Quoth Pope Benedict XVI: “The Catholic Church is eager to share the richness of the Gospel’s social message, for it enlivens hearts with a hope for the fulfillment of justice and a love that makes all men and women truly… Continue Reading
A sub-issue in the campaign this year has been what the proper role for the Vice President should be. It’s difficult to remember a time that the Vice President took a passive role in the government. Certainly the last two… Continue Reading
I really like this photograph of our next President. It’s a detail of a photo that was taken earlier today by an AP photographer who is assigned to the Obama beat in Honolulu. Hawaii is a pretty reliably Democratic state,… Continue Reading
I wouldn’t be able to add much to this brief and well-written remembrance of John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry. I still see Brown as an ambiguous figure — an idealist who saw a need to take on a great… Continue Reading
National polls show Obama leading right now by anywhere from four to ten points, with the average being a 6.8% advantage. This spells doom for my bet of a bottle of good Scotch. But on the other hand, the conventional… Continue Reading
As you prepare for the coming Second Great Depression, remember these!
Some might ask why be concerned about Sarah Palin anymore. Tina Fey has lampooned her to within an inch of her political credibility on SNL (and props to Amy Poehler for being such a good foil for that): And the… Continue Reading
Finally, here’s a few more pictures from Old World Wisconsin that don’t fit into any larger category. This pond is actually a “kettle,” which is a leftover depression in the topsoil formed when the glaciers retreated from Wisconsin at the… Continue Reading
Probably the most interesting of the exhibits in Old World Wisconsin was the Raspberry School. The school shows the trademarks of skilled construction, so the community obviously put a lot of effort into making a good building for their children… Continue Reading
Ole Fossebrekke immigrated to Wisconsin from Norway. He built a two-story log cabin with no interior walls and a square footprint about twelve feet to a side. Ole grew pumpkins and raised pigs, and trapped animals for their pelts. This… Continue Reading