Two hundred thirty-seven years ago to the day, 19 April 1775, colonial minutemen fought imperial redcoats in the Battles of Lexington & Concord, sparking the Revolutionary War. It is impossible to overestimate how different the world would be without the spread of popular sovereignty & representative democracy that we have seen over the last two-plus centuries; the shape of the world would be unrecognizable were it not for that far-famed "shot heard 'round the world." A few hundred free men stood up for their rights against the most powerful empire on Earth, & upon such moments hinges the fulcrum of history.
The Explorers' Club
№ CCLXXXIII - The Rosetta Stone.
Urbi et Orbi
Part of being Catholic, a duty of both lay & religious, is fealty to the hierarchy of Holy Mother Church: nun-link. If you don't want to listen to His Holiness the Bishop of Rome, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (the old Holy Office), or the U.S. bishops, such is your right, but in so doing you risk ceasing to be Catholic. If you want to set yourself up as your own pope, to make claims of having a unique & unchallenged ability to decide all matters of theology for yourself, that's called being Protestant.
The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day: SKApril
Dance Hall Crashers, "D.H.C." from The Old Record (1989-1992) (T.L.A.M.)
Commentary: The Dance Hall Crashers are a nontraditional ska band insofar as their songs rarely feature horns. But they've got plenty of back beat, a social conscience, & all the snark & peppy gloominess you'd expect from any self-respecting third-wave ska outfit. "D.H.C." is quite possibly their most horn-intensive song.
"Out on the dance floor
Everything's going to be all right,
Out on the dance floor,
Dance Hall, Dance Hall Crashers tonight!"
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