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Succinctly summarized by T.S. Eliot:

The World is trying the experiment of attempting to form a civilized but non-Christian mentality. The experiment will fail; but we must be very patient in awaiting its collapse; meanwhile redeeming the time: so that the Faith may be preserved alive through the dark ages before us; to renew and rebuild civilization, and save the World from suicide.

More excellent reading over at Novae Militiae, wherein I discovered this Eliot quote.

Another link from that site led me to a late 2006 post at Sobran’s, Hijacking the Conservative Movement. Find an excellent excerpt from this piece summarizing the difference between conservatives and liberals after the jump.
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…unofficially, for now. But still: WOOT!

• Fred Thompson will run, advisers say
  (hat-tip to Argus-reader/Uncle BuzzFan)
• Thompson says he plans to run, wants to be 2008’s outsider

If you haven’t been reading Bill Whittle’s painfully-infrequent (but always worth the wait) posts, now is THE time to start. Go read his latest two-part presentation, You Are Not Alone:

• You Are Not Alone, Part 1
• You Are Not Alone, Part 2

An excerpt from Part 2 (after the jump):

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Nichole took Audrey for her 9 month pictures today — the projectile cute results are up in the gallery.

NOTE: argus.emthree.org is not responsible for any cute-related damages that you or your computer may sustain while viewing these images.

May 2007 Portraits >>

Future President Thompson weighs in on gun control and it’s “sudden” relevance after last week’s tragedy.

The logic behind this attitude baffles me, but I suspect it has to do with a basic difference in worldviews. Some people think that power should exist only at the top, and everybody else should rely on “the authorities” for protection.