Miscellaneous Rambling Gavin McInnes on Dinesh D'Souza on Hillary [http://takimag.com/article/dinesh_dsouzas_america_gavin_mcinnes#axzz4GJhp1mIW]. Good stuff. [http://takimag.com/article/dinesh_dsouzas_america_gavin_mcinnes#axzz4GJhp1mIW] Not a bad little piece, if you're into Farmer's Almanac stuff: 28 Pieces

If you haven't jumped on the Fr. Robert Spitzer bus yet, ya better get on it. He has written what might be the most important apologetics work of the new millennium: > "[G]iven the incredible fine-tuning that must have been present at the Big Bang

Crime and Politics Steve Sailer is always worth reading. In his most-recent piece, he recounts the rise, fall, and rise of crime in New York City . . . pointing out that it consistently rises with liberal mayors: > During New York's 1946”“58 Yogi Berra Golden Age, the city

Miscellaneous Rambling Back to the grind. Ten days in northern Michigan. I'll try to write about it later. From last week's comments box: "YouTube has great interviews with Walter Hooper, personal secretary to Lewis." I'll have to check it out. I believe

> "A room without books is like a body without a soul." - Marcus Tullius Cicero pic.twitter.com/hhg8HTrGaC [https://t.co/hhg8HTrGaC] > — Catholic Thinker (@ThinkerCatholic) July 30, 2016 [https://twitter.com/ThinkerCatholic/status/759398846170562560]

Returning from vacation today. Nine days in Alpena, Michigan, and the Upper Peninsula. Splendid trip. If you get up there, I highly recommend Munising and its Falling Rock Cafe. No drinking, just nice fun. Live band playing classic country tunes, good sandwiches, board games, books for sale, lattes. And a

While on vacation this week: > Tess and I had a viciously tight game of Trouble pic.twitter.com/p1EDvWKC20 [https://t.co/p1EDvWKC20] > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) July 24, 2016 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/757326692679577600]

St. Johnny Appleseed: "[T]here is a Russian saying that if a man plants 3 trees in his life he will never go to hell." Dorothy Day. Of course, according to The Smithsonian [http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/real-johnny-appleseed-brought-applesand-booze-american-frontier-180953263/

"Kirk first encountered the Shroud [of Turin] while offhandedly visiting the Cathedral of San Giovanni Battista in Torino, Italy, in 1957 when he attended a Mont Pelerin Society conference. Here, he claimed, he encountered the face of God. 'The face was wondrously distinct, almost accurate as a plaster

Miscellaneous Rambling That Kirk quote yesterday got me thinking about George Gissing's The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft. It's a beautiful little book, one that tugs at every wannabe nerd who can't be that nerd because the affairs of the world keep him strapped