Thursday, March 24, 2022

A Reflection on Andy Rooney and Chesterton

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  I’ve been reading a collection of short essays by the late Andy Rooney. Anyone familiar with his short commentaries for years on 60 Minute...
Tuesday, March 15, 2022

G.K. Chesterton Became Catholic 100 Years Ago, Drawn in by Jerusalem and Our Lady

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"On July 30, 1922, at the Railway Hotel, in Beaconsfield, England, G.K. Chesterton became a Catholic. In the absence of a local Catholi...
Monday, March 14, 2022

Tom Baker Clerihew

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As an actor, Tom Baker was more of a character than a heart-breaker. But I think his Doctor is worthy of a clerihew, even though at mention ...

Robert Burns Clerihew

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Robert Burns hid behind some ferns. He feared that he might be shot by the husband of an auld acquaintance he forgot.
Thursday, March 03, 2022

Judgment for Planned Parenthood

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  “God Himself will not help us ignore evil, but only to defy and to defeat it.”  I was recently watching Judgment at Nuremberg . If you hav...
Monday, February 28, 2022

Yikes

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On social media - a swamp I advise others to tread in cautiously - I've seen repeated debates over certain Catholic issues. Usually, the...
Friday, February 04, 2022

Patriotism and Sport (and the Olympics)

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  The Beijing Olympics have begun. I’m not a big fan of the Winter Olympics in general, but I have in the past tuned in for some events.   T...
Friday, January 28, 2022

Inklings and Dr. Who?

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Thursday, January 27, 2022

G.K. Chesterton and the Meaning of Education

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Joseph Pearce is on a roll.  G.K. Chesterton and the Meaning of Education| National Catholic Register : The tragedy of modern education is t...
Thursday, January 20, 2022

Tolkien, and Father Christmas

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  Since I have Tolkien on my mind (having seen the movie now), I stopped by the library and picked up a copy of  The Father Christmas Lette...
Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Tolkien (the movie)

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  I finally got to see the 2019 movie Tolkien .  At the time it came out it got mixed reviews, but some Catholic commentators noted that at ...
Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Mass is Tiresome?

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Eating, Drinking and Praying — G.K. Chesterton and Christmas

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Joseph Pearce in the National Catholic Register - Eating, Drinking and Praying — G.K. Chesterton and Christmas| National Catholic Register ...
Thursday, December 23, 2021

The Man Who Love Christmas

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(I have been writing a book called Santa's Diary . One of the entries deals with a familiar fellow.)  The question I dealt with yesterda...
Saturday, December 18, 2021

Rereading

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C.S. Lewis observed in - Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories : “An unliterary man may be defined as one who reads books once only. . . . We ...
Friday, December 10, 2021

Chesterton: Advent waiting is a gift

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Freelance writer  Shemaiah Gonzalez has a wonderful take on Advent, using Chesterton as a focus ("Chesterton: Advent waiting is a gift...
Friday, December 03, 2021

Dr. Seuss Clerihew

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Dr. Seuss was fond of tippling fermented mulberry juice. This helps to explain a thing or thing two, such as that cat's hat and Horton...
Friday, November 26, 2021

Dostoevsky - Friend?

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  Should  Fyodor Dostoevsky be counted as one of the "Friends"? In reviewing a book about Dostoevsky, Chesterton once wrote: ...
Monday, November 22, 2021

The Chronicles of Narnia Saved My Faith!

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  On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. That tragedy naturally dominated the headlines, so it's no surprise ...
Sunday, November 21, 2021

C.S.Lewis and Fairy Tales

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“Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” - C.S. Lewis