Ignorance is never bliss when it is dangerous

Posted by Fr Guy Hawtin, on October 10th, 2011

Some of the most terrifying words I have ever heard were uttered by a woman on a recent daily radio talk show: “I like Karl Marx,” she declared, adding emphatically, “He had some very good ideas.”

It was not her declaration that she liked Marx that inspired fear—even in this post–Soviet era. Similar sentiments are . . . → Read More: Ignorance is never bliss when it is dangerous

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For lovers of language: Ode to English Plurals

Posted by isaac, on October 10th, 2011

German is not a particularly difficult language to learn. True, its grammar is somewhat complicated, but, this should be no inhibition to speaking the language, as Germans, themselves, frequently bend the grammatical rules with alacrity.

The best thing about written German is that the words are sounded out exactly as they are spelled, which is . . . → Read More: For lovers of language: Ode to English Plurals

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