thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/35] (warning: lots of foul language, most of it gratuitous, like dudes shooting the bull over beers, which is normal for the podcast in general, which is one reason I like it)

Ӣ Yesterday, another woman came forward with proof from the 1980s that Roy Moore pursued her when she was 17. Moore said, "What can I say? Back then I was into older women." Ӣ The state of Montana is suing the maker of OxyContin over the opioid epidemic. In a

Advent in The Flow I stumbled across something recently that, I think, will help me immensely. The spiritual masters consistently admonish listeners to spend time in prayer, even if it's arid and nonproductive. The general gist is: "Put the effort in, but don't worry about