Thursday, June 30, 2005

Thursday on Thursday

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"The rare, strange thing is to hit the mark; the gross, obvious thing is to miss it. We feel it is epical when man with one wild arrow ...
Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Hilaire Belloc through the letters of Hester Balfour

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Christine Flynn, a graduate student at Boston College, has put together the website Hilaire Belloc through the letters of Hester Balfour .
Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Finding the Ethics in His Elfland

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The Matthew's House Project appears to be a fairly new place on the internet. Its stated purpose is "to develop a place in which ...
Monday, June 27, 2005

Wild Colts & Common Sense

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A new blog has appeared: Wild Colts & Common Sense resides at chestertonlives.blogspot.com . The blogger claims GKC as the blog's ...
Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Lie Detectors

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In "The Mistake of the Machine," Father Brown tells Flambeau that he has no confidence in the new invention now referred to as ...
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Saturday, June 18, 2005

Gotham City and the Fact of Sin

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From a review of Batman Begins by Marc Newman; published by American Family Association - AgapePress News: The Biblical World of Batman No ...
Friday, June 17, 2005

Clerihews

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Of the 132 clerihews published in the original collection Biography for Beginners (1905) about one-sixth (23) were attributed in whole or in...
Thursday, June 16, 2005

The Democracy of the Dead

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The Democracy of the Dead is a collaborative blog, nearly one year old, "dedicated to analyzing politics, culture, and religion throug...

Books on Liberty

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David Gordon, in his article The Meaning and History of Liberty: An In-Print Bibliography posted at the Ludwig von Mises Institute website,...

For Love of Golf

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Alex Kuczynski writes today in the NY Times : If a thing is worth doing, G. K. Chesterton wrote in 1910, it is worth doing it badly. He was...
Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Chesterton Sheds a Tear

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"For over 300 years, London's Fleet Street was the heart of British journalism, home to many of the country's leading newspaper...
Sunday, June 12, 2005

Journalism

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"Journalism, as G.K. Chesterton observed, tells us that Admiral Bangs has died without having told us that Admiral Bangs had been born....
Thursday, June 09, 2005

Belloc Essay On Line

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Semper Fidelis has reproduced Belloc's "The Protestant Heresy." Link .
Monday, June 06, 2005

Ahlquist and the Chesterton Society

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Katherine Kersten writes in the June 6, 2005, Minneapolis-St Paul Star Tribune : Five years ago, Dale Ahlquist was a well-paid lobbyist with...
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Friday, June 03, 2005

GKC Back In the Pop Culture

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From a review of Cinderella Man : "The film is based on the true story of James J. Braddock, whose inspiring rags-to-riches comeback in...
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Thursday, June 02, 2005

Motion Picture GKC

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The first Father Brown motion picture, a 67 minute feature starring Walter Connolly as the priest, Paul Lukas as Flambeau, and Robert Lorain...
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Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Subtle but Effective GKC

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Michael Coren relates a priceless anecdote about Chesterton in his biography of H. G. Wells: Wells was disarmed by Chesterton's good nat...
Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Pearce on Chesterton & St Francis

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Chesterton and Saint Francis , an essay by Joseph Pearce from his new book Literary Giants, Literary Catholics , is now available on www.ig...
Monday, May 30, 2005

Bad Pun

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Probably the worst pun in the history of the English language was penned in July of 1944 by the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas when he wrote, ...
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Friday, May 27, 2005

McNabb on GKC's Death

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A little take-off on the Memorial Day weekend theme: Following the death of G.K. Chesterton . . . as soon as Father Vincent had read the Gos...