I always hate to discuss PETA, but once again it has thrown truth and integrity to the wind with a billboard falsely linking milk drinking and autism. From the story: A new PETA-sponsored “go vegan” campaign billboard in Newark, N.J., includes the phrase “Studies have shown a link . . . . Continue Reading »
One name that should show up on any reading list for postmodern conservatism is James C. Scott, the Yale anthropologist who argues that weak and powerless classes don’t get brainwashed by powerful elites but rather learn how to manifest rebellion against the elites in subtle ways. Being . . . . Continue Reading »
In the August/September issue of First Things , Mary Eberstadt incisively discusses the ” Vindication of Humanae Vitae ,” noting that among the harmful consequences of the contraceptive culture was the Protestant—especially Anglican—collapse. Before 1930, no Christian Church . . . . Continue Reading »
In After Virtue , Alasdair MacIntyre writes of G.E. Moore’s emotivism: “This is great silliness of course; but it is the great silliness of highly intelligent and perceptive people.” . . . . Continue Reading »
Grieving fans of the New York Sun may appreciate Sol Stern’s warm eulogy in City Journal . . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . and the ghost of Barry Goldwater sheds a tear. . . . . Continue Reading »
According to Pascal, the greatness of man is in his misery, and the restless, workholic Americans are clearly miserable in the absence of God. Such restlessness, Tocqueville observes, is not new to the world. What’s unprecedented is that a whole people is restless. America . . . . Continue Reading »
A storm is brewing in the normally peaceful town of Westhampton Beach, NY: Rabbi Marc Schneier, who counts New York Gov. David Paterson among his friends, wants the Westhampton Beach mayor and village board to approve the placement of the religious boundary called an eruv, which would allow . . . . Continue Reading »
We cannot forget that, because of the 1960s, America is more just and in some ways less cruel than it once was. That decade’s objection to "soulless wealth" and technocracy in the name of personal significance and personal love also retain some force. They do so . . . . Continue Reading »
Mr. Poulos’ acute observations prompted these thoughts on the subject of Mr. Ricoeur: Paul Ricoeur, in Oneself as Another , strives to reconcile the ancient quest for a substantive good with the modern respect for formal individual rights – which is not unlike . . . . Continue Reading »
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