Thursday miscellanea #476

College football has arrived! Nothing much happening until Saturday, but there are games. Is Wake Forest-Tulane the best one tonight? I’ll be trying my hand at some spicy flaxseed crackers this weekend. I may get a blog post out of them if they turn out good. I got to see 2001: A Space Odyssey twice … Read more

Pope Francis must be deposed

Pope Francis has been popular, as well as provocative in some not-altogether-awful ways. He has also apparently presided over a tremendous institutional failure that is both morally and spiritually repugnant. He must be removed. In the context of beginning to address this terrible situation:  why are we talking about anything else?

John McCain dead at 81

U.S. Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain has succumbed to brain cancer, four days short of his 82nd birthday. God be with his family and friends. I am disappointed, but not surprised, that so many apparently perceive McCain’s death as a good occasion for political opportunism. Whatever McCain’s human foibles, and however visible … Read more

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