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Everlasting GKC for Advent

Everlasting GKC for Advent

Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote "Sweet Home Alabama" as a rejoinder to Neil Young's smug "Southern Man. Likewise, GKC wrote The Everlasting Man as a rejoinder to H.G. Wells' Outline of History. In both cases, the rejoinders won. The Everlasting Man explains history as part

Catholic Hagiographer Did LSD

Catholic Hagiographer Did LSD

It inspired a musical currently playing at NYC's Lincoln Center Clare Boothe Luce. Brainy and beautiful. Married mega-publisher Henry Luce in 1935. Converted to Catholicism in 1946, then put together one of the greatest collections of short saint biographies ever. Did LSD? James Lapine, the director and librettist

The Real Transylvania

The Real Transylvania

From the One Thing File “The One Thing File” is a practice I learned from Econtalk. It's the practice of writing just one thing (okay, maybe more than one) that I learn from a book, essay, documentary, podcast, whatever. For younger TDE readers, think of it as Reddit&

Satanism is on the Rise

And he's not talking about BLM, transgenderism, that pitiful Vanderbilt place-kicker stunt, and couples wedding showers. He's talking about actual Satanic activity. Scary stuff at National Catholic Register this morning [https://www.ncregister.com/interview/longtime-exorcist-satanism-is-growing-in-western-societies] . "Satanism is now a reality for many young people,

The Arius Puncher: St. Nicholas' Feast Day

December 6: St. Nicholas's feast day. John Zmirak writes everything you need to know [http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_real_st_nicholas/]. Excerpt: > The association of Nicholas with gift-giving isn't entirely arbitrary. Some of the earliest accounts of his life include the charming

A Festivus for the Rest of Us

Yeah, I know: Festivus is a fake holiday created by Seinfeld in 1997, when Mr. Costanza told Kramer about the family holiday he created: Festivus. It was, Mr. Costanza explained, a “festivus for the rest of us.” It has since become a real “thing,” [https://time.com/4617553/festivus-holiday-origins-seinfeld/] with

Pray for the Sick

> During the past twenty-five years, study after study has shown that seriously ill patients who are prayed for”“including those who don't know about these prayers”“fare better than those who are not prayed for. The man who has done the most to integrate the results of

Former NHL Goon Turns Catholic . . . After Winning All-Star MVP Honors

Photo byMatthew Fournier [https://unsplash.com/@mattyfours?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] onUnsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/hockey?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText]> “They challenged my manhood, challenged my role as a father. They were really