When the revolution broke out again in 1848, Pius IX had been Pope for only two years. He had spent those two years well, reforming the government of the papal states especially the criminal justice system, rooting out corruption, imposing stricter discipline on the clergy.
Cautious hope has proved to be warranted because many of the hopes of his supporters have disappointingly failed of implementation. His statesmanlike inaugural address is far from becoming his reality in office.
Suppressing the pangs of guilty conscience like a recidivist pickpocket – Conscience? What a load of hooey! – I’m taking my four-year-old to Burger King.
Ancient Greek has four moods/modes. Like Latin, Italian, French, and Modern Greek, it has indicative for statements and questions of fact, imperative for commands, subjunctive to express uncertainty or probability, and Optative
Harold Lloyd, the last member of the trio of early cinema’s silent clowns, is simultaneously highly recognized and completely forgotten.
This is a revised version of a talk given to a group of high school history teachers in Louisiana in 2007.: Pius IX, an almost forgotten “great man”
As I noted here a month ago, my interest in the Titanic originated in my four-year-old’s obsession with the maritime disaster, which I had at first found as inexplicable as other children’s obsession with dinosaurs.
Some of my friends are supporting Trump’s intervention in Venezuela and, likely, again in Iran. Ok, we disagree, but let’s remain friends. Politics divides too often.
For several decades I have been doing variations on Italian meat sauce. I was initially inspired by watching The Godfather, the scene where the family and allies are hunkered down and Peter Clemenza (played by Richard Castellano) shows Michael how they made meat sauce in prison.
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