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St. Gregory’s Academy Alumnus Response to closing of SGA

The following was a comment in response to a post about St. Gregory’s Academy back in 2012 on Orbis Catholicus blog when the school was being closed down. I re-printed the comment here because I feel it really captures well an alumnus’ sentiment about the goodness of the school on him personally, but also highlights the importance of the […]

Art and Narrative

Dear Friends, Please take a moment to CLICK HERE to read Dr. James M. Wilson’s article in First Principles, which he states “Address[es] the pressing need for conservatives to make their case in terms of narrative — which is the mother of all the arts” (https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/08/art-and-beauty-against-the-politicized-aesthetic/) The title of the article is “The Treasonous Clerk: […]

Poetry Postage

Thanks, Davey, for the heads up * * * Is there anything Dana Gioia cannot do with poetry? * * * Former National Endowment for the Arts chair Dana Gioia, who lives in Santa Rosa, is on the committee to select commemorative stamps. On March 3, the Postal Service releases a series of stamps, its […]

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