From De Profundis: A sentimentalist is simply one who wants to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it. We think we can have our emotions for nothing. We cannot. Even the finest and most self-sacrificing emotions have to be paid for. Strangely enough, that is what makes them fine. . . . . Continue Reading »
New York-area readers may be interested to know that St. Catherine of Siena church in NYC will be hosting the Amphion String Quartet this Friday at 8 PM . The program will feature Wolf’s Italian Serenade in G Major, Haydn’s String Quartet in D Major, Op. 71, No. 2, . . . . Continue Reading »
When the U. S. Army started employing a marketing motto “An Army of One” in 2001, my friends in the military howled that such a slogan was antithetical to the entire concept of martial teamwork. An officer noted that an army of one was more like a vigilante than a soldier.I thought . . . . Continue Reading »
Betsy VanDenBerghe on Evangelicals and Mormons making peace : We refer to it in our family as “the clown episode.” Over a dozen years ago our family visited a collection of rare Bibles open to the public as part of a Sunday service sponsored by Salt Lake City’s Evangelical churches, . . . . Continue Reading »
In anticipation of Salvatore Cordileone’s installation as Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco on October 4 (the feast day of St. Francis), Marc Andrus, the Episcopalian Bishop of California, issued what could roughly be called a welcome letter . While he and Bishop Cordileone . . . . Continue Reading »
U.S. News and World Report is reporting that a group called “Catholics for Obama” has been calling voters, asking such questions as “How can you vote for a Mormon who does not believe in Jesus Christ?” (Evidently, the calls also claim that President Obama does not . . . . Continue Reading »
Matthew Boudway, a former editor at First Things who is now one of the best if not, frustratingly, one of the most prolific writers for Commonweal , has the best take I’ve yet seen on the recent death of Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm: Hobsbawm described himself as a “Tory . . . . Continue Reading »
Are We Together? A Review of R. C. Sproul’s Latest Book Chris Castaldo, The Gospel Coalition What Is a ‘Substantial Burden’ on Religious Exercise? Rob Vischer, Mirror of Justice When Eugene Genovese Reviewed Eric Hobsbawm The New Republic Changing Times and Permanent Things Thomas . . . . Continue Reading »
If Tocqueville is correct then elections bring out the greatest political passions of the American people. Periodically every two to four years the people are wrought and brought to extremes of anger and vindictiveness and defensiveness the likes of which would shame their otherwise day to day . . . . Continue Reading »
Never reach for a grand explanation when a simpler one will do, and when your explanation is to blame the Puritans, you can be pretty certain there’s a simpler option available. Rebecca Solnit is frustrated that so many liberals are letting occasional policy disagreements blind them to the . . . . Continue Reading »
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