Posts Tagged ‘Dale Ahlquist’
The ACS Announces the Release of the Hound of Distributism
Capitalism? Socialism? Isn’t it time for a change? Find out more about another way, a way that treats families, people, and jobs with respect. Find out more about Distributism.
The End of the World
The author’s vision does not seeem too far-fetched: the new leader comes from an obscure background, but suddenly captures the world’s stage though no one seems to know anything about him.
A Happy Little Reflection on Hell
Chesterton used the fear of death to make people better appreciate life. That is why when someone said that life was not worth living, Chesterton took out a gun and offered to shoot the person. Suddenly, for some reason, when you’re staring down the barrel of a gun, life is worth living! Life is good.
A Prophetic Look at National Health Care
G.K. Chesterton believed, as a liberal, that the State’s role was to preserve liberty, not take it away.
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Creator of the Ice-Worm Cocktail
Though our current literary establishment continues to lift its collective nose at the poetry of Robert Service, his poems continue to delight new readers and his books continue to fly off the shelf.
Gilbert Magazine
The centerpiece of this special issue — literally — is G.K. Chesterton’s poem “The House of Christmas,” wonderfully illustrated by the late Beatrice Wilczynski.
11th Day of Chesterton: Everything Father Brown
This bundle includes Chesterton’s first collection of Father Brown stories read by Kevin O’Brien on audio CD, Julia Smith’s biography about the real priest who was the inspiration for Chesterton’s Father Brown, and John Peterson’s collection of Father Brown stories.
9th Day of Chesterton: Fr. Brown as Seen on TV
This bundle includes The Honor of Israel Gow, a full-length Father Brown story and Seasons I and II of the Father Brown series that originally aired on the BBC, with Sir Kenneth More.
7th Day of Chesterton: Catching Up #2
This Christmas bundle includes all the episodes from Seasons 4, 5, and 6 of EWTN’s popular television program The Apostle of Common Sense, starring Dale Ahlquist. Episodes include Chesterton versus Clarence Darrow, Chesterton on Shakespeare, Chesterton on Dickens, the classic episode of the Toy Theatre, and plenty of Stanford Nutting.
Announcing New Book: In Defense of Sanity
G.K. Chesterton was a master essayist. But reading his essays is not just an exercise in studying a literary form at its finest, it is an encounter with timeless truths that jump off the page as fresh and powerful as the day they were written.
2nd Day of Chesterton: The Long Commute
The best way to read while you drive. These are the three classic Chesterton books−his two pillars of apologetics and his first Fr. Brown collection. Listen on the road!
Christmas Shopping with us at the ACS
Do your Christmas shopping right here. Get a few gifts for yourself, too, just in case your family has failed to figure out your taste for the writer whose insights into our world are delightful and deep.