“Political leaders do not want to give a speech, cut a ribbon, or pose for photographs at the opening of a casino,” David Blankenhorn points out in a new and damning study , New York’s Promise: Why Sponsoring Casinos Is a Regressive Policy Unworthy of a . . . . Continue Reading »
Art, Money, and J. F. Powers Gerald J. Russello, New Criterion “We Have Only This Life to Live” Santiago Ramos, American Reader The Top Ten Medieval Pretenders Medievalists.net Pope Francis Is Not Embracing Liberation Theology Peter Berger, American Interest Dave Eggers, Arcade Fire, . . . . Continue Reading »
Why is the music of these days so inferior to that of earlier times? The pop/rock music, that is. If you’ve ever read the comments while listening to an older song on you-tube, you’re familiar with this question/gripe. And guess what? My series Carl’s Rock Songbook has pretty much . . . . Continue Reading »
HERE are seven opinions, including mine. Ken Masugi reports on another channel that he saw his first and last BREAKING BAD tonight. His comment: “Did I laugh in the wrong places?” I’m afraid I have the same question. I just haven’t been able to lose myself in the show. More . . . . Continue Reading »
1. I have no idea how the continuing resolution/defund Obamacare/delay Obamacare maneuvering are going to play out. 2. President Obama just isn’t that popular. He is closer to unpopular. His RCP job approval average is down to 43.5% even though the economy continues to grow slowly and the . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s 2013. Have we learned nothing? Must we still put up with intolerant bigots telling us whom we can and can’t love? Earlier this week my social-media feeds erupted as left-leaning friends and acquaintances reacted to an interview in which author and teacher David Gilmour came out of . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s no secret that there have been bad popes. In today’s On the Square , Brantly Millegan warns against an extreme ultramontanism: A number of Catholic authors have endeavored to defend Pope Francis from criticism, particularly stemming from his recent interview. They have tried to . . . . Continue Reading »
Ukraine is at a crossroads, and not only symbolically, says Peter Leithart in his On the Square today. Stuck between the East and the West, between its recent past and its deeper past, the country has two competing iconographies: Christian and Soviet. When we come into the open, we’re standing . . . . Continue Reading »
Is Bach the Voice of God in Music? Daniel Johnson, Standpoint Christian Schools and Racial Realities Hunter Baker, Touchstone New York’s Lost “Little Syria” Angela Serratone, Paris Review Philosopher Portraits, Series I Renee Jorgensen Bollinger Can We Finally Start Talking About . . . . Continue Reading »
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