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Halloween Reminds Us of These 25 Things

Halloween reminds us that… 1. Once a year your neighbors, even if complete strangers the...

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88 Years of Middle-Earth, 75 Years of Narnia

During the hectic middle decades of the twentieth century, from the end of the Great...

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Good Catholic Blogging August 2025

A lot of writers like to share what writers annoy them and how they have...

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Poets Have Been Mysteriously Silent On The Subject Of Cheese

In this essay I will talk about G.K. Chesterton and Cheese, the Pulitzer Prize, Lincoln,...

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Out of the Ordinary Extraordinary People Alive in 1889

1889 is the crossroads where the descendants, living persons and ancestors of previous, current and...

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I remember when I was young, I didn't go to school till after Labor Day....

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WRN # 17 Some Lessons on Writing

You want to become a good writer? Well take a look around to what is...

April 2022

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How The Slap Could Have Gone Differently

Honestly. I think Will Smith is still a class act. He messed up. Rather Big....

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Tweeting to the Choir: A Collection of Tweets

The diversity of thought within Catholic teaching, like variety within the strictures of sonnets, is...

August 2021

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Things I Like About Facebook

My FB friend Suzanne Westra Greydanus writes on June 21 Things I like about FB: So...

May 2021

May 21, 2021

Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious 50’s Part 2

Welcome to part 2 of Jimmy Akin's Mysterious 50's Click on here for Part 1...

May 19, 2021

Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious 50’s Part 1

One of the most fascinating time periods in modern history is the 1950’s. In the...

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November 13, 2020

A Non-Political Post about Encouraging Positive Catholics

This post may not be successful as it is being posted on Friday the 13th. ...

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Our Personal History is also surrounded by actual history. These are the Accomplishments and Discoveries...

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