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Maybe Putin is a Goodie?

Has it not, given especially the hideous, monstrous and demonic actions of the West/Zionist cabal, become altogether clear that Putin is not the baddie we are told he is? Far from Put-ler to be sure. With news of that Navalny character not being assassinated but rather dying of a blood clot–most probably from a Western…
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The Mites Without Might

If we hypostatize or anthropomorphize the notion of ideology, we may say that ideologies have might over men. Might is the faculty or power of directing actions. As a rule one says only of a man or of groups that they are mighty. Then the definition of might is: might is the power to direct…
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He’s Dying. Permissive Catholicism Is Dead.

As I’ve said consistently since this disaster of a pontificate launched back in 2013, Jorge Bergoglio is the embodiment of a dead pseudo-faith that peddles in cheap mercy. I would go so far as to call it ‘fiat mercy’ because it is full of empty remission of sin and guilt, devoid of justice and a…
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Post-Persuasion Me?

To peaceably persuade or convince others of an argument is (probably) still a noble thing. I suppose it is dependent entirely upon the veracity and value of the conclusion. In business, Henry Ford convinced his associates and financiers that Americans could and would purchase a bare-bones automobile en masse, and that he possessed the technical…
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A Very Long Six Months

One of my favorite all-time movies is a French film starring the captivating Audrey Tautou, Une Si Longue Dimanche des Fiançailles or A Very Long Engagement. If you have not seen it, you’re a lesser person and should check it out. Epic. Reason for the mention here is simply that, per the old joke that…
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Loyola Asked the Wrong Guy to Mentor

I do admit: Perhaps a simple “no” would have sufficed. Billy Madison Wrong GIFfrom Billy Madison GIFs But, I’m just not a “simple no” kind of guy. The following is my response to Loyola-Chicago’s request that I participate in some mentorship program: I suspect this program will indeed be helpful to a number of students.…
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The Perpetual Emergency Excuse

With 9/11 on the minds of Americans again, it is interesting to see how sentiment regarding it has moved from misplaced rage and nationalistic xenophobia to recognition of something larger lost than even those who died that day. The great Dave Smith was partially right: more from A Twisted History of the United States, 1450-1945:…
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State Power is Neither Holy Nor Angelic

On news that the FBI has not only been spying on and infiltrating Catholic parishes, but lying about it: When I studied to be a priest/religious as a Dominican, we were assigned to read through the Constitutions of the Order of Preachers; many of the notions and clauses date back all the way to the…
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Catholic Populism Must Start With Suspicion of the State

Looks as though the French, the Spanish, and the Italians–for all of the reports of Catholicism dying in Europe–are ahead of the game here. There’s a historical reason for that. Below is my exchange today with the great Anthony Stine.  

My Fourth of July with Per Bylund

Long gone are the previous American Independence days when I naively participated in all of the practices that bespoke of true American patriotism. Sure, barbeques are still good. Fireworks, ok. Seeing Old Glory everywhere–fine. Parades are still horrible. But, all of the attendant feelings I was supposed to experience and honestly wanted to believe, have…
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