Wealth & Civilization: A new book by professor John Armstrong challenges the idea that wealth is bad . Armstrong’s teachings are refresh...

A Late Easter Since the Counsel of Nicaea met in 325 A.D. to resolve a number of disputes in the early Christian Church, the "moveable ...

Unknown Voices I don't know who this singer/player is, but my sister just sent me a link to her rendition of "The Blackest Crow...

Good Friday: As seen by CamoJack .

The Naturalist's Easter (h/t Maggie's Farm )

The Secular Grail Whenever I read stories like the one about "Spring Spheres" that I mentioned yesterday, or the Cult of the Pre-P...

The Bells Have Flown: Here is a comparative reading on the hours in Gethsemane.

Belief and Skepticism My contribution to Holy Week here at the Hall is a link to a couple of related posts at Brandywine Books , one from ...

You Can Never Leave You can always tell a socialist society by which direction they point the guns at the border. The National Labor Relatio...

A Better Article on the Bible: From the Chronicle of Higher Education , a perspective on the beauty to be found in plurality. In many ways, ...

Holy Week: We are now well into Holy Week, and I have failed to make any decent note of it here. As penance I shall try to read yet another...

Fish and Potatoes: A song in Norsk. Vikings! Fish and potatoes are fine, but wasn't it more fun when you were plundering monasteries? ...

We're from the Government, and We're Here to Save You Money The FDIC released a report today with the amazing claim that, if the Do...

WE'RE DELIGHTED BY THE UNEXPECTED Or at least I am delighted by finding synchronicity where I least expected it : “The stopping of sound...

My Brain Hurts You'll think me mad, but I've allowed myself once more to be drawn into an economic discussion with a "Modern Mo...

Preferences in Culture I have no idea how to explain the seeming decline in culture that Grim has posted about, except for my persistent sus...

Chivalry & the French Revolution: One of the periodic articles about the alleged death of chivalry has garnered a strange reply from St...

Infants Behind the Wheel H/t Zero Hedge

An angry rant about taxes . It's going to get worse before it gets better. via Instapundit

How to Meet Nice Guys It's an old problem: where to go, what to do, to meet nice fellows you might want to date and even, some day, mar...