The fruit of Silence is Prayer The fruit of Prayer is Faith The fruit of Faith is Love The fruit of Love is Service The fruit of Service is Peace Mother Teresa

BYCU I'm a fan of neither space exploration nor whisky, but some of you might find this story interesting: The Final Frontier For Whisky [http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2013/02/13/the-final-frontier-for-whisky/] . A whisky manufacturer is sending a bottle of clear liquor

Nasty IRS Trick It's not too often that my blawg and TDE overlap, but they did yesterday. Readers, especially clergy, might find this article interesting: IRS Attacking Churches [http://sturgislawfirm.com/2013/02/20/irs-attacking-charitable-deductions/]. My (perhaps lame) attempt at humor aside, the important thing

Background: When I was the editor of Gilbert Magazine [http://www.chesterton.org/explore-the-acs/gilbertmagazine/], I was responsible for the "Tremendous Trifles" column. It was occasionally hard to find a sufficient amount of interesting GKC material to fill the page, so John Peterson sent me a

Bullets We're such a wealthy country. We should give it away: "DHS reported how relatively few immigrants are being turned away on the grounds that they are likely to become a "public charge" -- or individuals who depend on welfare programs -- despite a 100-year-old

Twitter I'm being increasingly drawn into the Twitter world. I've encouraged my children to open Twitter accounts for the simple reason that the 140-symbol limit forces economy of words. If you're composing a tweet, you're forced to think, "Okay, what&

BYCU Man, I find this really hard to believe: "Researchers at Granada University in Spain have found that beer can help the body rehydrate better after a workout than water or Gatorade." Link [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/feb/10/scientists-suggest-beer-after-workout/] . I used