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- In Search of Catholic "To Kill a Mockingbird" (4)
Nathan Hutchinson: "Great suggestions, everybody! Thanks a lot. I am especially intrigued by Scott Hahn's "Rome Sweet Home" and the fiction of Flannery O'Connor, neither…"
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Funky Dung: "The fiction and non-fiction of G.K. Chesterton might be a good start if she liked C.S. Lewis.…"
Emily: "Are you seeking nonfiction or fiction books? I can think of a whole raft of nonfiction books on Catholic theology that might be suitable, depending…"
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Ales Rarus
A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
Everyone sees what you seem to be, few perceive what you are; and those few don’t dare oppose the general opinion, which has the majesty of the government backing it up. … The masses are always impressed by appearances and by the outcome of an event — and in the world there are only masses. The few have no place there when the many crowd together.
— Machievelli, The Prince
libertarianism
The Current State of My Political Philosophy
I believe that the government that governs best governs least, but I would not call myself a through-and-through, principled libertarian. I'd prefer that the federal government be severely limited in its powers. Generally, I believe that governmental powers should be no greater than inversely proportional to a government's scope. I believe such a notion is […]
Buncha Whiners
So Phil Gramm, who supports John McCain in November, says, "We have sort of become a nation of whiners."
A good response from John McCain would have been something like, "Damn straight! And it's time to wean the American people from their dependence on the government, restore their civil liberties, get them back in the driver's […]
Ron Paul: Compassionless Conservative?
Here's proof that I don't blindly agree with every word spoken or decision made by Ron Paul. Recently, the House of Representatives passed HR 1181 ("Expressing condolences and sympathy to the people of Burma for the grave loss of life and vast destruction caused by Cyclone Nargis.") 410-1. Guess who the "1" was. That he […]
