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I earlier said The Great Society and its descendants today like college-aid programs for single mothers are manifestly unjust in their "actual workings on the individual level." I qualified it because all such programs are couched in terms of "social justice." Their proponents would argue that

Chesterton "could, and would, write under the influence of alcohol, with no visible difficulties or impairments to his thought and clarity." Michael Coren

I recently read a ratty old copy of George Gissing's The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft (c. 1903). One of the most pleasurable books I've read. A few excerpts: For not, surely, by deliberate effort of thought does a man grow wise. The truths of life

"It is impossible to be a Christian without effort." Paul Claudel

It's curious that pornography has increased in America at the same time that access to higher education has increased. At a time when we're supposed to be getting smarter, we're voluntarily plunging ourselves into the dream world of stupidity.

A Walled-in Life "Sir, you have to go." The middle aged man stirred on the bench outside the drug store. "Go? Go where?" he asked. "Home, sir. You can't stay here," the man said firmly, but trying to be kind. He carried

"Work and leisure are complementary parts of the same living process and cannot be separated without destroying the joy of work and the bless of leisure." E.F. Schumacher

Sauron: Control Freak Sauron is a pretty plain character: Evil, unadulterated and cunning and powerful evil. But it's the nature of his evil that's interesting. Tolkien told his publisher, Stanley Unwin, that Sauron's evil stemmed from his obsession with power. Sauron, the “reincarnation of

Elven Sleep After the defeat of Sauron and celebration, Gimli the Dwarf, Aragorn, the Hobbits and everyone else bedded down. But not Legolas the Elf. He said he would rather walk in the woods and dream of crossing the Sea. Elves are immortal, saving violent death. They weren't

"If you would make a man happy, study not to augment his goods; but to diminish his wants." Orestes Brownson