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“Eat the Rich!”

“Eat the Rich!” was a common battle-cry during the French Revolution. The “evil rich” were blamed on every...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

The French Revolution

The French Revolution about which I’m reading in Thiers’ four volume set of the same title, published in...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Today’s Reading Let’s Us Know If…

1 Jn 2:3-11 Beloved: The way we may be sure that we know Jesus is to keep his...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Rabbits, Causes, Effects.

My house and a couple of outbuildings are on top of a high, windswept hill. This time of...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

What’s a Liberal To Do?

I’ve mentioned the family I’d let into an empty house I bought to satisfy some property concerns. I’d...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Two in a Row

Today, like yesterday, is a Holy Day of Obligation. It’s not often that there are two consecutive Holy...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Merry Christmas!

And, we celebrate, for He is with us still.

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Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Automation + Efficiency = Progress

Once, during WWII, an American machinist figured out a way to harden tool steel so that the metal-cutting...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Primitive Cultures Stay That Way Because They…

While American Indians were certainly laudable in terms of tribal and family loyalty, they were not good at...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Most People Have Capitalism Backwards

The capitalistic system is not, as many believe, based on hard work. The opposite is true. Capitalism is...