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It is finished

Benjamin Espen Feb 2, 2023

The Death of the Character only Narrative

Twitter user ClericsWearRingmail asked a question about the literary device that Poul Anderson uses at the end of Three Hearts and Three Lions. An interesting question in and of itself, but the purpose here is for me to use that question to reflect on the death of the narrator in
Benjamin Espen Feb 1, 2023

When Faustian Man and the Wide Open Plains Meet

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Benjamin Espen Feb 1, 2023

Linkfest 2023-01-28: The Dumb Ox

Today is the feast day of St. Thomas Aquinas, my patron saint. You can pick up Ed Feser’s excellent introduction to Aquinas for only $0.99 on Amazon today. Twitter anon Vulpine Outlaw looks at how the New Atheism movement was in part a response to 9/11, and
Benjamin Espen Jan 28, 2023

Linkfest 2023-01-20: Sugar and Sickness

The Long View: An Army of Davids Self-assembling nanobots are vaporware, a concept without even a glimmer of actual technology behind it, so its is appropriate that they are used to advocate for libertarianism, a political philosophy without a constituency. Nonetheless, I could not help but reflect by the time
Benjamin Espen Jan 20, 2023

Snaaaake!

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Benjamin Espen Jan 19, 2023

Our Lady of the Tienda de Comestibles

Benjamin Espen Jan 17, 2023

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