“Why are we compelled to dismiss him simply because the truth regarding the history of Zionism may be uncomfortable?” protests a commenter on reading my Greek Archbishop Speaks, Doesn’t Help . He argues that the criticism of the archbishop’s words—mine and the Greek . . . . Continue Reading »
Beauty and Truth, Laughter and Memory Peter Makuck, Hudson Review How the NSA Enables Privacy Jonathan Askonas, Fare Forward The Boomer Bust P. J. O’Rourke, Wall Street Journal Here Be Monsters Maria Warner, New York Review of Books Bad Jeeves Fanfiction Isaac . . . . Continue Reading »
Nate Cohn has some thoughts on Scott Walker that are pretty similar to mine. Cohn argues that Walker has a chance to be a unifying candidate. That’s true, but I also think Walker has a chance to be the Tea Party-friendly alterative to Chris Christie if Ted Cruz collapses and Rand Paul fails . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday, December 2, Lawrence Kudlow hosted our editor, R. R. Reno, and PovertyCure director and Acton Research Fellow, Michael Matheson Miller, on CNBC’s “The Kudlow Report” to discuss capitalism and Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii . . . . Continue Reading »
Happy Tuesday! Here’s what we have for you today. The Puritans did not have “art,” in the modern sense, says Maureen Mullarkey —just beauty . Peter Leithart is reading about: Dickens , Auerbach , Joban complaints , Abraham , and cinematic sex . Here at First Thoughts , we . . . . Continue Reading »
The Tridentine Masterpiece Donald S. Prudlo, Crisis Non-Celibates Writing about Celibacy James Martin, America Disappearing Acts Terry Eagleton, London Review of Books A Call to Individuals Robert W. Patterson, Philadelphia Inquirer No Apologies Alan Jacobs, Books & Culture . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve always been struck by the ascription of philanthropia to God in Titus 3:4. God is a lover of humanity. Philanthropia is also closely associated with humanitas , as Jerome understood when he employed the Latin term in his translation of the verse. God’s love for humanity is an . . . . Continue Reading »
Happy Monday-after-Thanksgiving! Here’s what we put up for you to read over the weekend: Over at Postmodern Conservative , Peter Lawler thinks about football (“it’s sobering to know that the location of football excellence in our country . . . is now in the particular state of . . . . Continue Reading »
This past weekend my family joined scores of others in attending a screening of Frozen, Disney’s latest “princess” movie. The story is a substantial reworking of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen. We were there with the youngest of our clan, who were prime targets for this sort of . . . . Continue Reading »
An event that readers in Washington, D.C., may find of interest: CSF president Carl B. Schmitt, Jr. will be speaking this Monday evening about his father’s art, life, and thought at the Catholic Information Center in Washington, DC. Copies of the book Carl Schmitt: The Vision . . . . Continue Reading »
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