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The Pope’s Favorite Novel: Lord of the World
Many have said Lord of the World is the Pope's favorite book. Given today's curious state of the Pope and the Church, there might be insights to gain from examining…
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Hubris & Models: Global Warming Economic Production Edition
COP21 in Paris is fast approaching and the #BigPush is on. That means we're forced to talk about global warming more than I'd like (which is not at all). But…
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Stream: People Who Don’t Need People
Today's post is at The Stream: Environmentalists Who Dream of a World without Themselves. It was anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and sixty eight and the sky was falling.…
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Having Trouble Deciding Between Brands Of Satanism? Breitbart & Salon Can Help!
It was Halloween, which was probably the excuse for the Breitbart article contrasting good, pure, "safe word" Satanism with bad, politically correct, social-justice-warrior-drenched Satanism. Boo. (Now I've had a few…
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This Week In Doom: Justice Kennedy Says Bureaucrats Should Act Like Nazis?
Kennedy to Faithful: Drop Dead The appalling Anthony Kennedy, supreme justice, invoked Hitler to insist that Christians and Muslims who want to stay faithful should resign from government. Yes. Speaking…
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The Catholic Church: Midwife Of Science. Guest Post by Bob Kurland
"The history of science alone can keep the physicist from the mad ambitions of dogmatism as well as the despair of pyrrhonian scepticism. " Pierre Duhem, The Aim and Structure…
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Stream: Bishops Demand World-Wide Decarbonization.
Today's post is at The Stream: "Bishops Demand World-Wide Decarbonization". Generally, the less physics a man knows the more he cares about global-warming-of-doom. The reason is simple. In-depth knowledge of…
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The Crisis Of Conservative Catholicism: Ross Douthat’s Erasmus Lecture at First Things
Ross Douthat gave the 28th Erasmus Lecture at the Union League Club (they have a complete set of books on the "Rebellion" in their library) in Manhattan. Your roving reporter…