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Heavy bag/fountain of youth

This guy shows up at your Christmas party wanting to play a game involving an axe. What do you do?

A couple months ago, BAP challenged those of us who use the term “usury” to a) define what exactly is meant by it or b) stop using it. Is usury just the charing of interest? The charging of excess interest? The charing of interest on an "unproductive" loan? A more general dislike

On General Patton's birthday, remember that greatness is tied to loyalty.

The second instalment of our Pocketbook Philosophy series is here. In this, the world's first autobiography, follow the spiritual life and journey of the young Augustine from his original Manichaeism through to his mature acceptance of Christianity that led to his ordination into

“Life does not belong to the rooted in one place” 🤔 My latest edit: America Before.

Stop bringing foreign spies into our country to subsidize radical leftists

When feeling the flu coming on, hit it with the fire option.

Last year in MN, Kias and Hyundais in particular were being stolen at high rates. But obviously the authorities didn't have the heart to stop and punish the carjackers, so they shifted responsibility to the carmakers for not sufficiently equipping their product. They floated the

"I know that [society says] you deserve to live where you grew up, but the reality is..." "Yes, that's quite right, Ben. You should be able to live where you grew up. Nailed it." "But the reality..." "No more needs to be said. That's quite enough."

"And while the cowards have a great desire to live and a great fear of dying, it is quite the contrary for the men of worth who do not mind whether they live or die, provided that their life be good enough for them to die with honor. And this is evident in the strange and

It did not flop because of her jeans ad. It flopped because Sydney fans want to go see *Sydney,* not see her unrecognizable as a buff lesbian boxer. Get this woman the right vehicle, you idiots! https://t.co/U6b3Hh1ChR

An economic system built on relentlessly cutting costs might generate a higher "standard of living"—for a while. But at a certain point thrift turns into miserliness and institutionalized cheapness and there goes your standard of living.

Every day

Noblesse but without the oblige

If only there were some martial young men in awesome uniforms hanging around the Vatican who could put a stop to this...

“And God saw all the things that he had made, and they were very good.”

“Undoubtedly there exists […] a lack of receptivity that is accompanied by no express gestures of refusal or rejection, which is simply inattention. Gabriel Marcel contends that the conditions of modern life not only favor but almost compel such inattention, which makes belief

"Since the Passover of the Jews was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, as well as the money-changers seated there. He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen, and

When I was five, I wandered into the living room where my father was watching the opening scene of this movie. The images have haunted me ever since.