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Please know I have not dropped off the face of the earth and shall resume blogging soon. Know how grateful I am for your reading of the blog. More to come. ACF

From a wise man, Victor Davis Hanson. Thanks to GWR.

How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apa­thy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property existContinue reading “One more, from another wise statesman concerning Islam”

Remembering The New Yorker of old’s droll headline to a spacer filler with amusing items from Blighty, There will always be an England, read below the disturbing item suggesting that soon there will  no more be an England. The item is taken from Gavin Ashenden’s journal New English Catholic and is well worth reading in its entirety.Continue reading “Addendum to the post below this one”

Theodore Roosevelt; Fear God and, Take Your Own Part, 1916 While there may not have been a great deal of Muslim hegemony in the States during the 23rd president’s administration, there was plenty of it abroad, enough to involve US forces, particularly in the Philippines, to which the president refers. Roosevelt was concerned enough about MuslimContinue reading “Theodore Roosevelt on Islam”

Your Tatler played the Mass Sunday and is relieved to report I still have a pulse and am relatively conscious. In fact, I now look forward to the next engagement on so-called “Ascension Sunday.” One handicap that quickly revealed itself was a parishioner nearby who, with the best intentions, sang loudly, boldly, and was soContinue reading “Report from the trenches”

Breitbart reports Brandon Gill (R-TX) grilled abortion advocate and scholar* Jessica Waters on her “favorite method” of abortion, during a Thursday hearing on Capitol Hill.” Oddly enough for such an abortion enthusiast, Miss Gill declined to answer all questions put to her by Congressman Gill. Undeterred, Congressman Gill pressed on, identifying the oft most methodsContinue reading “Gee whizz, Prof. Waters, Gill got your tongue?”

George Ault: Bright Light at Russell’s Corners The apt pairing above is not this blogger’s creation, rather a good friend of his, who posted it on his Facebook page, whence I cribbed it (with permission). Little needs to be said of the two individual masterpieces, save perhaps their greatness permits a synergistic relationship that createsContinue reading “Two great works of art create a third”