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Christopher J. Scalia @cjscalia
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I guess it's official. I'll really miss @weeklystandard. Thank you to the many great writers there for expressing and defending conservative values and ideas, and for introducing me to so many great books, films, and ways of thinking.
Many thanks also to @PhilipTerzian and Adam Keiper for welcoming my work into @TWSculture, and for @prufrocknews for drawing attention to it!
Finally, good luck to everyone. I look forward to seeing your work elsewhere.
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ICYMI: I wrote about Muriel Spark's career and "critical but conforming" Catholicism for @firstthingsmag.
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Spark was hilarious.
Spark often returned to two religious preoccupations: the mysterious workings of grace and the dangers of moral superiority (something approaching antinomianism).
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Lots of people out to see the ‘Zards take on the Lakers. They’ll be so upset when they found out that Dwight Howard is stil injured!
There are 10 Lakers/Heat/Cavs jerseys for every one Wizards.
Former Badger Sam Dekker is with the ‘Zards now? I had no idea.
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To those of you saying, “Isaiah was from Chicago!” Yes, but Buzz is about 13 or 14. This is what he’d know about Isaiah and Chicago:
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