DIGITAL DOWNLOAD | Ordering instructions: Upon completion of your order, you will be sent an email containing a one-time only hyperlink to download your purchase (accessible for 24 hours). Please note, you will be prompted to sign in to your account prior to download. Gilbert Vol. 13 No. 3 | December 2009 4 | Tremendous Trifles 5 | Lunacy & Letters 7 | EDITORIAL The Twelve Days of Distributism 8 | Straws in the Wind The New Dark Ages by G.K. Chesterton 10 | Schall on Chesterton “On Preserving Different Things Side by Side” by James V. Schall S.J. 11 | Winners of the 2009 Clerihew Competition 12 | A Miscellany of Men The Adventures of the Last Nicholl by D.J. Conlon 16 | ALARMS & DISCURSIONS An Interview with Dean Koontz by S. Kenshin 19 | Rolling Road Transforming the Culture from the Ground Up by Dale Ahlquist 20 | Tales of the Short Bow A Trip to the Mall by John Peterson The Christmas Stamp by James G. Bruen Jr. 23 | The Signature of Man A History of English Art 24 | All Is Grist Beings of Distinction by Joe Campbell An Eatable Hero by J.B. Toner 26 | The Flying Inn White Salmon by David Beresford 27 | The Flying Stars The Traditional Family Annual Cookie Baking Day by Nancy Carpentier Brown 28 | Manalive Heavy Thoughts on a Light Issue by Chris Chan 29 | Jogging with G.K. The Dickensians by Robert Moore-Jumonville 30 | The Battle with the Dragon Bosom Buddies by Kyro R. Lantsberger 31 | All I Survey Inside Out by David W. Fagerberg 32 | The Detection Club Busy Morning by John Peterson The Quick Lunch Restaurant Diner’s Casebook by Steve Miller Chesterton’s Bloodthirsty Heirs by Steve Miller 36 | Book Reviews Losing Mum and Pup reviewed by Chuck Chalberg What Happened to Notre Dame? reviewed by John M. DeJak Off the Shelf: Letters from Father Christmas reviewed by Mike Foster 40 | Fear of Film Elfland on Celluloid by Art Livingston The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth by Chris Chan 42 | The Distributist Franchising as a Distributist Ideal by Garth Snider 43 | Chesterton University Literature About Literature 45 | A Ballade Of Practical Distributism by Aidan Mackey 46 | Chesterton’s Mail Bag 48 | News With Views 50 | Letters to America Wash or Whitewash? by G.K. Chesterton