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(From here.) But what about . . . Those Swedish archeologists must be mistaken. After all, who are you going to believe: a team of experts, including a member of the U.S. Armed Forces Medical Examiner System’s Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFMES-AFDIL), as well a forensic geneticist and others, who after carefully and scientificallyContinue reading “How could they tell?”

From Crux. After season of division, Pope calls clergy to spurn ‘disunity’ and ‘polarization’ The “enemy,” Francis said, referring to the devil, “never comes out into the open, loves gossip and insinuation, foments parties and cliques, fuels nostalgia for times past, distrust, pessimism, and fear”  (Emphasis added). Tu quoque, Holiness?

From the Epoch Times. Another Democrat liberal with the same tired ideas and rhetoric, but bearing a once-famous name. Is the Kennedy mystic still extant? Does Robert F. Jr. possess the same winning appeal his glamorous predecessors had? His father was assassinated 55 years ago and the last and least Kennedy, Teddy, died in officeContinue reading “Look for the Dems to drop Biden in a trice should this fellow gain any traction.”

MUSIC REVIEW. Way back in the ’70s I was presented with a box set of Bach Cantatas played on so-called original, or period, instruments. I hated it. The fiddles were scratchy and the players’s lousy intonation was painful to behold for this nerd with perfect pitch. Similarly with the winds: they sounded anemic, wimpy andContinue reading “The coming of age for original instruments and performance practices.”

From here. A commenter writes: “Punching testicles is how New Yorkers say “welcome.” That’s close, but not quite on the mark. As an ex-New Yorker whose family has been in the City even before the mists of time, I can state with authority, punching testicles is how New Yorkers say: “Have a nice day, a**hole.”

Église Saint-Bernard in Digby County, NS: attendance had dwindled to “30 to 40 people.” The church needed repairs the congregation couldn’t afford, so it’s up for sale, asking price is 250,000 CAD. During its heyday, LeBlanc said there were two masses on weekends with over a thousand people in attendance for each. By the timeContinue reading “Another sad end, this time for a gorgeous Catholic Church in Nova Scotia.”

From Jihad Watch. The Archbishop needn’t expect an invitation likewise from the Muslims. Thanks to William Tighe.

NOTE: Your Tatler, after taking a well-unearned break, is resuming blogging. To ease the way back into my craft, as it were, this return post will feature an essayist more able than I and who will do the heavy lifting. * * * News item: Biden’s Approval Rating Tanks Near All-Time Lows As Country ContinuesContinue reading “When gnats look like behemoths.”

The unending vitriol from Rome directed at Usus Antiquior enthusiasts, celebrants, and worshipers alike, has reached the point where this writer is coming to believe politics has more to do with it than liturgy. The gradual takeover by the left of our major institutions, here and abroad: government, education, professions, and even corporate, is allContinue reading “Religion and politics, a poor mix.”