Saturday, August 31, 2013

The Worst Op-Ed of the Month

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Competition for this honor is always stiff. But here is August's winner.
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Friday, August 30, 2013

100 Years Ago Today

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Here we are at the end of August and 100 years ago... Nothing of any great importance was going on . In Congress Democrats were calling ...
Thursday, August 29, 2013

Britain: Government in crisis as Parliament rejects attack on Syria

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In a stunning rebuke, the House of Commons has voted decisively not to endorse a military strike on Syria. Significant numbers of Conservati...
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Prayers please

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Your prayers are kindly requested for my Godson Basil as he prepares to leave for seminary in Jordanville.
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RIP: Gus - New York's iconic (and slightly weird) polar bear

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There are not a huge number of ways to become famous as a polar bear. Gus somehow managed to do it by behaving like a perfectly ordinary Ne...
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Breaking up is never easy

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Kim Jong-un's ex-girlfriend was among a dozen well-known North Korean performers who were executed by firing squad nine days ago, accor...
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Missouri State Legislature Ponders Insurrection

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Unless a handful of wavering Democrats change their minds, the Republican-controlled Missouri legislature is expected...
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Here we go again

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Getting ready to attack yet another country, intervening in a civil war where there are no good guys, and almost certainly making things wor...

Feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary

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Services for the Feast held in the Cathedral of the Assumption in the Kremlin.

A great speech is remembered with a very exclusive party

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So today is the 50th anniversary of Dr. King's most famous speech, which I will not quote here out of deference to the copyright, jealou...
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Anglican Archbishop urges Christians to ‘repent’ over ‘wicked’ attitude to homosexuality

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The Most Rev Justin Welby told an audience of traditional born-again Christians that they must “repent” over the way gay and lesbian people...
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New York Times Website Hacked

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The website of the New York Times is still down almost 24 hrs after a foreign based cyber attack carried out by self proclaimed allies of Sy...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Vigil for the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos

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Fred Reed on a College Education

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In 1964 Hampden-Sydney College, in Southside Virginia, was fairly typical of American schools and particularly of the small, good Sothern s...

A Reflection on the Lifespan and Fragility of National Governments

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Government survivability are the odds of a government continuing into the future intact (it’s a type of political risk). Gold is a hedge ag...
Sunday, August 25, 2013

Riddle me this...

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Q: What do you call a man whose professional resume is starting to resemble Elizabeth Taylor's personal life? A. Keith Olbermann .
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After six budget showdowns, big government is mostly unchanged

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After 21 / 2 years of budget battles, this is what the federal government looks like now: It is on pace, this year, to spend $3.455 trillio...
Saturday, August 24, 2013

The Telegraph: It's left wing prats who are defending our freedom

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A few weeks ago, a British national newspaper was visited by a detachment of national security agents who demanded that its computers and h...

A Coptic Monument to Survival is Destroyed

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No one knows exactly when the Virgin Mary Church was built, but the fourth and fifth centuries are both possible options. In both cases, it...

'Sovereign Citizens' wage war of paper against government and enemies

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MINNEAPOLIS — One of the first inklings Sheriff Richard Stanek had that something was wrong came with a call from the mortgage company hand...
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