Category: Manners
George Bernanos and his Last Novel, Monsieur Ouine
George Bernanos (1888-1948) was the most important novelist of the twentieth-century French...
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By Guy Rickards Havergal Brian’s opera “Faust” performed by English National Opera conducted by Martyn Brabbins. Brian’s fourth opera is a multi-layered setting of the First Part only of Goethe’s classic work,...
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Words and Things — Looking Back at 2022 With Recommendations.
I studied philosophy in the bad old days of Oxford linguistic analysis, where the big names were...
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My Five Best of 2022 — Books, Movies, TV, and Golf Shoes
I always enjoy the “Best of” lists at the end of year. I always find some gem I had...
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On a Personal Note — My Books In a Row
At age 72, I have started doing strange things, the strangest being writing down memories of...
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The Film ‘Operation Mincemeat’: Chopped a Bit Too Finely, But Still Tasty
The 1956 film The Man Who Never Was, directed by Ronald Neame and starring Clifton Webb, Robert...
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Roe Overturned — The Demons Are Released
Across the media, we are see pictures and videos of women, and some men, screaming, cursing,...
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A Modern Tale in a Brave New World
My wife was getting overweight and had been steadily for many months. This may be a common enough...
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Endangered Fatherhood — A Homily
Father’s Day Homily June 19, 2022 St. Steven the Martyr Church Deacon Rick Kaszycki This morning I...
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Sleepers Awake! Victor Davis Hanson’s The Dying Citizen
Are you a citizen? The question may sound strange, and, surely, for the last 140 years of our...
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