Saturday, May 20, 2017

Chesterton before God ( a cinquain)

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  G. K. Chesterton stood before the throne of God telling a rollicking tale, and God laughed.
Friday, May 19, 2017

Chesterton Scholar, Fr. Leo Hetzler, Passes Away

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Father Leo Hetzler, C.S.B., a noted Chesterton scholar who helped launch the annual Rochester Chesterton Conference, died May 18, 2017, ...
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Tuesday, May 09, 2017

Gilbert in transition; spat over

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I just got the latest Gilbert. In it, Dale Ahlquist announced some changes in the magazine, prompted in part by financial necessity, thou...
Sunday, March 26, 2017

Chesterton, the poet

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Over at Social Matter , there was a brief look at Chesterton as a poet:  "Poets: G. K. Chesterton" Interesting read - praise fo...
Thursday, February 23, 2017

Peter Maurin - Chesterton and Belloc did not have blinkers!

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  A Few Englishmen R. H. Tawney said that the Englishmen wear blinkers. Because they wear blinkers the Englishmen lack vision. B...
Monday, February 20, 2017

Peter Maurin - Christianity Untried (Chesterton)

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Chesterton says: “The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.” Christia...
Friday, February 10, 2017

They taught us to believe in dragons

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"And  a few encounters with living legends didn't hurt: I studied at the University of Oxford, and the English syllabus stopped at...
Saturday, February 04, 2017

For all the snowflakes (clerihew)

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President Donald Trump blazes away as if still on the stump. Many a fragile snowflake finds the heat hard to take.
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

A St. Jerome clerihew

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Irascible St. Jerome was justly noted for his biblical tome, but he was upset that no one would look at his vegetarian cook book.
Sunday, January 08, 2017

A Torricelli clerihew

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Evangelista Torricelli was fond of refried beans and jalapeno jelly. One of his lesser-known achievements was a way to measure frequen...
Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Tolkien's rediscovered "Noel"

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NOEL by J.R.R. Tolkien Grim was the world and grey last night: The moon and stars were fled, The hall was dark without song or light, Th...
Monday, December 26, 2016

Paladino Clerhiew

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Carl Paladino perhaps had too much vino. But even intoxication can't excuse his offensive First Couple rant. (Context: Buffalo...
Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Gilbert clerihew blackballing continues?

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Another issue of Gilbert arrived. None of my clerihews got in. Again. It used to be Gilbert regularly published some of my clerihew...
Sunday, September 25, 2016

Chesterton gets Clerihewed

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G. K. Chesterton would sometimes sit in the sun. His wife appreciated the cool glade his shadow made.
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Thursday, September 01, 2016

A prophetic clerihew

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Ezekiel was full of prophetic zeal. He was only wrong when it came to bets on the Browns and the Mets.
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Saturday, July 16, 2016

An alternative this election year - The American Solidarity Party

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This is a tough year for us politically when it comes to the Presidential campaign. Many of us find the candidates of the major political p...
Tuesday, July 05, 2016

A Tolkien Clerihew

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There was a side of J.R.R. Tolkien that was seldom seen. When he was by himself he'd sometimes dress as an elf.
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A Clerihew (Pope Pius)

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Pope Pius is a victim of bias. Only a closed-minded dope still thinks of him as "Hitler's pope."
Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Another political clerihew (Trump)

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Donald Trump on the stump will almost always spout a platitude or something rude.
Sunday, November 08, 2015

A Ben Carson/Politico Clerihew

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Ben Carson never claimed he committed arson. That didn't stop Politico from reporting, "He may have, you know."