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Another Nerdy Professor Query

So John figured out quick that the numbers below were the most typically assigned Federalist Papers: had I listed 10, 39, and 51, it would have been even more obvious. So now, the question is, which Federalist Paper, outside of the more commonly read ones, do you find the most interesting? . . . . Continue Reading »

Numerology Quiz

Okay, pomocon readers, what is the significance of the following number sequence? 1 2 6 9 10 15 23 39 47 48 49 51 55 62 63 70 71 78 Hint: this has something to do with a piece much-linked-to today in the conservative blogosphere. . . . . Continue Reading »

Anthropomorphic Aslan is a Blasphemy

From Letters of Note , a letter of C.S. Lewis’ to BBC producer Lance Sieveking about the possibility of adapting his Chronicles of Narnia to the big screen: The Kilns, Headington Quarry, Oxford 18 Dec. 1959 Dear Sieveking (Why do you ‘Dr.’ me? Had we not dropped the honorifics?) As . . . . Continue Reading »

Ben Carson’s Academic Heresy

No, not  that  Commencement speaker controversy.  That  Commencement speaker controversy I understand. It’s relatively simple: The left-liberals who run the show at Georgetown have found a way to signal to the world that the nation’s oldest Catholic, and most famous . . . . Continue Reading »

On the Square Today

William Doino Jr. on sex and the seamless garment : In his now-famous address at Fordham University, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, the late archbishop of Chicago argued that “the pro-life position of the Church must be developed in terms of a comprehensive and consistent ethic of life.” . . . . Continue Reading »

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