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The Mayor of Portland has issued a sickening response to the Christmas tree bomber. Move along, folks, this has nothing to do with Islam. I...

When I was a small child, I sang at the mission in Chicago, though I don't remember what any of the songs were. I vaguely remember the t...

I have much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. Without going into details, there has been some sickness in my family lately which is now ...

Previous news from the John Tyner incident said that if you left an airport without TSA permission, you would be threatened with a civil sui...

Robert Spencer nails it . Another fake "moderate" who praises Hezbollah. Next time somebody starts talking to you about all the mo...

Thanks to Eldest Daughter, here is an excellent recitation of a poem I hadn't encountered before--James Weldon Johnson's "Go Do...

Turns out you really can be treated as a criminal, or civilly sue-able, or finable, or something of the kind, for declining the naked-pictur...

It's been too long since we had a hymn. This was our Communion hymn this morning. These are the verses found in the 1940 hymnal. Midi of...

Two entries ago I posted the Gospel song "This Old Place" together with a lengthy quotation from The Last Battle . I was reminded ...

So: Because we will not stop Muslim immigration, because we will not profile passengers, everybody now, including children, must be willing ...

Right. No kidding. Netanyahu says something that should not need to be said. Jerusalem is not a settlement ! If Bibi's new spine is a r...

"This Old Place"--Ernie Haase and Signature Sound "So," said Peter, "night falls on Narnia. What, Lucy! You're ...

I've been having a terrible case of blogger's block recently. I can think of philosophy stuff to write or to prepare to write but ju...

Today in the church calendar used by my church is the Feast of Christ the King. In the spirit of bringing together old and new, liturgical y...

In case my readers wonder where I am, I am taking most of my free time to draft a paper on the existence of the external world.

Here's the story: We're apparently nearing "National Coming Out Day"--as if normal people should have to know about such a...

This a great song I just heard tonight. Very much of an early American folk sound. The musician is the pianist for the group Selah.

Wow. Just wow. You've gotta read this. This is a resignation letter from Harold Lewis, Emeritus Professor at U of CA, Santa Barbara to t...

There's a great, great, ranting post on idiot clerics and their recent anathemas against Israel. Desmond Tutu comes in for a well-deser...

I put up a particularly good via media set of Michaelmas posts here and at W4 two years ago, so I'll link to them here and here . (Triv...