Fred Thompson on the Issues

For a record of where Fred stands on the issues:
Fred Thompson on the Issues

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Undeclared Momentum: Fred Ties, Wins by 1, Then Wins by 4

A Rasmussen report gives the details:
The biggest question in the race for the Republican Presidential nomination is whether or not former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson can sustain his warm-up act once he becomes an actual candidate. The actor once did what many politicians could never imagine by walking away from a career in the Senate. [...]

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Pro-Orthodox, not Anti-Pope

Tom over at Una Sancta writes an incredibly polemical piece on why Protestants become Orthodox rather than Roman Catholic:
One problem that arises when a Western Protestant chooses Orthodoxy is the intentional NOT choosing Catholicism. Thus, the convert to Orthodoxy feels the need to revisit old conflicts and take sides, even though he is in all [...]

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New Page Tab

I have collected here on my blog the essays on my pilgrimage from my Restoration Movement roots, in and back out of Anglicanism, and ending up in Orthodoxy.  They are accessible via the “Pilgrim Essays” tab up at the top of this home page, next to the “Home” and “About” tabs.
You navigate through the essays [...]

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The Apostles’ Fast

In addition to the regular fasting and abstinences on nearly all Wednesdays and Fridays, Orthodox observe four major fasting periods: Great and Holy Lent, the weeks leading up to Easter or Pascha; the Dormition Fast, the two weeks from 1 through 14 August preceding the Feast of our Lady’s Falling Asleep; the Nativity Fast, the [...]

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