Michael Bates

Ave atque vale magister: Ronald Palma RIP

9/29/2022

Last week I received the sad news that Ron Palma, my high school Latin teacher, passed away on Monday, September 19, 2022, at the age of 75. He is survived by Fay, his college sweetheart and wife of 55 years, two daughters, and three grandchildren. His 38-year career at...

- September 28, 2022 at 10:48PM
Ave atque vale, magister: Ronald Palma, RIP
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Vale Pia Regina: Queen Elizabeth II RIP

9/15/2022

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John Byron Kuhner pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II as an exemplar of pietas -- not piety in the strictly religious sense, but dutifulness, after the fashion of Aeneas, hero of Vergil's Aeneid, the epic journey of the founder of Rome from the ashes of Troy. It is generally acknowledged...

- September 15, 2022 at 07:07PM
Vale, Pia Regina: Queen Elizabeth II, RIP
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9/11: Twenty-one years

9/11/2022

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Today is the 21st anniversary of the Islamist attacks on America. We pause to remember the husbands and wives, sons and daughters who died that day and in the years since in the pursuit of the evil movement that perpetrated the attacks. Please take a moment to remember Jayesh Shah,...

- September 11, 2022 at 10:06PM
9/11: Twenty-one years
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Ave atque vale magister: Ronald Palma RIP

Vale Pia Regina: Queen Elizabeth II RIP

9/11: Twenty-one years

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