Miscellaneous

"Lose no occasion, however trifling, of exercising sweetness of heart toward anyone." St. Francis de Sales

Whew. I have a backlog of great articles to mention. Some new, some a bit older. I'm going to take a triple chomp out of the backlog this morning. Here we go . . . Ross I'm repeatedly enthused about young Ross Douthat. The Catholic convert and Chesterton fan

Anarchists in NYC Tolstoy, Ellul, Proudhon, Rothbard. Those are just a few of the anarchists that have eschewed violence and revolution. There have been many others. No matter. Anarchists have been consistently painted by the press as violent scoundrels. It raises the real specter of the intertwined pillars of power

Bullets If you live in northern Indiana or southwestern Michigan, you might want to check out the 9th Annual Men's Conference in Kalamazoo this weekend. I know the people who are putting it together. You can expect a reverent, orthodox, entertaining, and well-organized event. Patrick Madrid is

Garden almost ready for planting.

Bullets What nation is the rudest to its tourists? Nope, it's not the United States. It's France [http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2012/04/11/where-are-worlds-rudest-countries-for-travelers/] (shocker, shocker). I've never been to France, but I've talked

Ryan the Catholic Hats off to Paul Ryan. He hit the trifecta: He referenced his Catholic faith in a positive way, he knows what the principle of subsidiarity is, and he says the principle (and other Catholic teachings) inform his public decisions. Link [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/

Bullets When the bastards rise, who opposes them? Virtually always, it's people of religious faith. They're the only ones with the guts to stand up, whereas the atheists tend to be complicit in the tyranny. That, anyway, according to Robert Higgs, who points out that it&

Bullets What makes it even worse: The portions are shrinking. Prostitute barters sex for McDonald's hamburgers [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/prostitution/sex-for-cheeseburgers-749801]. * * * * * * * That hooker couldn't have enticed these guys: Asexuals [http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/04/life-without-sex-the-