…  Cataract | Word Genius .

… Supreme Court Prayer Calumny Is Classic Illustration of Elite Media Manipulation of Facts . Yes, Peggy spoke in present tense on the “hot ...

…  Wages fell for professors this year in largest drop on record, report says | The College Fix .

… NPR Goes Full Groomer, Promotes ‘Queer’ Sex Education . What a world we live in these days.

…  once upon a time : Where the Sidewalk Ends .

… July 3, 1947: The Young Jack Kerouac Coins “Beat” While Grieving His Father . (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.) In an entry penned in the middle of w...

…  Macro Photography: The Universe At Our Feet - Outdoor Photographer . (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men. — Robert A. Heinkein , born on this date in 1907

… ‘The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power’ Gets A Controversial New Trailer . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) …  it’s no wonder that this very bri...

… Cement Angels – Brief poems by Nelson Ball . (Hat tip Dave Lull.) Authenticity A new headstone at the cemetery awaits certification by bir...

…   COVID Journalist Alex Berenson Settles Suit With Twitter, Is Reinstated Nearly a Year After Refusing to Bend Knee .

…  once upon a time : This is the perfect day (and way) to celebrate my neighbor .

…  Photo Series Showcases the Wild Beauty of Camargue Horses . (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

…  Gallup: Trust In Institutions Hits A New Low .

…  Daedal | Word Genius .

…   Hey, Philly mayor Jim Kenney, the feeling's mutual: The city wants you out . ( Hat tip, Paul Davis.)

… he moves to some other country and never darkens our door again:  Michael Moore pens woke Independence Day 'declaration' .

…  once upon a time : What a wretched little man you were, David Greenglass! .

…   ‘ Nulla   Scriptura ’ (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) …  you know the Apostles’ Creed, basic prayers, the Rosary.  You can go to the tabernacle a...

One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated. — Thomas More , who died on this date in 1535

…  once upon a time : Mark Twain forces me to say farewell to Flannery .

…  The Yale Review | John Talbot: "Hospice" . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

…  Passible | Word Genius .

…  once upon a time with flannery : Beyond Wise Blood .

…  TS Eliot: After The Waste Land review: how the author found happiness - New Statesman . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) As in this book’s 2015 com...

…  THE CAR | Kirkus Reviews . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

…  CJV Demands Apology after Washington Post Doxxes LibsofTikTok - Coalition for Jewish Values . I sure hope Jeff Bezos reads this. Maybe it...

…  The Word of the Year Is: Sophistry - by Ted Gioia . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

…  The Singular Mark Twain: Mark Twain and the 4th of July .

…  once upon a time: Canned lunch meat product first hits shelves in 1937 .

Pictures of Micheline Bernardini Wearing the First Bikini, And the Story Behind the Debut of “The World’s Smallest Bathing Suit” in 1946

Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far. — Jean Cocteau , born on this date in 

…  What the Declaration of Independence Said and Meant .

…  Assoil | Word Genius .

…  School Prayer Ruling Is a Bitter Blow to Intolerant Secularists - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics . Separating God from go...

…  once upon a time: We can do the strangest things in the name of love .

 … and the one I still believe (please don’t bore me if you feel otherwise): God Bless America Sung  by Kate Smith This Is the army 1943 ..

  I've just finished Sinclair Lewis's Main Street -- and let me say at the start: it's been a while since I've read such a ...

…  Twitter reactions to racist meme posted by Bette Midler about Clarence Thomas - TheBlaze . How dare a black man have views that differ fr...

…  Paul Davis On Crime: Revisiting The Wisdom Of President Ronald Reagan On The 4th Of July .

…  once upon a time: Death comes for the presidents on the 4th of July .

…  once upon a time: Nathaniel Hawthorne explains my obsessive blogging .

…  Play ball in NYC and don’t worry about that dead guy .

… “Which One is Cain and Which is Abel?”: The Civil War in Andrey Kurkov’s Latest Novel and Varvara Malakhieva-Mirovich’s Poems . (Hat tip,...

…  Mendon, Missouri - Sean of the South . Sure, you heard about the wreck itself; the 150 injured, and the four fatalities. But you didn’t h...

Writers feel like a middleman, standing with pen in hand over the page. A force greater than me stands above telling me what to write. That...

…  Supreme Court's Roe v Wade opinion sparks racist attacks on Clarence Thomas, confirming his world view . …  Thomas was  deeply inspir...

…  Feriation | Word Genius . 

… Reach For Your Culture . UATX’s forbidden courses program, which brought together undergraduates from leading colleges and universities, l...

…  The Contempt of the World - The American Conservative . So far, no one’s tried anything at my church. Wise decision. This is South Philly...

…  The Divine Importance of Preserving Freedom - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics .  We are at a particularly chaotic period i...

…  ‘All her movies are nonfiction’: remembering the life and work of Nora Ephron . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) Besides outlining a compact chronol...

…  City of Orlando 'Regrets' Impact of Bashing USA on July 4 . Those of us who still love our country don’t need their bullshit.

… out of a cracker jacks box?  Campus Reform | These are the words colleges don't want you to say .

…  The Singular Mark Twain: His Hatred of Suspenders Drove Him to Invent .

…  Supreme Court's Roe v Wade opinion sparks racist attacks on Clarence Thomas, confirming his world view . It was Malcolm X, of course,...

Atheism is a crutch for those who cannot bear the reality of God. — Tom Stoppard , born on this date in 1937

…  once upon a time: Navy pilot shoots down North Korean plane .

…  Gambit | Word Genius .

… The Aspen Times censors are literally crying about their new owner “censoring” them . The new owner apparently asked staff not to comment ...

 …  Ways to Read the World by Robert Scotellaro . …  Water: A Visual and Scientific History by Jack Challoner . …   Central Air by George Bi...

…  Defunding Wuhan: Congress quietly bans federal funds from labs in China, Russia and Iran | Just The News .

…  Sherlock Annotated: Sherlock Holmes and the Tools of Deduction .

…  Zealotry of Guerin: Poetry and Fiction by Christopher Guerin: The Curvature: Speedboat .

Any attempt to replace a personal conscience by a collective conscience does violence to the individual and is the first step toward totali...

…  once upon a time: Jamaica, Juneau, and Black Swan in action .

…  Ambisinister | Word Genius .

…  once upon a time: 10 most boring classics according to literary critics . Nothing wrong with the books, most of which I’ve read — Moby Di...

… Good Morning America: Thurgood Marshall & Clarence Thomas 'Ain't Black' .

…  Respect for Unborn Human Life: The Church's Constant Teaching | USCCB . In 1827, with the discovery of the human ovum, the mistaken b...

…  Sherlock Annotated: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle passes through Cobh in 1922 .

… LGBT Propaganda Under the Microscope . It is imperative that Muslims understand the ideological, political, and social roots and effects o...

…  Pope Francis pushes to purge liturgy of ideology in new document .

…  Halifax pronouns scandal: MORE customers close accounts after social media manager told them to | Daily Mail Online .  'My entire fam...

…  West Point Grads Warn of Woke Military Academy - Headline USA .

…  once upon a time: One helluva start for Americans on the 1st of July .

…  This is the age of the fact checker — Samizdata .

Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age, and to imagine right up to the brink of death that life is only beginning. I...

…  Michael Rosen marks Anne Frank anniversary with new poem | Anne Frank | The Guardian . (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

…  Get a Sneak Preview of the 2022 Bird Photographer of the Year Finalists . (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

…  Philter | Word Genius .

…  Michael Dirda reviews two new volumes of W.H. Auden's collected works - The Washington Post . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) In his youth, Aud...

… Czesław Miłosz's Theological Two-Step . Poets are full of contradictions. It is one of the tools of the trade. Here’s one of Miłosz’s...

…   Unilever Requires Ben & Jerry's to Sell Ice Cream in Israel .

…   A Hot Day In Agrigento by Molly Peacock | Poetry Foundation . (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.) Today is Molly Peacock’s birthday.

…  once upon a time: Men between ages of 19 and 25, you too can go to far away places, meet interesting people, and then kill them!

… Uncredited by Boris Dralyuk . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death — the huge solace of thinking that for our betrayals, greed, cowardice, m...

…  Why My Parents Chose Life - The Atlantic . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) Only once, during my teenage years, did I ever ask my mother whether she...

…  Top 10 stories of male friendship | Fiction | The Guardian . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

…  Nutriment | Word Genius .

… “A House in the Country”.   (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

…  When activist historians redefine 'plagiarism' to protect their own - Phillip W. Magness .

Today in History: A ‘Saint-King’ Liberates Córdoba from Islam

…  CDC Caught Using False Data To Recommend Kids’ COVID Vaccine .

…  A Doghouse Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright Is Now on Display | Smart News| Smithsonian .Magazine . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

…  Pro-Choice Versus Pro-Life - Rasmussen Reports .

…  once upon a time: Are we or are we not at war? He would go on to fire MacArthur (who had just pulled off the Inchon Landing, thought be o...

…  Lavinia Stoddard (1787-1820). The Soul's Defiance. Stedman and Hutchinson, eds. 1891. A Library of American Literature: An Anthology ...

… The Bookseller’s Tale Lessons in resilience amid calamity . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) The inefficacy of the police is not merely an inconvenie...