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The 600-year-old bottle kicking scramble in Hallaton, Leicestershire Brazil has the samba, Spain the flamenco, Hawaii the hula. England, too, has its national dance, but one performed by men wearing flower arrangements on their heads and waving hankies in the air. The morris man (along with Black Rod, beefeaters and the bobby on the beat) is the chief standard-bearer for the English love affair with eccentricity — and in the 21st century, he is shaking his knee bells louder than ever. We are, at heart, a backward-looking people, and we cherish our folk traditions — the stranger the better....

The New Mass: Inalienable Right or Inferior Rite? In this examination, I would like to guide you through the New Rite of Mass, and compare it with the Traditional Mass. My reason for doing so is to help you answer the question, "is the New Mass beneficial?" You may say to yourself, "why is there even a question?" I thought this same way myself, not too many months ago. The answer is quite simple: because there are two approved rites to choose from, and so naturally, the choice must be made. It is a choice, however, that cannot be...