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Garry Wills speaks. It’s an interview on a Boston-area radio show, pointed out to us in a comment below. He’s speaking, of course, about his new book What Jesus meant, reviewed here in First Things. I am officially tired of the Pontifical Stylings of Garry Wills. What it seems that we have here is a…

The Ides of March, of course. Now, as a commentor has pointed out, Julius Caesar wasn’t actually assassinated on exactly this spot: (Also the cat sanctuary)…but nearby. That’s okay – close enough. According to this site, the wall of Pompey’s Theater, at which the Senate was meeting that day, is visible behind one of the…

I thought they were okay – the blood oranges, that is. Michael thought they were about the grossest thing he’d ever seen, double that when, one day that week, he watched some being fresh-squeezed for juice at his morning coffee bar. "Like…blood…" he said. Different, that for sure – the Clementines were more popular though.…

In the post-trip fog of last week – the PA trip, not the Roma trip – I shamefully forgot to mention that I’d met a blog reader at the talk – The always witty and sharp Jen Ambrose. Do go check out her blog – she’s recuperating from surgery, so keep her in your prayers,…
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