No, I’m not reading about financial panics or the U.S. political system. I just finished Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure (1895). Having read and enjoyed The Mayor of Casterbridge , also by Hardy, I’ve always wanted to read this book. It was said to be so depressing that — along with its…
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Pat talks to EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo.

A nice post today from Mark Sisson mentions that the Woods family is trying out the Primal Blueprint . He also links to my wife’s new Primal blog , chronicling how and what we’re doing. Thanks, Mark!

Naturally they can’t resist making anti-libertarian comments, but here’s Comedy Central on Operation Grandma .

Point of View , a Christian radio program that has featured me as a guest numerous times over the years, invited me on again last Friday. After noting that Gary Bauer had been a guest on the program that very day, I took a couple minutes to address…
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I’ll be speaking in Houston tomorrow, near Des Moines Monday night, and in Cedar City, Utah, on January 21. Details here , and thanks for helping me spread the word!

Mike Farris, chairman of the Home School Legal Defense Association, says Ron Paul is a bad choice for homeschoolers , because he doesn’t support the legal reasoning by which homeschooling has in some cases made gains in the states. Farris endorses the use of the 14th Amendment and “substantive due process.” Kevin Gutzman , author of…
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Terry Holt, a veteran of George W. Bush’s presidential campaigns, speculates on how the GOP could tame Ron Paul: The thing about Ron Paul is, what does he want that we have? He has never been someone who was interested in being co-opted or in…
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Please spread this one around. A simple idea, and so obvious.

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