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Monthly Archives: February 2011

Newt and His Mannequin

Monday, February 28, 2011

  ALL OF THE artificiality and hollowness of mainstream conservatism in America is summed up in this recent photo, discussed at VFR, of the repulsive Newt Gingrich and his third wife.

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March Calf

Monday, February 28, 2011

   A March Calf Right from the start he is dressed in his best – his blacks and his whites Little Fauntleroy – quiffed and glossy, A Sunday suit, a wedding natty get-up, Standing in dunged straw Under cobwebby beams, near the mud wall, Half of him legs, Shining-eyed, requiring nothing more But that mother’s [...]

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A “Juncture of the Religious Dimension”

Monday, February 28, 2011

  THE BLOGGER Tiberge at Galliawatch reports that some Catholic schools in Marseilles are now 80 percent Muslim. Citing French press accounts, she writes: For the archbishop, training through inter-religious dialogue will permit these questions to be answered: “How to announce the Gospel? How to accept Muslim holidays? What can we accept or not accept?” According to archbishop Georges Pontier, [...]

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Women in the Military, cont.

Monday, February 28, 2011

  AS HAS been noted here before, the entry of women in significant numbers into previously-all male portions of the military does not render the military less guilty in the eyes of liberals. It actually makes it more guilty. The issue of sex abuse against female soldiers, who are expected to defend themselves against aggressive foreign enemies but are [...]

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When Children Played

Monday, February 28, 2011

  NOTICE this picture of a London alley in 1899. The children are playing outside and are dressed as children. The girl in the foreground is wearing a pinafore. The most startling thing is that they are playing outside with only one adult in the background. Remember when children used to play unsupervised games, with adults [...]

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Just Another Career

Monday, February 28, 2011

  SEN. Harry Reid has called for an end to legalized prostitution in Nevada. He has argued it should end not because prostitution is wrong but because it is bad for Nevada’s image. Brooke Taylor, a leading spokeswoman for the business, strongly objects, according to The New York Times: “Here we are being safe and professional and earning [...]

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The Skyscraper and Multiculturalism

Monday, February 28, 2011

  AT HER blog Camera Lucida, Kidist Paulos Asrat has an interesting post on the skyscraperization of Toronto. She argues that banal modern architecture is an inevitable result of the loss of Toronto’s ethnic and racial identity.

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Dispense with the Word, Not Everything It Represents

Monday, February 28, 2011

  JOE LONG: I think that you will do well to ditch the word “Game,” rather than everything the concept implies.  “Games” are contests; by definition; they are less than deadly serious; they are temporary diversions. The word also carries with it the air of the professional athlete, specifically the National Basketball Association player of [...]

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Five Men Who Could Have Benefited from Game

Sunday, February 27, 2011

  HERE is a free rendering of the Prologue to the Wife of Bath’s Tale by Chaucer. This is the third of five poems in Keith Jacka’s series “English Girls.”  THE WIFE OF BATH The Wife of Bath trod the Marriage Path, Husbands five took her to wive. Three dowered her with Gold and Land, She had [...]

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More on Game

Sunday, February 27, 2011

   HERE ARE more interesting comments from readers regarding “Game,” which many readers say is a nihilistic, anti-Christian, hedonistic form of manipulation of women. There is no question that it often is. We are all agreed on that. However, one reader adds another impassioned defense of Game and advocates a Christian interpretation of it that rejects hedonism and recognizes the moral responsibility [...]

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Words Matter

Saturday, February 26, 2011

    THOMAS F. BERTONNEAU writes: Respecting “Game,” the very name “Game” suggests insincerity and deceit.  In that way it is an egregiously counter-productive term.  Insofar as those who use the term “Game” actually mean masculinity, decency, chivalry, constancy, moral integrity, and the classical virtues, maybe they should refer to those things explicitly by name.  When I [...]

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When Game Is About Love

Saturday, February 26, 2011

  YOUNGFOGEY writes: It seems to me that a portion of your readers have fallen into some common misconceptions about Game. First, as I wrote, at the core of Game is acting like a man. That means being aggressive, that means having a plan, that means pursuing what you desire, living with honor and, I [...]

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“She Did Her Bit, She Played Her Part”

Saturday, February 26, 2011

     ANNIE ROSE Annie Rose Smith of Bethnal Green Couldn’t care less what Life should mean; Didn’t use her Mental Powers Mulling over the passing hours; Didn’t believe it was her Station Spending her time in Cogitation. Worked in the City with Needle and Thread, Sewing fine seams for her Daily Bread. Sewing fine [...]

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The Sickening Pace of Early Childhood Education

Friday, February 25, 2011

   KATHLENE M. writes: This article explores how kindergarten has become worse in recent years. This excerpt interested me for the reason I explain below: How and why has kindergarten changed? In a word: testing. According to a 2009 report from the Washington, D.C.-based Alliance for Childhood, kindergartners are being taught to comply with state [...]

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More Thoughts on the Contemptuous Spouse

Friday, February 25, 2011

  MARIANNE writes: Your blog continues to be fascinating and I am a big fan.   But I’m writing to express a concern, and I hope you will not take it the wrong way, because I truly admire so much of what you have to say. My concern is this: I think it’s a mistake to [...]

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