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Going Broke While Having More Money Than Ever:

Forty years ago, there were fewer dollars, but each dollar bought more. A lot more! If a miser...

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Fixers Fix

The internet is filled with sites, like this one, that express a deeply felt desire to help “fix”...

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Boiling Down

If we want a hard, sticky job, we may want to collect a huge vat of maple sap...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Looking Ahead

If we suddenly had revealed to us what the biggest movers in the stock market were going to...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

The Jacobins, An Early Example of the…

History is fascinating because it’s so consistent. There are always bitter, unhappy people who make themselves and those...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Two Ways to Accomplish the Mission

One of the most important seaports in the central Mediterranean Sea is on the tiny island of Malta....

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

The History of the French Revolution by A. M. Thiers

A. M. Thiers’ four volume history of the French Revolution has been an incredible reading adventure. The books...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Haters

An amazing number of people spend their lives, or portions of them, hating their neighbors. They begin by...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Reading for January 2, 2011

Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord Reading 1 Is 60:1-6 Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem! Your light...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

The New TV Studio Cameras

The new “News” shows are, it is said, going to use TV cameras similar to those used by...