Our Obsession With Time — A Homily
We Americans are obsessed with time. Everything we do is tied to time as if we were ruled by the...
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The Best and the Worst of 2022
When evil threatens little children, to whom the Kingdom of Heaven belongs (Mt.19:14), then either we fight to win the battle or expect the Lord Himself to come and settle affairs, for when the souls of children are at stake, the weeds have reached maturity and the harvest is near.
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The Ghost of Christmases Past Gives His “Bests”
As Deal noted in his article “My Five Best of 2022 — Books, Movies, TV, and Golf Shoes,” it’s...
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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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My Best Classical Recordings of 2022
By Guy Rickards Havergal Brian’s opera “Faust” performed by English National...
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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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