Monday, October 19, 2026

Twenty-First Century Danegeld

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     Though politicians decline to say so – their kind is allergic to candor and truth – it’s an open secret that Muslims who’ve succeeded i...
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Sunday, October 18, 2026

The Blood Of Innocents

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     Yesterday, after I read Haretina Kukuri’s most recent essay, I commented thus:      "Money, borders, presidents and states exist...
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Saturday, October 17, 2026

Declarations And Admissions

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     Haretina Kukuri continues to impress. This young woman is making me think harder and with greater breadth and depth than I have in dec...
Friday, October 16, 2026

Tides Of Faith

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     I’ve been up since 3:30 AM. Perhaps due to that anomaly, I find myself intellectually adrift. It’s one of those mornings when vagrant i...
Thursday, October 15, 2026

In-Languages

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     In this piece at AoSHQ, we find a great deal of commentary about how the “fairer sex” strives to build itself up: i.e., by doing every...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Droughts

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     According to the National Day Calendar, it was on October 14 of the Year of Our Lord 1908 that the Chicago Cubs won the World Series o...
Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Fatima Day 2026

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     Many are the days on which I feel too existentially weary to write a single line. On some such days I give in: I declare a “day off” an...
Monday, October 12, 2026

Clean Dirt Versus Dirty Dirt

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     I suppose this particular dichotomy had to be addressed eventually.      It happened yesterday. Sunday is our day here at the Fortress...

Life After Death

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     If you haven’t seen this documentary: Why do near-death survivors stop being afraid of death? These people who came back from clinical...
Sunday, October 11, 2026

Day Off

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     Good morning, Gentle Reader. It being Sunday, I went to Mass as I usually do, came home at about 8:30 AM as I usually do, sat down at t...
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Saturday, October 10, 2026

The Infinitely Renewable Resource

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     Unless you resolve on a subsistence existence – find your own food, make your own clothes, et cetera — you must sell something to othe...
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Friday, October 9, 2026

Spectacles

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     I suppose it’s a matter of taste. Some like Chopin, others like hip-hop. Some like William Faulkner; others like Dan Brown. Some like w...
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Thursday, October 8, 2026

Predictions Old And New

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     I think I’ve mentioned here, or perhaps at Eternity Road of loving memory, that I was once deeply immersed in international strategic ...