Cacciaguida

Defending the 12th century since the 14th; blogging since the 21st.

Catholicism, Conservatism, the Middle Ages, Opera, and Historical and Literary Objets d'Art blogged by a suburban dad who teaches law and writes stuff.


"Very fun." -- J. Bottum, Editor, FIRST THINGS

"Too modest" -- Elinor Dashwood

"Perhaps the wisest man on the Web" -- Henry Dieterich

"Hat tip: me (but really Cacciaguida)" -- Diana Feygin, Editor, THE YALE FREE PRESS

"You are my sire. You give me confidence to speak. You raise my heart so high that I am no more I." -- Dante

"Fabulous!"-- Warlock D.J. Prod of Didsbury

Who was Cacciaguida? See Dante's PARADISO, Cantos XV, XVI, & XVII.


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Thursday, July 31, 2008
 
Everyone enjoying Dark Knight? Let me tell you this: it is not in fact the case that anyone can excel as a villain if you slap paint on him and give him a lot of bwah-ha-ha lines. That boy, it turns out, was one of greatest acting talents to come to the movies in a long time, and we'll miss him.

Meanwhile, though I'm not a comic-book fan, I have long had a weak spot for this Batman cover: