Miscellaneous

A flight headed from San Francisco to Phoenix had to make an emergency landing in L.A. today after a passenger gave birth midflight. The parents called the birth a miracle while the airline called it a second carry-on. The woman gave birth in the middle of a flight. I&

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 file full

Talking about the "social justice warriors" (a term on the secular circuit that refers to those people who snoop out racism, homophobia, sexism, and other "evils" wherever they may lurk): "You do the same evil, in the same pattern, as so many before you, because

A village in Alaska has been without mail for days because its only postal worker quit. So if you want to reach anyone in that village, you will have no choice but to email, call, text, Facebook, tweet, Skype, or Instagram.

Random Quotes "The mind has functions that the brain hardly knows." John Lukacs ******* "While it is easier to wrestle with a weak body than with a strong one, it is more difficult to wrestle with a weak mind than with a strong one." John Lukacs ******* "

Well, a pretty good list. A few of the items didn't make much sense to me, a self-proclaimed Tolkien expert: > 10 Strange 'Lord Of The Rings' Facts That The Films Leave Out - Listverse http://t.co/hveZuFUZlY > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) December 9,

Miscellany I've been to plenty of flea markets. I never appreciated that I was walking in a den of libertarianism. This 2012 book sounds pretty interesting: Flea Market Jesus [http://wipfandstock.com/flea-market-jesus.html]. "Part ethnography, part autobiography, Flea Market Jesus is a story about alienation, biblical

H.I.F. New Pope interview [http://americamagazine.org/content/dispatches/new-interview-pope-francis-says-resistance-comes-open-good-sign] . It's sure to hit the Catholic media waves hard and probably the MSM as well. Excerpt: > Some so-called "conservative" sectors charged that Francis had sacked Cardinal Raymond Burke, former head of the Vatican&

A Random Passage Worth pondering: "Henry Maine noted [that] the history of Western civilization and Western liberty has been the shift from status to contract–from being locked into positions based on who you were at birth, to being able to live, work, do what you wish, deal with

A Random Passage "The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.” H.L. Mencken. But of course. The cynic doesn't believe he has any business