In keeping with the theme of filling Ordinary Time with music from other liturgical seasons, here’s Orlando di Lasso’s “Omnes de Saba Venient.” 8 parts, big epic, ringing chords (like di Lasso’s Easter motet ” Aurora Lucis Rutilat “)—what more could . . . . Continue Reading »
When James t ells you to read Rorty , he’s not telling you to follow Matt Yglesias in reading the wrong part of Rorty . I’ve written before about Rorty’s nutty philosophy of language . While I won’t go as far as Richard Weaver in saying that nominalism is the root cause of . . . . Continue Reading »
For obvious reasons, most people are focused on the danger the financial crisis poses to their vital private interests. But some commentators, looking at the larger picture, argue that the long-predicted end of American dominance (and the advent of a multipolar world) has now begun with a . . . . Continue Reading »
Under communism, Marx explained, people live liberated or completely unconstrained or completely unalienated lives. "Do you own thing" becomes the only remaining rule. So communism—which is communal only in the sense that the remaining necessary work is done by . . . . Continue Reading »
“For he will give his angels charge of you, to guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up . . . ” (Psalm 91:11-12) On Angels All was taken away from you: white dresses, wings, even existence. Yet I believe you, messengers. There, where the world is turned inside . . . . Continue Reading »
Over on the New York Times ’ technology blog, Steve Lohr sat down with Craig Barrett, the chairman of Intel, to discuss education. Refreshingly, Barrett isn’t convinced that technology is the answer to the country’s education crisis: “We’re bailing out Wall Street, . . . . Continue Reading »
I have a piece in today’s San Francisco Chronicle lambasting California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for “Kowtowing to Big Biotech”(the paper’s headline that isn’t in the online version.) I have had a burr in my behind about my governor ever since he endorsed Proposition . . . . Continue Reading »
Matt Alderman provides an interesting theological argument from tradition that I’d never thought of. I don’t think it’s foolproof, but I do think there’s something to it: “Drink wine, and you will sleep well. Sleep, and you will not sin. Avoid sin, and you will be . . . . Continue Reading »
On the main page today there is a symposium on what might benefit/damage Sarah Palin most in tonight’s debate. But what if she fails to take our advice? Well, thanks to the wonders of modern technology, there are ways of making her talk (the way we’d prefer) in the virtual world, . . . . Continue Reading »
What is a Postmodern Conservative view of economics? While a true postmodern conservatism is cognizant of the power of markets and the great advantages of the prosperity it generates (and the reliable incompetence of government in providing regulatory supervision), it is also aware of . . . . Continue Reading »
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