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Okay, so the chances of a real zombie apocalypse happening are pretty slim, but if it did it would raise some interesting questions for Christians. For instance, on tonight’s season finale of The Walking Dead, one of the characters who…

GREAT, ANOTHER TWIT

by David on March 23, 2013 · 0 comments

Because what the world needs now is one more person on Twitter, I’ve decided to sign up and bore people with random movie quotes, instantaneous rants about whatever I’m watching, and other unnecessary things. Feel free to add me to…

Wilhelm Ropke: Swiss Localist, Global Economist by John Zmirak
I have been carrying out a little journey of investigation into the free economy and its compatibility with Catholic social teaching. I have concluded that the two are wholly compatible and…

“This uproariously bad film marks the less-than-glorious return of producer/director Jerry Warren, shameless purveyor of such cinematic abominations as Teenage Zombies, of which this is a remake of sorts. The crazy-quilt story line defies all rational explanation, but essentially begins…

Illuminated Manuscript of King David, Painted by Me

by David Clayton February 15, 2013

I have just completed this painting of King David. It is based on the image that is in the Westminster Psalter, which dates from about 1200AD. The original is an illuminated manuscript, this is painted in egg tempera on high…

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The Beauty (and Apparent Ugliness!) of the Human Form

by David Clayton February 1, 2013

If every person is beautiful by virtue of being human, why do some people look ugly to me? (And presumably I look ugly to some people too!)
We know objectively that man is the most beautiful of God’s creatures. Every…

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THE TWELVE CLIPS OF CHRISTMAS: DAY 10: WARLOCK

by David January 4, 2013

In an article entitled The Nightmare After Christmas, Jason Dietz of Metacritic speculates on why movies released in January are generally so awful. He speculations include such notions as people are still trying to catch up on the blockbuster Christmas…

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THE TWELVE CLIPS OF CHRISTMAS: DAY 2–THE INSECT’S CHRISTMAS

by David December 27, 2012

Well, as fate (or good planning) would have it, Day 77 of reading through the Catechism in one year as a part of the Year of Faith recounts a familiar tale. “Jesus was born in a humble stable, into a…

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The Instrinsic Morality of the Free Economy

by David Clayton December 14, 2012

Defending the Free Market: the Moral Case for a Free Economy, by Fr Robert Sirico
Is commerce and trade instrinsically moral?
Critics of capitalism would say no. Some, who acknowledge that the free market works to a degree when considered…

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THE B-LIST: 6 WAYS TO END THE WORLD

by David December 6, 2012

In case you’ve somehow missed all the hype over the past few years, December 21, 2012 marks the last day of the 13th b’ak’tun according to the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar. And since the Mayans believed the previous world ended…

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