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Chesterton Being Considered for Sainthood
As those of you who read this blog may or may not know, I am an admirer of G.K. Chesterton and Distributism, the economic philosophy he espoused. Nonetheless, I was surprised to hear that the odoriferous, 300-pound, cigar-chomping journalist is being considered for sainthood. In a special report over at The American Spectator, Christopher Orlet breaks…
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I Step Into My Waking Life
I step into my waking life Inhabited still By the realm of dreams The world of spirit clings Gossamer-like To golden jeweled morning In the deep green shade Dappled with amber light White day Cleaves briefly To purple night Then spills onto The floor of my being
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Shift Change Trailer
Shift Change is a new documentary (to have its world premiere on October 18, 2012, in Oakland, CA) that highlights worker-owned enterprises in North America and in Mondragon, Spain. The film couldn’t be more timely, as 2012 has been declared by the U.N. as the “International Year of the Cooperative.” Take a look at the preview and please…
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Anti-GMO Movement Flourishing
Lots of news today on the anti-GMO front. NASDAQ notes that the right-to-choose movement is gaining strength and may be negatively impacting Big Food Stocks: Companies like Monsanto — the dominant producer of most genetically modified corn, soybean, and cotton seeds — see its revenues tied to extreme weather conditions that affect crop yields, not…
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Writer sought to gather Dumfries and Galloway folklore
From BBC News, South Sotland: A writer is being sought to gather and retell folklore, myths, legends and tales about Dumfries and Galloway. The initiative is being organised by the Wigtown Book Festival with funding from Fresh Start for the Arts. It has been loosely inspired by John Mactaggart’s work of 1876, the Scottish Gallovidian…
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Is Moral Masochism At The Heart of Religion?
A friend once encouraged me to read the writings of St. John of the Cross, a Spanish mystic and Roman Catholic Saint, as a way to gain spiritual insight. At the time, I rather callously dismissed the book and St. John’s teachings. What put me off completely was a passage in which St. John abjectly…
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