Reputations matter, as two excellent teachers remind us in the Salad Bar. And we’ve also got refutations: the Supreme Court trying to rebuke the Trump Administration over its awful tariffs, and Jesus refuting the manipulations of the Tempter in our Bible study for the week.
And a fellow Substacker has some seasonal movie recommendations!
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Links mentioned in the episode are below.
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Salad Bar (fresh items of interest)
“Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s blanket tariffs” — https://finance.yahoo.com/news/supreme-court-strikes-down-trumps-blanket-tariffs-151806658.html
“JPMorgan analysis finds Trump’s tariffs are working on China—at a huge cost to American small business” — https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jpmorgan-analysis-finds-trump-tariffs-171826860.html
“Wealth Creation Is Not An Act of War, Opposite What You’re Told” — https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2026/02/18/wealth_creation_is_not_an_act_of_war_opposite_what_youre_told_1165490.html
“Reputation Is Everything” — https://fee.org/articles/reputation-is-everything/
“Healthcare Independence” — https://freethepeople.org/healthcare-independence/
Fellow Substacker! — Art for the Liturgical Year, by Amelia McKee: “Five Films for Lent” — https://liturgicalyearinart.substack.com/p/five-films-for-lent
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Omelet Station (Bible study)
1st Sunday of Lent — https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022226.cfm
Matthew 4:1-11 — https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/4?1
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My own work I cited
Finale of Joan of Arc trilogy: “Finding Good: the Sooner, the Better” — https://goodneighborbadcitizen.substack.com/p/finding-truth-the-sooner-the-better
On the Carmelites: “Mt. Carmel: War & Peace” — https://goodneighborbadcitizen.substack.com/p/mt-carmel-war-and-peace
The most recent premium subscriber post, FM Radio: “Light (Part 6 of 6): Make Present, Again & Again!” — https://goodneighborbadcitizen.substack.com/p/light-part-6-of-6-make-present-again
The most recent Wednesday Wakeup: “Lent: Fast & Furious?” — https://goodneighborbadcitizen.substack.com/p/lent-fast-and-furious
Last week’s Sunday Buffet: “Rewiring; Expiring; Not Hiring” — https://goodneighborbadcitizen.substack.com/p/rewiring-expiring-not-hiring
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