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No Blogging Wednesday

I held my 19th annual NCAA Tournament Auction party last night, so blogging is light this morning. I just have two questions: (1) The comments boxes have died at TDE, but traffic over the past month is up about 20% (TDE averages 550 or so different visitors a day). Any

Tuesday

Catholic Arts and Letters Weekly Do you have more than one personality, one that you show your priest, one your friends, one your clients? We all do, to some extent, I fear. But is Facebook killing our inner Sybil? . . . more>> [http://stevecheney.posterous.com/how-facebook-is-killing-

Monday

Considering Anarchy The March issue of Commentary has an interesting piece, "The Return of Anarchism." (Subscriber link [https://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/the-return-of-anarchism/].) Commentary, of course, is a neo-con rag, so I didn't expect a fair treatment of limited government and, unfortunately,

Something for Sunday Morning

"But whatever [prayer] routine one may adopt, one should carry it out honestly and conscientiously. In matters of prayer we are only too apt to deceive ourselves because, generally speaking, man does not enjoy praying. He easily experiences boredom, embarrassment, unwillingness, or even hostility. Everything else appears to him

Friday

Another Glass of Grace Give up beer for Lent? I've never really understood that one. If you drink to excess, or if beer otherwise hinders your relationship with God, sure. But to give it up like one gives up candy? That, I don't understand. Beer is

Thursday

Gold, Yuan, Drugs Many years ago (five? ten?), I was at a law seminar. One of the presenters decided to make a funny quip by referencing a certain group of nutty people who have about as much of a grasp on reality as people who want a return to the

Wednesday

Dust to Dust Lent is upon us. Things are different for me this year. With the cave man diet in full swing, there's virtually nothing dietary for me to give up. So instead of accentuating the sacrifice part, I'm going to concentrate on development. I'

Tuesday

Catholic Arts and Letters Weekly Are you a former cold war warrior like your TDE blogger? You might want to check out some Leebaert book. . . . more>> [http://www.independent.org/blog/index.php?p=9564] Do you have a hard time making decisions? It might just be a

Monday

On Camus I've long enjoyed Albert Camus [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus]. I was forced to read The Stranger in high school, and enjoyed it so much that I went on a local radio station to talk about it. In my early thirties, I read The

Something for Sunday Morning

"Meekness above all makes men masters of themselves.” St. Thomas Aquinas This quote is in my STA Top Ten. It's true (of course, STA wrote it), but it also has a cool paradoxical air.