Some historians, on the basis of manuscript and carbon-dating evidence, claim to have identified a particular chalice as the Holy Grail, the cup used by Christ at the Last Supper. The gold and jewel-encrusted vessel is built around a more humble cup that has been
When you’re a child, you are happy, but you become less so during your teenage years. Then you get more and more miserable. But in your 40’s you bottom out. Then you keep getting happier. When you are old, you are happier than you ever
Classical education does quite a bit with aesthetics and encourages deep reflection on works of art. Thanks to James Banks for alerting me to a new website entitled FilmFisher. It features movie reviews by classical educators and their students, as mentored by the classical educators.
The Supreme Court struck down the limits to the number of candidates a person is allowed to give money to and the total amount you are allowed to give. Left standing is the limit a person can give to one candidate–$48,600–but the law had limited
Our increasingly weird science now affirms that there is a reality that we cannot see, feel, or perceive in any way. And yet it makes up 85% of the universe, which it basically holds together. What does that remind you of? Please note that I
Taxing the wealthy isn’t enough, some are saying. Let’s tax people who had wealthy parents. Since children of affluent parents have all kinds of advantages when it comes to educational accomplishments and social mobility, so, the reasoning goes, when they grow up, it’s only fair
Prime minister Angela Merkel, Germany’s Iron Lady, is leading efforts to stand up against Russia’s incursion against the Ukraine. But she is doing so against the tide of public opinion in her country. Many Germans are sympathetic to Russia out of resentment for America’s eavesdropping
Thirty-three people have been arrested and face the death penalty in North Korea for helping a missionary in his efforts to set up a network of 500 underground churches. (more…)
The hard-core left just does not believe in the concept of individual freedom, as is evident wherever that ideology has had its way (in the former Soviet Union, the People’s Republic of China, North Korea, Cuba, etc., etc.). So it shouldn’t be surprising that the
This is April Fool’s Day. We don’t do pranks with phony posts here at the Cranach blog. But we are willing to serve as a clearing house for reports of pranks. If you come across any on the internet or elsewhere, please tell us about
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