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The Patriot » Blog Archive » Not on the test — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:06:50 +0000

[...] Not on the test [...]

Comment on CS Lewis had style by Sometimes the best thoughts occur in the middle of the night. « Beside The Queue

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:30:18 +0000

[...] And here, Dad claims that C.S. Lewis had style: We remember CS Lewis as a saint of apologetics; perhaps the greatest apologist since St. Augustine according to some. One reason he was so great as an apologist was because he could express his thoughts with such astonishing clarity. I used to imagine I could write like him if I just imitated his form. Maybe so, if I’m going to write about the rules of a baseball game. [...]

Comment on Writing Harmony by Sometimes the best thoughts occur in the middle of the night. « Beside The Queue

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:12:27 +0000

[...] 22, September, 2008 by besidethequeue My dad on harmony, form, and literature, over at Quiddity.. [...]

Comment on A Long Sentence by John Henry Newman by Lost and Found

Lost and Found — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:25:54 +0000

Rats. Maybe I bought the last one. I wonder if they could order a new copy, but here’s the information:

Educating for Virtue, Edited by Joseph Baldacchino
National Humanities Institute
ISBN 0-932783-02-3

Comment on McCain’s lies, revisited by Glenn

Glenn — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:03:02 +0000

Despite perceptions that Sen. John McCain has spent more time on the attack, Sen. Barack Obama aired more negative advertising last week than did the Arizona Republican, says a study released yesterday.

Seventy-seven percent of the Illinois Democrat’s commercials were negative during the week after the Republican National Convention, compared with 56 percent of the spots run by McCain.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/17/AR2008091703581.html

“If we’re going to ask questions about, you know, who has been promulgating negative ads that are completely unrelated to the issues at hand, I think I win that contest pretty handily,” Obama said.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAjj1sgaaWs

Comment on A Long Sentence by John Henry Newman by Litoralise

Litoralise — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:43:08 +0000

For some reason, Eighth Day books does not have that title.

Comment on Charles Gibson, The Bush Doctrine, and Sarah Palin by Tuck Gordon

Tuck Gordon — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:02:10 +0000

Charley Gibson revealed his left wing bias during the interview. He consistently tried to pretend he was the professor asking the student questions designed to be “I gotcha, you didn’t study”. He failed, and he was not correct with is Bush Doctrine question. Thanks Charles for helping to clarify the B Doctrine. Tuck Gordon

Comment on Writing Harmony by HonestChitChat

HonestChitChat — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:38:16 +0000

I like your analogy of the princess and the pea. I never thought of it that way. Well done!

Comment on On the Necessity For Long Sentences by friends and language « Breaking Ground

friends and language « Breaking Ground — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:13:26 +0000

[...] I recently came upon a different point of view regarding use of the English language. I must tip my hat to Cindy of, now mostly dormant, Dominion Family for this article, which does not specifically address the issue of long words, but rather the related su…. [...]

Comment on Charles Gibson, The Bush Doctrine, and Sarah Palin by harvardtohardhat

harvardtohardhat — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:28:13 +0000

Thank you for sharing the excerpt. Couldn’t agree more with you on Charlie Gibson: “Now I believe he is a condescending, close-minded, and inadequately informed ass.”