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A Tale of Two Needles: Seven Quick Takes Friday – 4

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A Tale of Two Needles. Friday, February 10, 2012. Seven Quick Takes Friday – 4. Yes, I missed two weeks. No, I don’t really have an excuse, but I’m going to try to justify it anyway. Over the last weekend in January, our daughter was in her high school’s production of “Les Miserables”. She was Little Cosette. Either a) I need to work on my vocabulary or b) I’ve been watching too much of Barney on “How I Met Your Mother”. Silly streaming Netflix! I’m still hooked on “ Downton Abbey. 8221;, and I’m n...

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Outside the Asylum: The Roberts Central Committee

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Saturday, June 29, 2013. The Roberts Central Committee. This has been brewing for a couple of days, so it’s gonna be a long one:. You can’t tell me you were surprised by the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Windsor. I saw it coming ten years ago to the day, the day AJ Anthony Kennedy issued the majority opinion in Lawrence v. Texas. The fact is, I knew eventually we’d see such a decision because progressives were constantly trying to reassure conservatives that the Lawrence. The Roberts Court...

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Outside the Asylum: An Irish Catholic’s Look at White People—UPDATED

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Thursday, July 30, 2015. An Irish Catholic’s Look at White People—UPDATED. Jose Antonio Vargas with two unnamed men. (© 2015 MTV.). At first, I was reluctant to watch the MTV documentary White People. One of my sharpest memories is of a discussion I had twenty years ago with a coworker and her fiancé about mixed couples. My coworker noted that black parents seemed to welcome such couples, while white parents didn’t, then turned to me and said, “Why are they like that, Tony? Growing Up Irish Catholic.

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Outside the Asylum: Facebook Policy

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First, please know that I’m grateful for every reader I get … even those who violently disagree with me and wish me a painful, desolate demise. Whether you bless me or damn me, I thank God for you, dear reader. I would like to build connections with my readers. However, right now I’m not “friending” anyone on Facebook that I don’t know personally or through someone I do know. I have created a fan page for Outside the Asylum. And, again, thank you for reading me! Anthony S. Layne. Buy Tony a cup of coffee!

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Outside the Asylum: June 2015

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Monday, June 29, 2015. Book Review: Billy Joel biography “a hyperextended Rolling Stone article”. At least until you lost some of your snobbish pretentiousness, became more familiar with his catalogue, and grew more appreciative of his craftsmanship. In a sense, then, how you appreciate Billy Joel: The Definitive Biography , by Fred Schruers (New York: Crown Archetype, 2014; $29.00). Fails; it’s little more than a hyperextended Rolling Stone. Anthony S. Layne. Monday, June 29, 2015. Links to this post.

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Outside the Asylum: Layne's Laws

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Layne’s First Law of Ignorance:. We don’t know how much we don’t know. We don’t know how much we can’t. Ab esse ad posse. If it happened, then it’s possible. All statistical models fall prey to division fallacies. Knowing what the group does gives no certain knowledge of what the individual is doing. Layne's Second Law of Ignorance:. Ignorance is the state of not knowing enough to know that you don't know enough. The Tree Branch Law:. Because it saws off the tree branch on which the reasoner sits. 8220;A...

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Outside the Asylum: Comment Policy

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I own this blog. My ownership is not a constitutional monarchy, nor a representative democracy. I rule it as a benevolent dictator. I allow comments. I allow disagreement and opposition; I encourage constructive criticism. But I don’t have to tolerate the presence of a comment I don’t like. I repeat: I own this blog. Therefore, I own your comments, and can refuse to publish them if I so wish. The first — and only — rule is this: Be clean and polite! You are a guest in my house. 8220;Your post is an appal...

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Outside the Asylum: The smile on the lips of martyrs

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Saturday, June 6, 2015. The smile on the lips of martyrs. I suppose we Catholic writers are socially expected to have a massive episode of cognitive dissonance over the news of the significant drop in religious affiliation over the years 2007 to 2014. Because, of course, this sort of thing has never. Happened before (he said while rolling his eyes melodramatically). My opinions are easily accessible to any potential coworker, who may see fit to create a situation in which I must be fired because I’...

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Outside the Asylum: The Benedict Option: Building a Catholic counterculture—UPDATED

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Monday, July 13, 2015. The Benedict Option: Building a Catholic counterculture—UPDATED. Rod Dreher. (Photo: John Zak.). Saturday, on the suggestion of Brandon Vogt, I read fellow Metroplex resident Rod Dreher’s “ Critics of the Benedict Option. 8221;, in which Dreher attempts to further articulate what he confesses is “an inchoate phenomenon”. It's inchoate. Because, while the name is taken from St. Benedict of Nursia, the idea is not. A return to the great monastic period. And ceased to identify the con...