I haven’t had much to say about the partial government shutdown/debt ceiling squabble because I find it simultaneously confusing, irritating, and boring. I wouldn’t have adopted the strategy of Ted Cruz and the House Republicans, but I hold out hope that all the huffing and puffing on . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s Wednesday! Let’s all take a nap. Peter Leithart is reading Wayne Cristaudo’s book, Religion, Redemption and Revolution: The New Speech Thinking Revolution of Franz Rozenzweig and Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy . To that end, he’s written up several posts about it: . . . . Continue Reading »
“I had drifted away a little bit. This book has brought me back into the fold. I was so incredibly struck in writing these stories by the incredible power faith had in people’s lives, it has made a profound impact on me in my belief. That’s been the completely unexpected . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s true as our Peter once said, in one of the most engaging essays on the man out there, that “On the most fundamental questions, Jefferson ought not to be our only guide.” Yes, but we all have to grapple with his legacy. This Thursday, dribbling a bit into Friday, the Center . . . . Continue Reading »
The Closing of Diane Ravitch’s Mind Sol Stern, City Journal My Hitherto Inadequately Superficial World Scott Dill, Books & Culture The Passion in Multiconfessional Castille Barbara Mujica, Marginalia The U.S.—Vatican Relationship: More Than Meets the Eye Francis Rooney & Gerald . . . . Continue Reading »
So this might (or might not) complicate Carl’s vision of a libertarian and social conservative alliance. In any case, let me add myself to the chorus of admirers of Carl’s most recent, thoughtful, and original post. . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at Postmodern Conservative , Carl Scott is thinking about principles and “the Hegelian virus thesis.” Maureen Mullarkey discusses Evelyn Waugh, Etienne Gilson, and modern art . Peter Leithart’s subjects for today: more on Badiou and Paul, Anthony Ossa-Richardson’s new . . . . Continue Reading »
My last essay ended by noting that conservatives are told by many of their leading politicians and pundits that America’s fundamental problem is that too many of their fellow citizens no longer understand its basic principles, of which liberty has pride of place. Were we to get enough . . . . Continue Reading »
This Saturday, October 12, the Catholic Artists Society and the Thomistic Institute will host the Rev. Peter John Cameron, OP, for a lecture titled “The Responsibility of the Artist.” It will be the second installment in the series “The Art of the Beautiful,” and if the first . . . . Continue Reading »
The Government and the Arts David Marcus, Federalist The Communist Party and the Future of Religion in China André Laliberté, Immanent Frame How Europe Abandoned Peace Tony Barber, Financial Times Haunted by Thomas Merton William Van Ornum, Aleteia Iraqi Jewish Treasures in D.C. Lisa . . . . Continue Reading »
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