Miscellaneous

“Obedience is, in a way, the mother of all virtues.” St. Augustine

My daughter Abbie is at the University of Michigan. She signed up for a woman's studies class. After the first day--and ample exposure to the lesbian instructor--she dropped the class. While sitting at dinner with brother Alex and his friends, they were marveling that she even

Bullets Cafe Hayek featured a quote by my man Chodorov earlier this week [http://cafehayek.com/2012/09/quotation-of-the-day-395.html], and it's a god one: "The final argument for free trade as a measure of preparedness is that it tends to minimize the

My garden, as of yesterday. I took the picture so I can remember next Spring where I grew things this year. * * * * * * * Not a highly successful gardening year. Grades for my efforts: Currants: A; Blackberries: A; Cherry/Grape Tomatoes: A; Chard: A; Herbs: A-; Cucumbers: B; Spinach: B; Broccoli: B-; Tomatoes:

“The love of neighbor has its bounds in each man's love of himself.” St. Augustine

Weekend Rambler I'm stunned: the MSM is actually reporting what a funk the economy is in . . . and their man is president in an election year. That means one of two things: (1) The economy isn't just in a funk. It's in full-on depression-

Seen at Facebook Imperialists on the Left I haven't read much by the revisionist left-wing historian Eric Foner, but I'm led to believe he's an honest academic, so I was interested to see this interview with him: the Evolution of Liberalism [http://m.

Bullets As of yesterday, Romney had pulled even with Obama in the polls. Even? If I recall correctly, candidates get a pretty big bump in the polls immediately following their convention. If Romney is only even with Obama, I'm guessing his chances of success are remote. * * * * * * * Then again,

This is a picture of the altar at my parish. It's quite stunning. Our priest did a great job of taking a flat-out ugly altar and transforming it into something great. * * * * * * * The first angel to the right of the cross (blonde angel, blowing a trumpet) is supposedly