The Moral Decline in the Words We Use Jen Doll, The Atlantic The Politics of Frodo Baggins Rod Dreher, The American Conservative The Philosophy of Wittgenstein’s Photographs Ray Monk, New Statesman Jewish Homeschooling Increases in Popularity Steve Lipman, New York Jewish Week Stumble Stones . . . . Continue Reading »
I only hear the speeches and worse, hear them on NPR. There, commentators tell you after a speech what deprecatory things you should have thought in case you didn’t think them. We tuned in last evening just as Clint Eastwood began speaking. We didn’t know then what is . . . . Continue Reading »
In yesterdays column , George Will wrote that When Mitt Romney selected Paul Ryan, Republicans undertook the perilous but commendable project of forcing voters to face the fact that they fervently hold flatly incompatible beliefs. Twice as many Americans idenify themselves as . . . . Continue Reading »
1. My thoughts were overwhelmingly positive so I’ll start with the constructive criticism. It would have been better if Ryan had taken some time to explain Romney’s Ryan-Wyden-style Medicare reform proposal. It would have slowed the speech down a little, but in Ryan’s case, that . . . . Continue Reading »
Fare Forward is a recently launched journal whose masthead announces it as a “Christian review of ideas.” Staffed by a small team of students and recent college graduates, the name “is taken from ‘The Dry Salvages’, the third quartet of T.S. Eliots . . . . Continue Reading »
Russell E. Saltzman on banking on the fringe : The Liberty Dollar has turned out to be a precursor to the contemporary community currency movement. Liberty Dollars inspired a lot of wannabes who have produced an array of alternative if not exotic currencies: Lakotas, Texas Republics, . . . . Continue Reading »
I am often asked by young people—and come to think of it, not so young people—who want to become writers what they should do to achieve their dream. I always say, “Write. A writer writes.”Christopher Hitchens was a WRITER! And he wrote—his upcoming last . . . . Continue Reading »
At Values and Capitalism , Josh Good offers Paul Ryan a great line; I hope he takes it. Josh notes that Ryan’s Medicare plan exempts today’s seniors from the impact of reforms. So when the 69-year-old Biden attacks the 42-year-old Ryan over Medicare in the VP debate, Ryan can tell . . . . Continue Reading »
Signs of the Dark Knight Br. Athanasius Murphy, O.P., Dominicana A Political History of Judicial Conservatism Michael Fragoso, Public Discourse Orthodoxy and the Returns of Love Allison Backous Troy, Good Letters Animal and Plant Souls? H. H. Ambrose, St. Peter’s List Why “Traditional . . . . Continue Reading »