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March 2006

March 08, 2006

Flocking behavior

I posted yesterday about the release of Richard Lawrence Cohen's latest book, and am still...

March 07, 2006

When a Blog becomes a Book

It's one thing to be a blogger who has written a book, like Glenn Reynolds...

March 07, 2006

Back from retreat! What’d I miss?

Near as I can tell, I missed the Oscars, but even the dresses didn't seem...

February 2006

February 28, 2006

So, What are you Reading for Lent?

Last year I wrote about The Tradition of Lenten Reading, so this year I thought...

February 23, 2006

Defining Narrowness rather Narrowly UPDATED

Someone emailed over this interesting interview with Bruce Bawer on his book, Stealing Jesus; How...

February 12, 2006

Soldiers Angels, From Here to There

Holly Aho is the foundress of Soldier's Angels, an organization dedicated to giving glad help...

February 09, 2006

A Chat w/ Kate O’Beirne

John Hawkins spends some times with one of my favorites - a smart lady with...

February 07, 2006

Carthusians Abounding

Amy Welborn directs us to this trailer of the great documentary, Into the Great Silence,...

February 07, 2006

“Is ‘Old-Europe’ Doomed?”

From my sickbed, I have been reading Theodore Darlrymple's latest exquisite book of essays, Our...

February 02, 2006

I am Aunt Dahlia!

According to this test which tells what character in Wodehouse's The Code of the Woosters...

January 2006

January 25, 2006

Julie loves “People I Have Loved…”

Now, now, it's not what it sounds like. It's just that Julie at Happy Catholic...

January 25, 2006

City Journal – UPDATED

It's my favorite online publication and articles like this one from Theodore Dalrymple which looks...

January 20, 2006

A world “always at the edge of falsehood”

Daniel Henninger has an important, must-read piece up at opinionjournal.com, concerning the fallout - or...

January 08, 2006

Hmmm…now, here’s a thought…

Whatever happened to Louis Freeh? He disappeared for a few years, came out with a...

January 06, 2006

Iran’s nuclear ambitions known in 2000?

That seems to be the real scoop in James Risen's book, says Michael Ledeen. Hmmm....

December 2005

December 22, 2005

A plea for advice

Got an email this morning from a lady wanting to know if I could recommend...

December 21, 2005

A New Chesterton Blog

A man approaches, wearing sandals and simple raiment, a raw tomato held firmly in his...

December 12, 2005

Maureen Dowd wrote the wrong book

I haven't written about Maureen Dowd in a dog's age. She used to be fun...

December 11, 2005

“How can I like you, you’re a Conservative?”

I have heard the phrase repeated to me a few times by stunned liberals..."I don't...

December 11, 2005

We Loved Narnia!

I couldn't stay awake through any of the LOTR films - in my impatient head,...

December 09, 2005

A round-up of Narnia Reviews

UPDATE: My own review is here. I'm not much for epic pictures, but some of...

December 01, 2005

In the mail today: POSTSECRET

A while back, while reading at Worship Naked I spied a link to Frank Warren's...

November 2005

November 29, 2005

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Buster and hubby and I saw Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire over the...

November 09, 2005

Pearce does Tolkien

Love Joseph Pearce, one of my favorite authors - he's great. If you love Tolkien,...

November 04, 2005

In the Mail Today…

The Right to be Wrong by Kevin Seamus Hasson, published by Encounter Books. The back...

September 2005

September 25, 2005

A Catholic Woman’s Book of Days

As a rule I tend to have a knee-jerk prejudice against things that are "by...

September 25, 2005

Pride & Prejudice as feminist bombast

Ohhhhhh....I knew it. I KNEW it. I knew that if anyone tried to make yet...

September 22, 2005

In the mail: The Outdoor Bible!

THIS is SO COOL! Alright, all you people who like to go camping, who are...

September 21, 2005

It is good to read.

I like this piece by Jon Pitts in the Baltimore Sun That prospect harks back...

September 17, 2005

Book in the mail today…

A review copy of Amy Welborn's A Catholic Woman's Book of Days (Scroll down the...