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Winter Solstice

No Winter Solstice ever passes but that I find myself imagining what must have been the experience of that first person who recognized that there is regularity in the cosmos. Continue reading

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Conservatism, rightly understood

A couple of recent conversations have caused me to think carefully about what it means to be a ‘conservative’ and to identify the reasons I don’t believe that the modern GOP is conservative in any meaningful sense. For starters, I … Continue reading

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Puzzling quote of the day

Albert the Pious is having a difficult time dealing with the nomination of Pete Buttigieg as Transportation Secretary. Continue reading

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Quote for the day

It’s a system of lies. To assert that magical spirits watch people and burn them in fiery hell after death is an obvious falsehood to any thinking, educated person. Ditto for the rest of biblical supernaturalism. Young Americans are abandoning … Continue reading

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Uh-oh …

CNN is reporting that Trump is telling aides he plans to remain in the White House. Continue reading

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