For Domenic Scarcella, Lent is about “filling up, not giving up.” We talk here about what that means, about how technology makes it harder to have the spaces in our lives where we can experience the divine, and what we can do about it.

We also discuss the meaning of “faith”, and address the question: “Do the means perhaps justify the ends?”

We even grumble a little about “kids these days.”

You can find Domenic’s writing and discussions on his Substack.

His book—which I highly recommend—is “Good Neighbor, Bad Citizen.”

As a special Christmas treat, I present here, my husband, reading "The Rules of Christmas"—which he mostly wrote.

Don't just listen... be sure to follow them..."For your edification and clarification and the avoidance of any unpleasantness on this Christmas Eve and morn."

You can read the Rules here. Or purchase a hard copy, here.

I speak again with Mike Maharrey, National Communications Director for the Tenth Amendment Center.

In a world where it often seems that politicians and government agents are free to violate our rights with no consequences to themselves, I ask Mike whether he thinks we have any power at all to protect those rights.

We talk about the Constitutional right of states to refuse to cooperate with Federal law; examples of localities doing just that; strategies the 10th Amendment Center is working on; how he thinks the recently enacted Federal restrictions on hemp products will play out; and most importantly... building local community.

The Tenth Amendment Center is here, and the State of the Nullification Movement is here.

You can find Mike on X.

"Money Metals", for which Mike is an analyst and reporter, is here.

And Harry Browne's book, "How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World" is here.