Grain of Wheat

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The Quantum-Powered Warrior Bands of the Future
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LSD, CIA Ops, and Utopian Optimists Making Deals With the World, the Flesh, and the Devil
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Stand By While We Reboot the Narrative
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Why Are the Front Pews Empty?
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The Battle Begins Within Pope Leo XIV
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Which Side Are You On?
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LSD, CIA Ops, and Utopian Optimists Making Deals With the World, the Flesh, and the Devil
The Tragedy of Vatican II: A Preview
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Which Side Are You On? (Political Edition)
How Far Does This Feud Go? All the Way to Caesarism?
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The AI Video Apocalypse
As the Outrage Industrial Complex Gets More Powerful It Will Reveal the True Orientation of Every Heart
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Which Side Are You On?
The neo-Popesplainers and the pressure to choose a side on Leo XIV
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The Quantum-Powered Warrior Bands of the Future
Harnessing the Casimir Force for a New Middle Ages
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The Battle Begins Within Pope Leo XIV
He's James Martin's Choice. But Is He Also Cardinal Burke's?
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Synodality's Revenge Against the Francis Legacy
A Chaotic Conclave Full of Psy-Ops Allows the Faithful to Help Pick the Next Pope
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Do You "Have A Vocation?" Or Do You Just Think That Because Your Friends Do?
Mimetic Pressure, False Vocations, and "Religious Vocation: An Unnecessary Mystery" by Fr. Richard Butler
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Economics Is Fake But the Serfdom Is Real
It's Way Simpler Than They Want You To Think
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Thank The Holy Spirit For Pope Francis's Pontificate & Also That It's Over
And Thank Him For the Next Pope
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The Weight of Liberty in Wordsworth’s “Nuns Fret Not at Their Convent’s Narrow Room”
Real Freedom Comes From Real Constraints
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The Psychology of Confession
The Physical Effects of the Sacrament and How It's the Opposite of the Struggle Session
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Grain of Wheat
Grain of Wheat
Reflections at the meeting point of mimesis, theology, and politics approaching the world with a "Grain of Wheat", centered on charity as the purpose of everything and the key to understanding everything (John 12:24)
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Do You "Have A Vocation?" Or Do You Just Think That Because Your Friends Do?
Mimetic Pressure, False Vocations, and "Religious Vocation: An Unnecessary Mystery" by Fr. Richard Butler
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The Ego-Tripping Arms Race for Attention of All Against All
On Why Catholics Can't Sing by Thomas Day
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A Review of Modern Times by Paul Johnson
Mimetic Rivalry Between Nazis and Communists, The Age of Social Engineering, and Surprising Takes
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The Love of God is a Bell Curve
Reflections on the Treatise on the Love of God by St. Francis de Sales
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A Review of The Revolt of the Masses by Jose Ortega y Gasset
My reading list appears externally rather random, and my choices impulsive and unconsidered.
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Reviewing The March of Folly by Barbara Tuchman
Reason is the official god of our culture of scientism and expertocracy.
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A Review of American Cosmic by Diana Walsh Pasulka
American Cosmic is a book that transcends categories—and judgements.
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