Thursday, October 29, 2009

Quoting Chesterton

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Every now and then I search online and at news sites for mention of G.K. Chesterton. Occasionally I’ll find an interesting essay focusing on...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Would he, could he?

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The recent announcement of a special provision that would allow Anglicans/Episcopalians to reunite with Rome en mass while retaining some el...
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Saturday, October 24, 2009

A Christmas Discovery

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While visiting the local Catholic bookshop - with a gift certificate burning in my pocket - I discovered in the Christmas display (yes, even...
Thursday, October 01, 2009

Rochester Chesterton Conference (3)

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Dale Ahlquist seemed to be on a mission: To link everything to Chesterton. During the September 26 Rochester Chesterton Conference, Dale, w...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

A Worthy Cause

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"Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed - Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the b...
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Rochester Chesterton Conference (2)

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A police line-up? No, just the Rochester Chesterton Conference speakers and host.
Saturday, September 26, 2009

Rochester Chesterton Conference (1)

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Rochester Chesterton Conference September 26 - Thomas Howard and Dale Ahlquist were among the featured speakers. More to come!
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Thursday, September 03, 2009

a new twist on art history

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Chesterton spilt a lot of ink discussing art and artists and in that tradition we have moved a lot of pixels on this blog talking about art ...
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Sunday, August 23, 2009

If you print it they will read

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There are only two reasons a company puts a product on the cover of a catalog. The first is that it is selling very well and they want it to...
Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Most of all, at age 40, we should be reading...

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By [age] 40 I had outgrown ghost-written sports books and sensationalist war novels. I'd seen war for real and it wasn't very sensat...
Monday, August 17, 2009

Guess who made the list?

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Image , a journal of art and literature with a religious slant which also has an online site, has published a list of " 100 Writers of ...
Saturday, August 15, 2009

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On the current Heath Care issue Mark Steyn brilliantly writes, “….In the normal course of events, the process takes a while. But Obama belie...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

If a thing is worth doing, YOU should do it.

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Somebody slap this boy for perverted use of a Chesterton quotation: John Patrick Grace: Health care reform, even if done badly, may be bette...
Monday, August 10, 2009

"On National Debts" by Hilaire Belloc

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An appropriate cautionary tale for adults by Hilaire Belloc. It was published in On Nothing in 1908. ON NATIONAL DEBTS (WHICH ARE IMAGINAR...
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Thursday, August 06, 2009

Rochester Chesterton Conference

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There are many among us who can't make the Chesterton Conference due to schedule or distance. For those who can't, there will be a s...
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009

The Current Occupant

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Tom O'Toole on his blog Fighting Irish Thomas says,”… "When a nation gives birth to a foolish law," said Chesterton, "t...
Sunday, August 02, 2009

Universal truth

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I have been on a history binge lately and today I came across an interesting quote. It was written two thousand and two hundred years ago by...
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Friday, July 31, 2009

Life Lesson #44,758

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Chesterton frequently uses the fence or wall as a metaphor in his writings. My favorite and is this one: “Catholic doctrine and discipline m...
Thursday, July 30, 2009

Speaking of Belloc

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In art a style can never be imposed nor predicted. It grows organically from any given epoch reflecting the needs, wants and desires of that...
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Sunday, July 19, 2009

Belloc's Windmill To Be Closed

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Hilaire Belloc's windmill, the largest working windmill in West Sussex, is closing its doors to the public. See BBC article Historic wi...