Category: Saints and Scamps
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Pasta Puttanesca
Pasta Puttanesca is a good Lenten meal for a Friday night despite its being 'in the style of the whore.' Italian la puttana means whore, harlot, slut. Didn't Jesus suffer all to come unto him, even the ladies of the evening? Make it with sardines: 'meatier' than anchovies. Pour some extra virgin olive oil into…
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Maximilian Kolbe
Today is the feast of Maximilian Kolbe. Although it is a deep and dangerous illusion of the Left to suppose that man is inherently good and that it is merely such contingent and remediable factors as environment, opportunity, upbringing and the like that prevent the good from manifesting itself, there are a few human beings…