Saturday, February 22, 2025

Education Department Moves to Reimbursement Model for COVID Relief Funds After Billions in Wasteful Spending

https://www.breitbart.com/education/2025/02/21/education-dept-switches-reimbursement-model-covid-relief-funds/

How America’s Aid to Ukraine Actually Works

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/how-america-s-aid-to-ukraine-actually-works

https://www.csis.org/analysis/what-ukraine-aid-package-and-what-does-it-mean-future-war

Thursday, February 20, 2025

Pope Pius XII, Message on Women’s Duties in the Social and Political Life of Today (October 21, 1945)

“Equality of rights with man brought with it her [woman’s] abandonment of the home where she reigned as queen, and her subjection to the same work strain and working hours. It entails depreciation of her true dignity and the solid foundation of all her rights which is her characteristic feminine role, and the intimate coordination of the two sexes.

The end intended by God for the good of all human society, especially for that of the family, is lost sight of.

In concessions made to woman one can easily see not respect for her dignity or her mission, but an attempt to foster the economic and military power of the totalitarian state to which all must inexorably be subordinated.”

Dramatic increase in the proportion of births outside of marriage in the United States from 1990 to 2016

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/dramatic-increase-in-percentage-of-births-outside-marriage-among-whites-hispanics-and-women-with-higher-education-levels

Charted: Single Mothers in America by Ethnicity

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/charted-single-mothers-in-america-by-ethnicity/

Monday, February 17, 2025

Definition of a Gentleman John Henry Newman's Essay Is a Prime Example of Character Writing

https://www.thoughtco.com/definition-of-a-gentleman-by-newman-1689960

Sunday, February 16, 2025

John Wesley Hardin

https://fieldethos.com/john-wesley-hardin/

Saturday, February 15, 2025

Universities Get Rich Off Illegal Migrants; 408,000 Currently Enrolled

https://thenewamerican.com/us/universities-get-rich-off-illegal-migrants-408000-currently-enrolled/

New Research Suggests AI Assistants Could Be Impacting Your Cognitive Skills

https://www.ghacks.net/2025/02/14/new-research-suggests-ai-assistants-could-be-impacting-your-cognitive-skills/

The Duplicitous Abolitionist: Re- examining Columbia’s James Kent

https://columbiaandslavery.columbia.edu/content/dam/cuandslavery/seminars/hist-3518/2020-projects/von%20Stauffenberg%202020%20-%20The%20Duplicitous%20Abolitionist.pdf

Friday, February 14, 2025

Noam Chomsky says the unvaccinated should just remove themselves from society

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/noam-chomsky-says-the-unvaccinated-should-just-remove-themselves-from-society

https://www.openculture.com/2023/02/noam-chomsky-on-chatgpt.html

Noam Chomsky: The False Promise of ChatGPT

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/08/opinion/noam-chomsky-chatgpt-ai.html

UD's Tri-Focal Character: Thoughts from an Academic Alamo

https://news.udallas.edu/2020-01-09-UDs-Tri-Focal-Character-Thoughts-from-an-Academic-Alamo

Riders on a Hill: Colleagues Dedicated to the Socratic Pursuit of Wisdom

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Thursday, February 13, 2025

Vaccine questions, claims, and resources

https://leilamarielawler.substack.com/p/vaccine-questions-claims-and-resources?r=y8v0r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&fbclid=IwY2xjawIbhZRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQ_XAJdA_SGFqChjNyCdigyMwPESpDWSNt8hjkW_0g5dd6U0NFm9khG-mg_aem_-D8dVdeb-LfOs7Lex0WtYQ&triedRedirect=true

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

How to Dress Like a Gentleman—And Why

If I were to give my younger self some advice, I would tell him to start with a dark navy suit, a gray suit, two white shirts, two light-blue shirts, and a pair of black shoes—loafers or oxfords.

https://www.thefp.com/p/elliot-ackerman-how-to-dress-like-a-gentleman?utm_campaign=260347&utm_source=cross-post&r=1r747a&utm_medium=email

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

No, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren aren’t top recipients of pharmaceutical industry donations

https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/big-pharma-pac-contributions-bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-open-secrets-data/

Monday, February 10, 2025

Low-Carb Mongolian Ground Beef and Cabbage

From facebook:

Ingredients:

1 lb ground beef

3 cups shredded cabbage

2 cloves garlic (minced)

1-inch ginger (grated)

¼ cup soy sauce (or coconut aminos)

1 tbsp sesame oil

1 tbsp rice vinegar

1 tsp chili flakes (optional)

1 tbsp brown sugar substitute (like erythritol)

2 green onions (chopped)

1 tbsp sesame seeds (for garnish)

Instructions:

Heat sesame oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add minced garlic and grated ginger, sautéing for about 1 minute until fragrant.

Add ground beef to the skillet, breaking it up with a spatula. Cook until browned, about 5-7 minutes.

Stir in the soy sauce, rice vinegar, brown sugar substitute, and chili flakes. Mix well to combine.

Add the shredded cabbage and cook for another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened but still slightly crisp.

Remove from heat and top with chopped green onions and sesame seeds.

Serve hot and enjoy!

The Trendy Peasant Homesteading has become trendy, but the Catholic Land Movement has been advocating for it for decades.

https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-trendy-peasant?fbclid=IwY2xjawIXR0VleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHf2QnU33jwv6bgKL88s5zwfFJhi8hr5BzON5A2WEbAF7SAJ6fD0zBIJbww_aem_Ql02j40GfscEx4yaAZHzxQ

Sunday, February 9, 2025

Film of G.K. Chesterton at Holy Cross College in Worcester, Massachusetts (1931)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4wUYTMcXBE

Saturday, February 8, 2025

Rio’s Spicy Chicken Wings

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015196-rios-spicy-chicken-wings?campaign_id=58&emc=edit_ck_20250208&instance_id=146961&nl=cooking&regi_id=119435285&segment_id=190499&user_id=43beb249d6be37711663e6ba296a2776

Spicy Cucumbers With Mint, Scallions and Crushed Peanuts

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1026106-spicy-cucumbers-with-mint-scallions-and-crushed-peanuts?campaign_id=58&emc=edit_ck_20250208&instance_id=146961&nl=cooking&regi_id=119435285&segment_id=190499&user_id=43beb249d6be37711663e6ba296a2776

Friday, February 7, 2025

Small Batch Gluten Free Vegan Chocolate Cake

https://theloopywhisk.com/2022/04/24/small-batch-gluten-free-vegan-chocolate-cake/?fbclid=IwY2xjawITh8VleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHbK5m2t2A822_9cWpDr1L32-Z5GIof7Z2-N-oZQIDKnrlIp_2wIabTHsqA_aem_V25c0Rdz1pttdEACK7oXwA

I’m a healthy eating coach — it’s a ‘myth’ you can’t find cheap, healthy food

https://nypost.com/2025/02/06/health/im-a-healthy-eating-coach-its-a-myth-you-cant-find-cheap-healthy-food/

Who Dat? The Best Cajun Food in Dallas

https://www.dallasobserver.com/restaurants/best-cajun-food-dallas-21685493

Thursday, February 6, 2025

Creamy, Spicy Tomato Beans and Greens

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1025325-creamy-spicy-tomato-beans-and-greens?campaign_id=58&emc=edit_ck_20250206&instance_id=146750&nl=cooking&regi_id=119435285&segment_id=190316&user_id=43beb249d6be37711663e6ba296a2776

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Homeless Elites Like Vivek Ramaswamy Will Never Represent The Interests Of Fellow Cincinnatians Like Me

https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/04/homeless-elites-like-vivek-ramaswamy-will-never-represent-the-interests-of-fellow-cincinnatians-like-me/

Monday, February 3, 2025

A 270% tariff from Canada? In some cases it’s even higher President Trump is trying to level the playing field, and he needs farm support.

https://www.farmprogress.com/commentary/a-270-tariff-from-canada-in-some-cases-it-s-even-higher

Sunday, February 2, 2025

What Natural Law Can and Can't Do

Natural law is invoked in a wide range of contexts, sometimes reverently and sometimes with deep skepticism. Here, Howes explains clearly what natural law is and why it is useful. In general it is not good for supplying definitive, unassailable answers to difficult moral questions. Rather, it supplies a framework for debating moral questions fruitfully. It complements virtue ethics by presuming that human nature and human thriving are real things, and that morally good behavior will promote the latter. But its greatest value may flow from the affirmation of a moral standard that transcends positive or civil law, and the belief that applying human reason to difficult questions can bring us closer to the truth.

https://lawliberty.org/what-natural-law-can-and-cant-do/?mc_cid=53bea83e27&mc_eid=b9d5525f77

Root2Rise Larchmont NY

https://www.root2riseny.com/

Kimchi, Egg and Cheese Sandwich

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1025715-kimchi-egg-and-cheese-sandwich?campaign_id=58&emc=edit_ck_20250202&instance_id=146346&nl=cooking&regi_id=119435285&segment_id=189935&user_id=43beb249d6be37711663e6ba296a2776

Saturday, February 1, 2025

10 Cakes So Delicious, Our Editors Make Them Again And Again

https://www.southernliving.com/editors-favorite-cake-recipes-8781874

Cooking for Dylan: Islander Reminisces About New York Life with Famed Folk Singer

https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2025/01/31/cooking-dylan-islander-reminisces-about-new-york-life-famed-folk-singer

Beginner Italian Course Lesson 1 - The basics of learning Italian the right way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG9x0eevbV4&list=PLUcDBadaP5IUJYW6qn2jTH0Ik2EMvAPze

Radio 24 - Il sole 24 ore

https://www.radio.net/s/ilsole24ore

Friday, January 31, 2025

italia.voyage

https://www.instagram.com/italia.voyage/

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

The Obama Record on Deportations: Deporter in Chief or Not?

In his first term Trump deported 1 million.

Clinton in 2 terms deported 12,290, 905

Bush in his 2 terms, 10,328, 850

Obama in his two terms, 5,281,115

Biden: about 700,000

https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/obama-record-deportations-deporter-chief-or-not?fbclid=IwY2xjawIHukNleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHWlc5KOX-HpfagAdmry22-2DJS9ePV21qVkxN9puyZ5R3cgsXT4WnUl0Tg_aem_1o5D4F-hPzBuXkM8OjV4cQ

While Pew did not have numbers for the early 1960s, a Gallup survey from that time found that 93 percent of Americans described themselves as Christian.

https://www.voanews.com/a/congress-remains-overwhelmingly-christian-as-us-shifts-survey-shows/3661600.html

In U.S., 47% Identify as Religious, 33% as Spiritual

https://news.gallup.com/poll/511133/identify-religious-spiritual.aspx

What does Catholic teaching actually say about immigration?

https://www.lifesitenews.com/analysis/what-does-catholic-teaching-actually-say-about-immigration/?utm_source=featured-news&utm_campaign=catholic

Created Equal: Clarence Thomas In His Own Words

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke90fW02Bqg

User Clip: Biden Natural Law

https://www.c-span.org/clip/senate-committee/user-clip-biden-natural-law/4887077

Trump blocks staggering foreign aid projects... from $50M in condoms for Gaza and 'trans operas' in Colombia

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14334647/donald-trump-condoms-gaza-trans-operas-colombia-foreign-spending.html

Trump’s chaotic loan freeze ordeal is bad for business

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/29/business/trumps-federal-grant-loan-halt-business/index.html

Sunday, January 26, 2025

The Natural Law Theory of Thomas Aquinas

https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2021/08/77294/

Hilaire Belloc : a memoir by Morton, John Bingham, 1893-

https://archive.org/details/hilairebellocmem0000mort/page/n7/mode/2up

A Complete Guide to Starting Seeds Indoors: 10 Essential Tips for Seed Starting Success

https://www.stclareseeds.com/garden-help/a-complete-guide-to-starting-seeds-indoors-10-essential-tips-for-seed-starting-success/

In fine [Latin in and finis.] In the end or conclusion; to conclude; to sum up all.

In the end or conclusion; to conclude; to sum up all.

https://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/fine

Saturday, January 25, 2025

Nyack’s Famous Ice Bridge

https://nyacknewsandviews.com/blog/2025/01/nyacks-famous-ice-bridge-2/?fbclid=IwY2xjawH_y5dleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHcthAhbSF_uR4cq49U-idGLyENN-pLpVLqJLCduzUNxRN3A6BQFZibeTfg_aem_-ZbqgxVWnVR5ysli2sF3Aw

Dreaming About Going Back to the Land? I Did It.

https://www.thefp.com/p/larissa-phillips-going-back-to-farm-from-brooklyn?utm_campaign=email-post&r=1r747a&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Friday, January 24, 2025

Cabbage

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1025324-brown-butter-bucatini-with-charred-cabbage?campaign_id=58&emc=edit_ck_20250122&instance_id=145443&nl=cooking&regi_id=119435285&segment_id=188952&user_id=43beb249d6be37711663e6ba296a2776

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1026314-yamitsuki-addictive-cabbage?algo=cooking_search_relevance_metric_ios_and_web&campaign_id=58&emc=edit_ck_20250122&fellback=false&imp_id=6625832412634597&instance_id=145443&nl=cooking&regi_id=119435285&req_id=690410796222338&segment_id=188952&surface=cooking-search-web&user_id=43beb249d6be37711663e6ba296a2776&variant=0_relevance_reranking

Thursday, January 23, 2025

Birthright Citizenship: Game On! John C. Eastman

https://americanmind.org/salvo/birthright-citizenship-game-on/

EXCLUSIVE: Chip Roy Unveils His Cure to America’s Health Care System

https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/22/exclusive-chip-roy-unveils-cure-health-care-system/

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

An Introduction to Distributism Economics John Médaille Jan 11, 2006

https://distributistreview.com/archive/an-introduction-to-distributism

The Economics of Distributism

https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2010/09/economics-of-distributism-part-i-john-medaille.html

Monday, January 20, 2025

Bob Dylan’s Draft of Lyrics, Once Tossed in Trash, Sells for $500,000

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/arts/music/bob-dylan-tambourine-man-lyrics-sold.html

‘Back to the Land’ Catholics Champion Faithful Agrarian Living

https://www.ncregister.com/features/catholic-land-movement-agragrian-living?fbclid=IwY2xjawH6rvxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTdg_w9J8MjAuLZlmyvHAPxgPUNJugPefadiLxpBs578r5VWQpyA7d-ncA_aem_iGefH8g6di0HSdoOY3826Q

Sunday, January 19, 2025

Collegium

https://www.the-collegium.org/academics/#

Hopkins, Burt C. “The Basic Problem and Method of Klein’s Mathematical Investigations.”

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Klein, Jacob. “The World of Physics and the ‘Natural’ World.” The St. John’s Review33, no. 1 (1981): 22–34.

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Ancient Greek Philosophy and Mathematics

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/es-113-ancient-greek-philosophy-and-mathematics-spring-2016/pages/readings/

The Collegium’s Position on Tradition

https://onepeterfive.com/the-collegiums-position-on-tradition/?fbclid=IwY2xjawH57NhleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHUoW4dQ3A28QGLtejGOk9O5GNvReHvYxnpw0mWGSmkDWVJgYq1O9C0Bs1Q_aem_yOl_QGItsgvHUE_68_m1Pw

The Case For Trump's Tariffs

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4749099-the-case-for-trumps-tariffs

Saturday, January 18, 2025

Recipe for gluten-free bagels

From Facebook:

I made good bagels today. It took me a couple of tries to tinker with my current recipe and I am sharing it here in case someone wants to give it a try. I was going to take more photos, but I froze them before I was able to.

450gr of Caputo gluten-free flour

50gr of sorghum flour

20gr sugar

1 tsp baking powder

10gr instant yeast

10gr salt

350gr lukewarm water

30gr avocado oil

10gr white vinegar

Mix all dry ingredients and add wet ingredients until a dough forms.

Place on a lightly floured surface and divide into 9 (approximately 103gr each).

Roll into bagel shape or pat down and make a hole with your finger. I like to wear gloves and use some Pam oil for this part.

Put on a parchment coated baking sheet and proof for approximately 35-45 min.

Place bagels in freezer for 15 min (I find this helps firming them up before the boiling).

Preheat oven to 475F

Bring approximately 60oz water to a rolling boil and when boiling add 3 tbsp of brown sugar and 1 tbsp baking soda.

Place bagels in boiling water (my pot allowed 3 at a time) and boil for 1.5 to 2 min on each side.

Place on a parchment covered baking sheet and brush with egg wash. I topped mine with everything bagel and left some plain.

Put on oven and after 5 min bring temperature down to 400F.

Bake for an additional 15-20 min until tops are golden brown and shiny.

So where does that Catholic influence on Trump come from?

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/so_where_does_that_catholic_influence_on_trump_come_from.html

Federal officials suspend funding to EcoHealth Alliance, nonprofit entangled in COVID-19 origin debate

https://www.science.org/content/article/federal-officials-suspend-funding-ecohealth-alliance-nonprofit-entangled-covid-19?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Thursday, January 16, 2025

Notes on "Strawberry Fields Forever"

https://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/sff.shtml#:~:text=For%20this%20context%2C%20suffice%20it,I'm%20going%20to%22.

Songs Sampled in The Number Song

https://www.whosampled.com/DJ-Shadow/The-Number-Song/samples/

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Excerpt, from Elegy in a Country Churchyard Thomas Gray, 1751

. . . Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial Fire, Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of Time did ne'er unroll: Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of the fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. . . The EPITAPH. Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth to fortune and to fame unknown; Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send; He gave to Misery all he had, a tear; He gained from Heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his Father and his God.

https://anthonyesolen.substack.com/p/excerpt-from-elegy-in-a-country-churchyard?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=874270&post_id=154861868&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=1bwy6w&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email