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3 weeks ago | 
theimaginativeconservative.org | David Deavel
“On the Role of Literature in Formation" is perhaps Pope Francis’s best document of his pontificate. Short, sweet, and full of good lines quoted and written. And yet he remains a "second friend" to many of his flock because they see their own world in some fundamentally different ways than he does. (essay by David Deavel)
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2 months ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | David Deavel |George Weigel
Know thyself: a Lenten education (Image: Kamil Szumotalski/Unsplash.com)“What are you doing for Lent?”It’s a good question. Parents often ask their children. Friends ask each other. If we haven’t been preparing ourselves during the “pre-Lent” period found in many Catholic rites, we may well be asking ourselves this right now as Ash Wednesday looms. Is it the right question, though? It does not seem that it is the wrong question.
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2 months ago | 
americanhabits.org | David Deavel |Ray Nothstine
University education has long been both scorned and desired in America. L. Frank Baum’s classic The Wizard of Oz lampooned college students—both their failure to use their brains while thinking “great thoughts” and their laziness. Yet for most Americans, college was part of the American dream.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
amac.us | David Deavel
Newsline , Society | | 0 Comments | “Alice laughed. ‘There’s no use trying,’ she said. ‘One can’t believe impossible things.’ ‘I daresay you haven’t had much practice,’ said the Queen.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
amac.us | David Deavel
New York, New York, it’s a helluva town! No, literally. The Bronx may be up, but under Alvin Bragg’s District Attorney’s office, the whole city is down.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
theimaginativeconservative.org | David Deavel
Margaret Ellsberg’s volume contains her own biographical, critical, and indeed spiritual understanding of Gerard Manley Hopkins, a poet whose brilliant lines were not appreciated in his time and whose life included both the glory and agony of the Christ he served. The Gospel in Gerard Manley Hopkins: Selections from His Poems, Letters, Journals, and Spiritual Writings, edited by Margaret R.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
amac.us | David Deavel
Newsline , Society | | 0 Comments | THE AUTHOR’S STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
catholicworldreport.com | David Deavel |Carl Olson
The past, present, and future of AdventWill we be ready for the celebration of Christ’s first coming in a few weeks? (Image: Anne Nygård/Unsplash.com)For some Christians, Advent is simply an aid to memory. It is certainly that. It is also much more.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
amac.us | David Deavel
Newsline , Society | | 3 Comments | Does anybody remember how the Clinton Administration prepared to leave the White House in 2001 by taking the “W” keys off keyboards, gluing desk drawers shut, vandalizing equipment, and stealing office supplies? The General Accounting Office found that at least $15,000 worth of damage was done. Bill and Hillary themselves took “$190,000 worth of china, flatware, rugs, televisions, sofas, and other gifts” before being forced to pay for $114,000 worth and...
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
theimaginativeconservative.org | David Deavel
Like a crooked district attorney who throws as many charges as possible against a defendant, hoping that some of them will stick, I as a teacher throw as many texts and topics at the students as possible without overloading them. Thus, one can see what works and what doesn’t—but never be short of material.
