A subject worthy of careful consideration.

After several decades of liturgy wars, few are unaware of the turbulent history of the post-conciliar liturgy since the New Order of Mass (Novus Ordo Missae) was promulgated 50 years ago, on April 3, 1969, by Pope Paul VI with his apostolic constitution, Missale Romanum.

The Novus Ordo was produced in a mere five dizzying years by a committee of bishops, guided by an assemblage of experts. The process itself was a novelty, starkly contrasting with the gradual and organic growth (over more than 1,500 years) of the liturgy it replaced.

Yes indeed, it was a revolution, when the few decided what was good for the many and got their way.

Did the excellent Fran Spielman make a mistake by writing this sentence in the middle of this article?

Wouldn’t it have been wiser to let Mayor Rahm Emanuel bear the burden of those record subsidies, while Lightfoot tries to extract her pound of flesh on the back end?

Pound of flesh? On the back end? I get a really gross image out of that one!

Newsies the world over, or at least the country coast to coast, should be filled with admiration for this legal bulldog and his Judicial Watch organization.

Not notably the case, however. Thing is, he’s going after the wrong people in their view, or the view of most of them, sad to say. Does not fit the dominant narrative.

Mayor Lori urges something she does not want:

She called for “a transparent and fulsome subject matter hearing to address questions including consequences for other TIF districts, affordable housing options, plans for minority- and women-owned businesses, and impacts on diversity, population density, schools, traffic, and other factors.”

Do see the problem? If not, look up fulsome:

offensive to good taste, especially as being excessive; overdone or gross: fulsome praise that embarrassed her deeply; fulsome décor.

disgusting; sickening; repulsive: a table heaped with fulsome mounds of greasy foods.

excessively or insincerely lavish: fulsome admiration.

(Unless she means “abundant or copious,” #5 of 5 approved usages.)

RELATED WORDS are no help:

bombastic, buttery, canting, cloying, coarse, extravagant, fawning, flattering, glib, grandiloquent, hypocritical, immoderate, ingratiating, inordinate, insincere, magniloquent, mealy-mouthed, nauseating, offensive, oily

Please. No more of such talk. We have come to expect more from the pride of Massilon.

Andrew Sullivan’s argument opens with a rather long (in a very long piece) expatiation on how Buttgieg would appeal to coastal libs, seems to me reading his own reactions into the voters currently supporting Trump.

But his reactions never were typical, he being of an educated elite. Am I right? Wrong? Of a coastal sensibility, that is.

Lede of the week about finalists who block scoring with zest and fury:

MINNEAPOLIS—Twelve years ago at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, just a few miles from where the men’s Final Four is taking place, a bull broke loose. It charged about a block through the crowded grounds, miraculously missing all fairgoers. Then it lowered its head, took aim at a fire hydrant and rammed it, dying instantly.

No death in the afternoon in this case, or at night time either, however.

It’s not too early for recently elected alderman Andre Vasquez to begin planning for his next election, in which case he should save this Mark Brown article for use in his literature.

Greg Hinz of Crain’s gives advice to new mayor, letting the left hand know what the right is doing, you might say, including getting the city out of its “fiscal pinch” by various practices that “job creators” can stomach.

“The socialists [newly ensconced aldermen] won’t like it,” he says.

But then, they won’t like it as long as there are any “rich” people left to tax. Lightfoot will be walking on a fiscal balance beam in months to come. Here’s hoping she makes it across and doesn’t fall off. [Italics added]

Yes. Where would socialists be without rich people?

More reliable than climate change models, I trust.

On Thursday, Politico ran a story detailing how several economic models with a history of accuracy predict a win for Trump in 2020:

“[I[f the election were held today, he’d likely ride to a
second term in a huge landslide, according to multiple economic
models with strong track records of picking presidential winners
and losses.

“Credit a strong U.S. economy featuring low unemployment,
rising wages and low gas prices — along with the historic
advantage held by incumbent presidents.”

The economy, s—-d.

“‘Even if you have a mediocre but not great economy—and that’s
more or less consensus for between now and the election—that has
a Trump victory and by a not-trivial margin,’ winning 54 percent
of the popular vote to 46 for the Democrat, [Yale economist Ray
Fair] said. Fair’s model also predicted a Trump win in 2016 though it missed on Trump’s share of the popular vote.”

Fair enough.