Auburn, AL December 18, 2022 The “vicar of Christ” is at war with His Church. OK…that might overstate the case. Not because “his holiness” isn’t at war; but because this putative “vicar” can’t possibly be the pope. If he were, it would be impossible for him to promulgate the apostasy that’s defined his “papacy”. Jorge […]
Atlanta, GA December 5, 2022 And I wish you all the love in the world But most of all, I wish it from myself. – Christine McVie Like weeds in a garden, reminders of the 1970s are popping up everywhere. Volatile inflation, atrocious attire, and proxy wars with Russia are discomfiting echoes of that turbulent […]
Atlanta, GA November 29, 2022 I have many reasons to be proud of both my sons. As his eighteenth birthday approaches, my younger one gives me another. A couple years ago, I commended David on his Confirmation. Now he’s on the verge of becoming an Eagle Scout. Few are more deserving. For a half dozen years, […]
Atlanta, GA November 24, 2022 Three years ago, on Thanksgiving Day in 2019, we inverted the script, put our tongue in our cheek, and derided all the things for which we’re eternally ungrateful. A few months later, those annoyances would seem like quaint irritants of a naïve age. Since that time, it’s as if we’ve […]
Lexington, KY November 21, 2022 Last month, I participated in a charity golf event. The day before, for the first time in weeks, it rained in north Georgia. Showers continued thru the night, stopping just as we were supposed to play. Unfortunately, the soggy conditions caused the Club to prohibit carts from leaving their path. […]
Frankfort, KYNovember 20, 2022 The United States were founded on principles of state sovereignty and local government. If two peoples were incompatible, there was no sense imposing a bad marriage. That was the rationale for thirteen states seceding from Great Britain. It became the reason future societies might separate from those states (and one we […]
Atlanta, GA November 16, 2022 Chesterton advised to “not ever take a fence down till you understand why it was put up.” But sometimes they come down whether we like it or not. The previous owners of our house had some reason to line each side of the property with a double-rail border fence. We […]
Atlanta, GA November 9, 2022 For several years, our long-time housekeeper has been embezzling money, breaking our things, siphoning our gas, and sharing pornography with our impressionable kids. One day, this uppity servant stole our keys and locked us inside. She’d let us out periodically, but only to go to specific places for certain things. […]
Atlanta, GA November 4, 2022 Imagine going to the doctor with unfamiliar chest pains. The physician hears your symptoms, drops everything, and immediately suggests open-heart surgery. Just to be safe. You question the decision, and ask for some tests, additional data, or perhaps another opinion. You also try to inform him of other health issues […]
As we did a couple days ago, we delve the archives, and recall a wonderful place in a pleasant time. [Earlier installments in this series: Orléans, Chenonceau, Amboise, Chambord, Montrichard, Blois, Tours, Chartres, Paris] Paris, France April 26, 2000 After the Religious Wars, the Bourbons supplanted the Valois, and moved regal soirées from the Loire […]