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First, Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli, to remind us who ultimately made our independence possible. Then it’s William Billings, America’s first composer, whose choral works celebrated our battles against the Red Coats. Then onto Charles Ives, Amy Beach, Scott Joplin, John Philip Sousa, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, George Gershwin and lots of other American greats. * *Continue reading “Music for Independence Day.”

Paris is burning and social-justice warriors are on the case. From Breibart: The huge extent of damage and vandalism caused in nearly a week of nightly riots in France has been dramatically underlined with a summary of recorded burnings so far, with the toll running to thousands of vehicles and buildings. Naturally, it’s the poorContinue reading “Gee Whiz, the Left-Wing Thug Organizations have Outdone Themselves Planning the Spontaneous Paris Uprising.”

From the National Catholic Register: Cities around the world have staged LGBTQ parades, promoting an agenda that revolves around not only sexual depravity but also child genital mutilation. But instead of being classed as a vulnerable group warranting protection from such evil insanity, children worldwide have been welcomed to such events while in their dailyContinue reading “Complicity.”

My, what a class act the president of Ukraine is. Volodymyr Zelensky wears a sweat shirt to an audience with the King of England. No wonder the Biden boys are so enamored of this thug–and his money, of course. https://youtube.com/shorts/nmEQHUCTJ4A?feature=share3 h/t Fr Rutler.

From Fortune Magazine: Bud Light boycotters decimating sales over Dylan Mulvaney promotion should think about employees, Anheuser-Busch CEO Brendan Whitworth says. An exemplar of our modern culture pretends to sample a brew the little people drink. Brendan Whitworth [CEO of Anheuser Busch, the manufacturer of Bud Light beer-product], ex-marine, makes a heartfelt appeal to protectContinue reading “A Hopeless, Pathetic Last Resort: it will Fail.”

I’ve been waiting for this for years, a revival of the long-obsolete instrument called the arpeggione. A sort of hybrid guitar and ‘cello, Schubert wrote some his most beautiful music for it, which has long been played on the ‘cello instead. Now, at last, we can hear Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata as he intended it toContinue reading “Schubert : Sonata for Arpeggione & Fortepiano – 1. Allegro moderato.”

Way back in the ’90s, believe it or not, this arch-conservative subscribed to the New Republic magazine. Though solidly liberal, it was a thoughtful journal with some excellent and entertaining writers, including Charles Krauthammer, Mickey Kaus, Morton Kondracke, and a host of others. It was, to paraphrase the late Ed Koch, the last good liberalContinue reading “In Other Words, He Deserved to Die.”

Seen on Twitter, courtesy The Twitchy. In time, even that oblique manner of referring to a white person by his geographical heritage will become unacceptable. Those of us burdened with the wrong hue will then be referenced, sotto voce as if uttering an obscenity, “lesser biological units.”

From the New York Post. Step number one would be to have a nice chat with the deacons and acolytes, which ought to solve the mystery of this “miracle” in no time. Also, the inane patois of the pastor would warrant a serious discussion with him as well. “God has duplicated himself in the ciborium,”Continue reading “Uh, huh.”