Apparently there was this funny moment at the San Diego Comic-Con this past week involving the author George R.R. Martin, author of “Song of Ice and Fire”, the novels on which the HBO series “Game of Thrones” is based. He took part in a stunt in... [Continue Reading]
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My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: Earl Domenico the Superficial of Kesslington under Ox Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title If St. Thomas Aquinas could be the “Dumb Ox”, I guess I don’t mind being the “Superficial Ox... [Continue Reading]
“Fighting for First Communion” Although she is partially deaf, Madison Smith is a typical 9-year-old girl. She wants to be a teacher when she grows up. She feels like people don’t always understand her. And as a Catholic, she wants... [Continue Reading]
This is what 70 years of entitlements has wrought: Senior citizens making demands that their children and grandchildren can’t afford. Our city of Salem is in the midst of a very large budget deficit. That means that many projects are on hold... [Continue Reading]
Part of the problem with having been one of the first Catholic bloggers is that I never got on the wave of coming up with a clever name for my blog. Come one, Bettnet.com? How pedestrian! No, in order to be a cool Catholic blog these days you need a... [Continue Reading]
If I ever write a book about the political run-up to the war in Iraq, I’ll call it “The Long Rush to War.”
My last "How I Work" post was in 2018 and and the first one was in 2015 and I thought it was time to update, even though much of how I work remains similar to last time.
or some time, I resisted the hot new trend of the Personal Knowledge apps that productivity bloggers, vloggers, and podcasters have been promoting. Why did I need yet another place to put information? I already had Evernote for web clippings and... [Continue Reading]
For years, I have advanced the notion that car seat laws and the design of most vehicles on the market act as a disincentive to having more children. It's nice to see that this is getting wider attention as seen in research by Jordan Nickerson and... [Continue Reading]