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Linkfest 2023-02-25: The Gospel Truth

On Twitter this morning I commented on how historical and literary criticism of the Gospels has slowly come around to the traditional interpretation, although I suspect many people haven’t quite caught on to that yet. In particular, I love this from PEG’s book review of Jesus and the

Linkfest 2023-02-18: Ordered Disobediance

Tell Me How This Ends: Ordered Disobedience The commander of Taffy 3, Rear Admiral Clifton Sprague, saw immediately that his task force couldn’t survive the engagement, so he tried to salvage what he could: He ordered his destroyers and destroyer escorts to attack, to cover the hoped-for withdrawal of

Operation Kronstadt: Coastal Motor Boats

As documented in Operation Kronstadt, The head of the British Secret Intelligence Service, Captain Mansfield Cumming, wanted to use Coastal Motor Boats to rescue a field agent out of Bolshevik-controlled Petrograd in 1919. The CMBs were small and fast, and had the ability to hydroplane and avoid the sub-surface mines

Operation Kronstadt: British Secret Intelligence Service

In the beginning of Operation Kronstadt, Lieutenant ‘Gus’ Agar has a very odd meeting with the head of the British Secret Intelligence service, Captain Mansfield Cumming, a man known simply as ‘C’. …His commanding officer at HMS Osea had ordered him to report to the Admiralty that morning where he

Linkfest 2023-01-28: The Dumb Ox

Today is the feast day of St. Thomas Aquinas, my patron saint. You can pick up Ed Feser’s excellent introduction to Aquinas for only $0.99 on Amazon today. Twitter anon Vulpine Outlaw looks at how the New Atheism movement was in part a response to 9/11, and

Linkfest 2023-01-13: Paul Johnson

With the passing of Paul Johnson, here is a collection of John J. Reilly’s essays commenting on Johnson and his influence. The Long View: Art: A New History Paul Johnson is the Howard Zinn of the right. Like Zinn, he is really popular, but also like Zinn Johnson is

Linkfest 2023-01-06: Disrupting the Atlatl

This week’s linkfest is an illustration of my contention that Twitter can be the best tool for learning new things we currently have, if you use it right. Vulpine Outlaw: The Coming of the Bow Although a party pooper insists this isn’t true. With Both Hands: A Man