Category Archives: Philosophy and Religion

Westboro Baptist Founder is Sick

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: In the news: TOPEKA, Kan. — The Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., who founded a Kansas church widely known for its protests at military funerals and antigay sentiments, is in a health care facility, a church spokesman said. Phelps, … Continue reading →

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Art Du Jour

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: A page from the Book of Kells. Click on the image to enlarge.

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Art Du Jour

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Jean-Léon Gérôme, “Diogenes,” 1860 Click on the image to enlarge.

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Eppur è Ancora Lì

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Used to be 2Blowhards was my first blog stop in the morning and Steve Sailer second.  After the shuttering of 2Blowhards, Steve moved to #1 and he stays there.  I like the constant struggle to see what is … Continue reading →

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Salomé, Five Ways

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee; And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and … Continue reading →

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Amahl and the Night Visitors

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: I hope all our readers had a merry Christmas. Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors was the first opera composed especially for television. It was commissioned by NBC for a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation … Continue reading →

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Robertson Reducks

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: I favor reasoned discussion about the actually important issues brought out in the Robertson kerfuffle.  But I recognize it is just so damn tempting, and so much fun, to just judge. That’s on display in my area.  In … Continue reading →

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Duck a la Paglia

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: It is awfully easy to make light of dust-ups like the one over Phil Robertson.  Does it matter what a reality show celeb says and whether he stays on the air?  Narrowly speaking, no.  I didn’t know Robertson … Continue reading →

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Polygamy?

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: I guess it was inevitable what with the legal OKs to gay marriage that polygamy would be back.  That’s not a slap at gay marriage, which I, like many, have come around to endorse.  It is a slap … Continue reading →

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Progress, Defined

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Progress:  Prog”ress n. [L. progressus, from progredi, p. p. progressus, to go forth or forward]  1. A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance; specifically: (a) In actual space, as the progress of a ship, carriage, … Continue reading →

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