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Category: Engaging the Culture

Letters, With Gusts of Up to More Letters

Posted on Tuesday, April 6, 2021Tuesday, April 6, 2021 by Douglas Wilson - 18 comments

Letter to the Editor: A young woman who is dear to our family has been accepted into one of our nation's military academies. The fact that she is considering this path came as a surprise ...

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A Burning Bier

Posted on Monday, April 5, 2021Monday, April 5, 2021 by Douglas Wilson

“He said to build him a bier when his breath was gone,
Where we burn his bones, the barrow should be high,
A magnificent memorial, massive and worthy of him”

Beowulf, p. 108

CategoriesEngaging the Culture TagsChrestomathySelected Quotes

The Fiasco of No Fear

Posted on Monday, April 5, 2021Monday, April 5, 2021 by Douglas Wilson

Introduction: I am currently enjoying a book by Michael Reeves and Joel Beeke called Following God Fully: An Introduction to the Puritans. It is a marvelous book thus far, but I bring it up merely ...

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Departing Middle-Earth

Posted on Friday, April 2, 2021Friday, April 2, 2021 by Douglas Wilson

“So Beowulf, that brave one, when the barrow-guard he fought,
A conflict deeply contested, he could not know
In what manner of men he should leave middle-earth at last”

Beowulf, p. 107

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Only Reasonable

Posted on Friday, April 2, 2021Thursday, April 1, 2021 by Douglas Wilson
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Laid Out Like Lumber

Posted on Thursday, April 1, 2021Thursday, April 1, 2021 by Douglas Wilson

“Beside the king was the conquered worm, his cruelty ceased,
Lying next to their lord, still loathsome in death,
His scales scorched, this serpent of fire,
Laid out like lumber, his light and fire gone”

Beowulf, p. 106

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His Halting Day

Posted on Wednesday, March 31, 2021Wednesday, March 31, 2021 by Douglas Wilson

“His halting day had come,
It had dawned on this daring one; death had come to the king,
A good and great king, and a glorious death”

Beowulf, p. 106

CategoriesEngaging the Culture TagsChrestomathySelected Quotes

7 Principles for Navigating a Purple Cultural Meltdown

Posted on Wednesday, March 31, 2021Wednesday, March 31, 2021 by Douglas Wilson

Introduction: It does no good to say that you are not a prepper. Everybody's a prepper. This is one of Rushdoony's inescapable concepts, not whether but which. It is not whether you are prepping for ...

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The Bier We Have Built

Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2021Tuesday, March 30, 2021 by Douglas Wilson

“Let us hasten now,
As we gaze on our Geat lord, as we go to mourn him,
And carry our king, who collected rings for giving,
To the bier we have built for Beowulf our lord”

Beowulf, p. 105

CategoriesEngaging the Culture TagsChrestomathySelected Quotes

Ain’t Got Time to Take a Fast Train

Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2021Monday, March 6, 2023 by Douglas Wilson - 50 comments

Letter to the Editor: Moscow, Idaho. Greetings, a little bit of a personal note. I think I had forgotten that you were based out of Moscow. Back in the day, my father and mother were owners ...

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