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Within its corridors you will find insight into the books I have written, the books I am writing and the books I am thinking about writing. It is also a place where I can offer insights into my favorite authors and – in the case of my game Conqueror: Fields of Victory – I can explain my rules and offer new variants. Scroll down or check the sidebar for my latest posts. Nonfiction: Walls of Men: A Military History of China 2500 B.C. to A.D. 2020 Long Live Death: The Keys to Victory in the Spanish Civil War Fiction: Three Weeks with…
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Yesterday the leaders of the Priestly Society of St. Pius X consecrated four bishops without the permission of the Pope and thereby excommunicated themselves. Excommunications are rare these days, in part because the unity of the Church has been shattered. Huge amounts of Catholics have fallen away and either pushed the “easy button” and become Protestant or given up on Christianity (or religion) entirely. The SSPX is a bit different. The Society was formed in the wake of Vatican II as a traditionalist movement and its situation was always described as “irregular.” The group was founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre,…