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Smoke, Mirrors, Fire: Change of Heart

March 14, 2008

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David Mamet, the terse and edgy playwright recently celebrating the deposit of his archives with the University of Texas, undergoes, or at least publicly registers, a change in his political perspective, or self-identification. How encouraging! As he had said to an admiring student, "politics is not difficult to understand -- the only things you need are literacy and a brain." The Daily Texan appears not to have weighed in on the latest developments.

J. Budziszewski, also from these parts,

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The Metaphor for Lent

March 11, 2008

Great Lent began this week for Orthodox Christians. Rue, doing-without for a bit, and application to difficulty -- turning into something wonderful.

This story will be related across the blogosphere soon, but it is irresistible as a metaphor.

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