A New Chesterton Blog

December 21, 2005 By

A man approaches, wearing sandals and simple raiment, a raw tomato held firmly in his right hand, and says, ‘The affections of family and country alike are hindrances to the fuller development of human love’; but the plain thinker will only answer him, with a wonder not untinged with admiration, ‘What a great deal of [...]

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Maureen Dowd wrote the wrong book

December 12, 2005 By

I haven’t written about Maureen Dowd in a dog’s age. She used to be fun to write about, because she was so deliciously whacked out, but increasingly, I found myself feeling badly for the woman and wanting to help her out. I toned down my words and really tried to convey what I thought was [...]

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“How can I like you, you’re a Conservative?”

December 11, 2005 By

I have heard the phrase repeated to me a few times by stunned liberals…”I don’t understand it, you’re a Conservative, but I still find I like you…” Last week my best pal, who works within the public school system, encountered the same remark from a Social Studies teacher – “I shouldn’t like you; you’re a [...]

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We Loved Narnia!

December 11, 2005 By

I couldn’t stay awake through any of the LOTR films – in my impatient head, I’d keep thinking, “get to it, already – how many scenes do we need to see of Orcs making weapons! Alright, I get it, the Ents are slow! Not the Oliphants!” Sometimes I got the feeling that director Peter Jackson [...]

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A round-up of Narnia Reviews

December 9, 2005 By

UPDATE: My own review is here. I’m not much for epic pictures, but some of these reviews are making me really curious to see this movie. I’m especially taken with this review out of San Francisco and the mighty Stephen Hunter (hands down the best film reviewer in the land, IMHO) gives it a a [...]

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In the mail today: POSTSECRET

December 1, 2005 By

A while back, while reading at Worship Naked I spied a link to Frank Warren’s blog, Post Secret and was immediately fascinated by the site and its ever-changing contents. Thinking to start a community art project, Warren invited people to send anonymous postcards sharing a secret they might be otherwise too afraid or ashamed or [...]

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

November 29, 2005 By

Buster and hubby and I saw Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire over the past few days, and we were really appalled at how Albus Dumbledore was portrayed – there is simply no way Dumbledore would approach Harry in such a menacing manner, as he does after Harry’s name comes out of the goblet, [...]

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