Louise Cowan and Mediocrity

"The opposite of love is not hate; instead, it is mediocrity."

Anti-Semantic

The inability of Postmodernists to define the terms of any debate.

Academentia

The pathogenic moral and intellectual epidemic ravaging most college campuses today.

Bing Says...

If you haven't read The Reason for God you should, immediately.

Luther at Worms

"Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise. God help me. Amen."

11 Reasons to Run the Half

1. It's so much fun. The atmosphere, support, and camaraderie are incomparable.
2. It's incredibly hard. It challenges your physical, mental, and emotional resolve.
3. It's healthy. It builds endurance, strength, and fortitude like nothing else.
4. It's an effective way to raise financial support for favorite charities.
5. It's a dramatic way of setting a good example for others.
6. Crossing the finish line offers one of the best feelings imaginable.
7. You'll think you're Superman--at least, after recovering a few days.
8. The Galloway Method makes it possible for anyone to train well.
9. Even with less than optimal training though, a half is doable.
10. Still, less than one percent of us will ever do it.
11. But, if I can do it, I know you can too.

11 Until the Half

In eleven days I'll be running the Country Music Half Marathon.

Solas

Sola Scriptura. Sola Fide. Sola Gratia. Solus Christus. Soli Deo Gloria.

Novel Favs

1. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
2. The Man Who Was Thursday, G.K. Chesterton
3. Rasselas, Samuel Johnson
4. The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
5. Falling, Colin Thubron
6. Possession, A.S. Byatt
7. The Four Men, Hilarie Belloc
8. Anubis Gates, Tim Powers
9. The Last Coin, James Blaylock
10. Greenmantle, John Buchan
11. The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe

Creedalism

We believe in the one holy Church—both visible and invisible.

Translation

The word "catholicam" literally means "universal" or "one" or "the only."

Explanation

Six words emphasize exclusive catholicity: the, one, both, visible, and, invisible.

Of an Age

Tradition contentedly wears its grizzled beard;
Nostalgia strains at perpetual adolescence.

A Killing Kindness

"The enemies of the truth are always awfully nice." Christopher Morely

Practical Wisdom

"Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time." Theodore Roosevelt

Deez, Demz, Doz

Is there a hole in the heart of the Democratic Party?