Jonah Goldberg on NRO makes a modest proposal...
I'm there, if only they'll let in those who aren't Swiss.
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I'm all in favour of the idea ... provided that the Swiss Guard is either opened up to non-Swiss ... or than another multi-national guard is created.
There must be thousands of non-Swiss Catholics who would love to serve.
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