Major spoilers alert here, as Colin Brown gets me thinking about the strangest and briefest scene in the great go-see-it-now film MUD, and suggests how it might be the key to understanding how it ends. He describes it thusly, on his Signpostings blog: One of the eeriest yet most profound visuals . . . . . Continue Reading »
The Irish public fails to see that Prime Minister Enda Kenny’s new bill to “clarify” the abortion statute in Ireland, says John Aroutiounian in today’s column , “is only the first front in a long-planned, well-coordinated storm.” Never mind that the . . . . Continue Reading »
Fitzgerald scholar Sarah Churchwell remarked : “‘Thank You for the Light’ suggests that Fitzgerald’s faith—in life, in art, even in Catholicism—may have lapsed, but it never expired.” William Doino Jr. writes in today’s column : Visually . . . . Continue Reading »
I seem to be conflicted about the Edward Snowden case. I have been trying to figure out how to write about it for many days. Today, I decided to write about how and why I seem to be conflicted, hoping to elicit responses that help me figure out the national dilemma on this topic. . . . . Continue Reading »
Seven hundred classmates and I recently graduated from a Catholic college—the oldest Catholic college in New England and the only liberal arts, strictly undergraduate, and Jesuit institution in the country. One might assume that such a school offers a Catholic studies major as a regular . . . . Continue Reading »
Reihan Salam points to some of the budgetary and political problems related to denying food and health care subsidies to those who would be getting amnesty. You will have millions of people (many very poor and in mixed-status families). These people will be connected to their communities and care . . . . Continue Reading »
So an “indisciplinary research agenda” has been developing among postmodern conservatives over the last couple of years. I don’t have time to flesh it out, but it involves Texas and Arkansas and focuses especially on the status of southern virtue—incuding but not only the . . . . Continue Reading »
A Voyage to Libertopia Amanda Achtman, Intercollegiate Review The Thriving Classical School Movement Julia Duin, CNN American Agrarian (On Sale Now) R. J. Snell, Front Porch Republic The Trinity as Old Testament Book Club Fred Sanders, Scriptorium A Conversation with Ron Hansen Editors, Dappled . . . . Continue Reading »
The average persons’ opinions are, as far as I can tell, generally positive on New York City’s new rent a bike program , except for those living in neighborhoods where the racks have been badly placed and those who dislike anything that makes New York look more like Europe. At least one . . . . Continue Reading »
Here are a few preliminary thoughts and questions about the recent announcement that Exodus International, the largest and most influential of the so-called “ex-gay” ministries, will be closing its doors : 1. Like many younger people who are Christian and gay, I have shied away from much of . . . . Continue Reading »
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