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Today is the feast of Bl. Newman, a man whose impact cannot be overstated. Obviously, many of us here at StAR can attest to Newman's impact on our own conversion, even if only indirectly through England's Second Spring.  To read more about Newman, please see Joseph Pearce's piece up at Catholic Exchange, which was excerpted from his Preface to The [...]

I was speaking with some great fellow Chestertonians who, in the fine spirit of Distributism, had not discovered that one could hear Belloc's voice through the miracle of modern technology. So, here is Old Thunder singing a few of his small diddies.   

Joseph Pearce had talked about just how confusing he found the great American game of baseball. While to most Americans, the rules were learned and memorized along with our civic studies (if they even do that anymore), I can see why the game is so confusing to a new viewer.  For further consideration, and to show [...]

Thanks to Rod Dreher, there have been several discussions about finding and making a community lately; a theme that resonates a lot when the city I've come to love and reluctantly called home is attacked. I don't know that I ever wanted to admit my love of this hard region, with the constant winters, the people and [...]