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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Monday, November 03, 2008
 
* Will Obama turn out to have gained or lost votes by giving the generous-to-the-loser victory speech the day before the election?

* While The Economist, always hip to irrelevant trends in American politics, has a chin-scratcher on the "Obamacons" this week (did you know that Susan Eisenhower is a "big name" for conservatives? Neither did I. Did you know that Susan Eisenhower existed? Neither did I), Iowahawk has the last word on them here.

* Well, all things considered, the smell of cooked goose is in the air, but I'll be busy tomorrow trying to uncook it, so I cannot, repeat, cannot promise to blog the vote.