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by Christopher Hodapp PeacockTV, NBC's new subscription streaming TV service, has announced that they have ordered the TV pilot based on Dan Brown's Masonic-themed thriller, The Lost Symbol, to be... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp Earlier this month, Facebook decided with its infinite, artificial sagacity to declare this blog site to be spam, for some undisclosed reason. How they arrived at such a... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp A fascinating new book has just been released that will be an invaluable tool for historians researching the pre-Revolutionary War days of Freemasonry in America.... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp Deepest apologies for no updated stories here for the last couple of weeks. Alice and I are in the final deadline week for our new book project. Folks have asked what... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp The Grand Lodge of New York's Jurisprudence Committee has weighed in on the permissibility of Grand Master William Sardone's rescheduling of their annual meeting for 2021 due... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp New York Grand Master William Sardone has issued a lengthy response to an open letter posted last week by Grand Treasurer, Steven Adam Rubin. It is posted in its entirety... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp Think you might be the next Super Mason who can 'save Freemasonry' with your super powers? Well, there's good news for the well-dressed fraternal savior. Can't be a... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp Grand lodges all across the country – and around the world – have struggled over the last 10 months with the problem of how to hold their constitutionally-required annual... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp Like so many other groups all over the world, the annual Conference of Grand Masters of Masons in North America has been forced to drop its in-person meeting this year because... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

South Carolina Past Grand Master Michael D. Smith by Christopher Hodapp A story from the Grand Lodge of South Carolina has been brewing for several months under the wire, but details are... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

Has John really seen us as often as we've seen each other in the last year? Probably . . . Commercial marketing and 2020 What did we all get from Masonic Santa Claus? Entered Apprentices are Freemasons . . . when can jurisdictions get back to consensus about that? Somehow we tangented to...

by Christopher Hodapp MW Robert V. Monacelli, the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge F&AM of New Jersey, has just issued an edict posthumously proclaiming the late Brian David Sicknick as an... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp The January/February 2021 issue of American Spirit Magazine features a pictorial article about noteworthy Masonic buildings around the U.S. The magazine is a publication of the... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp As reported here last September, the venerable but long defunct Masonic Book Club has recently been re-launched under the auspices of the Scottish Rite Southern Jurisdiction,... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

MW Kenneth C. Gorgen, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge F&AM of Wisconsin by Christopher Hodapp In the wake of last week's protests in Washington, DC and the deadly rampage through the U.S.... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp I'm not sure if this is a cool doorknob for a lodge room, or just disturbing. Whichever, it's $34.95 from the Freienldyness.com website. Description claims it's handmade,... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

Getty imagesby Christopher Hodapp The miserable year of 2020 has now officially slipped into history, but it wasn't going to just go quietly without putting up a desperate struggle. On January 6th,... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

Stopped in Arizona by Christopher Hodapp Deepest apologies for the dearth of Masonic postings since Christmas. After the mishaps that forced us to return home before the holiday, we set out again for... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

It's Chrismas Eve (Eve), and we're assembled together around the (virtual) tree Jeff and Scotty are here too--all in the Christmas spirit Chuck joins us after his important astronomy talk Scotty got kicked out of his World of Warcraft guild Jeff becomes the Lodge's "designated survivor" for 2021...

Bro. Jamie joins us for an evening After Lodge What's it like in Canada? They have internet?! What is a Canadian "islander" anyways? Whatever it is, they love Freemasonry! Since Scotty wasn't here, we talk about prohibition (or the lack thereof) Trying to talk American politics to a Canadian...