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2016 Election, Donald Trump

America’s Shame Observed

vassar / June 10, 2016

“I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just”  (Thomas Jefferson) June 8 was truly an historic day, not just for the Democratic Party, but for the majority of the entire Nation. Our bad habits have finally…

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2016 Election, Conservatism, Republican Party Establishment

Never Take Yourself Too Damned Seriously; Saving Ben Howe

vassar / June 2, 2016

As a writer, Ben Howe is a good IT guy, and as a critical thinker, he’s an absolute DaVinci with Sarah Palin’s cleavage. But Ben Howe thinks he’s good at both. Hence the title. I met Ben once, at the 2011 CPAC convention, sitting among friends…

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2016 Election, Conservatism, Donald Trump, Religion

Papismus Lucifugus, the Advent of Tribalism in American Conservatism

vassar / May 16, 2016

Papismus Lucifugus I have this book, one of only a few surviving. Dated 1668, it’s a record of a disputation between John Menzies of the (Church of Scotland) Divinity School at Marischal College in Aberdeen and an English Jesuit named Francis Demspter.…

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