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Category Archives: General
Robust, elegant and beautifully sexually charged dancing…
Will they ever make movies like this one again???
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Beauty, elegance and romance…
This is timeless… and it certainly lifts the spirits!!!! And, it has Spanish subtitles to boot!
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“The daily decalogue of Pope John XXIII”: no need to be Catholic to yearn for a few of these wishes!
You don’t have to be a Catholic to want to do the following: 1) Only for today, I will seek to live the livelong day positively without wishing to solve the problems of my life all at once. 2) Only … Continue reading
G.K. Chesterton’s “The Donkey”.
When you are faced with claims to importance and displays of self-importance…here is a beauty that I read a while ago in Neuhaus’ First Things: “The Donkey” by G.K. Chesterton When fishes flew and forests walked And figs grew upon … Continue reading
Women’s role in Iraqi cultural life.
This is uplifting, at least for me, for this kind of exhibit could happen in any peaceful city… From RFE/RL:
Failed states.
Very interesting article in The Economist on the term “failed state“: …states that cannot control their territories, protect their citizens, enter or execute agreements with outsiders, or administer justice are a common and worsening phenomenon. Robert Gates, America’s defence secretary, … Continue reading
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