Monthly Archives: December 2008

Nine Dramas

Which nine dramas of Shakespeare? Well, whatever you will; personally, I find his early and late plays particularly interesting and so pick: 1592 The Comedy of Errors 1593 Taming of the Shrew 1594 Love’s Labour’s Lost 1595 A Midsummer Night’s … Continue reading

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Dominican Nuns

From the website of the Summit, NJ Dominican Nuns: What is a Dominican Nun? Like all contemplatives, our specific mission is unceasing prayer for the entire Church, a spiritual service in the form of praise, adoration, intercession, expiation and thanksgiving. … Continue reading

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George W Bush

From an article in the UK’s Telegraph: Some of the criticism of Bush’s foreign policy is fair. The early stages of the occupation of Iraq were poorly handled and there was a distinct lack of post-war planning. America’s public diplomacy … Continue reading

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Athens and Jerusalem

I find useful the use of “Athens” and “Jerusalem” as a convenient shorthand among followers of the philosophy of Leo Strauss. However, rather than thinking of Athens and Jerusalem as an irreconcilable dicotomy for which a person chooses one side … Continue reading

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Misplaced Songs

To quote from an Amy Welborn post a while back: we do the dreadful Bernadette Farrell business for the Agnus Dei, the salient portion of which goes, Jesus, Lamb of God, bearer of our sins, Jesus, Savior: Hear our prayer, … Continue reading

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Coulter on Palin

Ann Coulter writes about Sarah Palin: Conservative of the Year Sarah Palin wins HUMAN EVENTS’ prestigious “Conservative of the Year” Award for 2008 for her genius at annoying all the right people. . . . In a nutshell, Palin was … Continue reading

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Easy Money

At the WSJ, James Grant discusses Fed policy and recalls remarks from 1913 by Elihu Root: “Little by little, business is enlarged with easy money. With the exhaustless reservoir of the Government of the United States furnishing easy money, the … Continue reading

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