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First Links — 8.31.12

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 »

Convention

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 »

Thoughts On Ryan’s Speech

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

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. Eliot’s . . . . Continue Reading »

On the Square Today

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 »

Generosity and Enterprise

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 »

First Links — 8.30.12

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 »

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