Kick off your lunch break with some musical accompaniment, provided by William Doino in today’s On the Square : [Warren] Zevon was not just a man of sardonic wit. His songs could be tender and introspective. “Accidentally like a Martyr” speaks to anyone who has ever been . . . . Continue Reading »
Murray’s Mistake Michael Baxter, America 1922: Modernism’s Year One Mark Braude, Daily Beast Why Are So Many Religion Reporters Quitting? Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion Hannah Arendt, Augustinian Fr. Robert Barron, RealClearReligion Reason, Religion and the Terror Jeremy Jennings, . . . . Continue Reading »
First off, Tom West and our Jean continue to add highly instructive and original comments to the “Carl Responds to Tom” thread below. Please join in. And here’s a fascinating, personal, and anonymous comment on the tough UNION issue: I was raised in a union family. I appreciate . . . . Continue Reading »
First off, I want to call your attention to the very substantial and fascinating contributions by the legendary TOM WEST in the thread to Carl’s post below. There’s a lot to learn about PROPERTY RIGHTS from Tom, and we’re honored to have an especially clear and incisive view of . . . . Continue Reading »
I was wondering whether I should say something about the recently leaked proposal for the “Charter of Quebec Values,” but Mathew has noted some of the major problems . I think one thing worth adding is that the proposal, not even out of the starting gate yet, already shows signs of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Mark , I have to dissent from your assertion that “cluelessness” is unlikely to be a factor in A&F’s behavior. You write: “You don’t become a successful retailer by being clueless.” Maybe that’s true in most cases, even if it’s not a universal law. . . . . Continue Reading »
When you say “God damn you” and “goddamn you,” Richard Whitekettle hopes you know you’re saying two very different things. He lays out why in today’s On the Square : While the way a psalmist addressed God is an important thing to ponder, there is something else . . . . Continue Reading »
Today’s On the Square selections are all about what we hear. Here’s Peter J. Leithart considering the way people in the past related to Scripture: They were as saturated in Scripture as we are in entertainment and advertisements. They read the Bible, of course, but because they studied . . . . Continue Reading »
Fr. Permoli and the First Amendment Hadley Arkes, Catholic Thing Is the Nation-State Dying? Alan Wolfe, Chronicle of Higher Education Baptism by the Holy Spirit and Baptism by the Spirit of the Age Peter Berger, American Interest Finding Others in the Dark Win Bassett, Los Angeles Review of . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, it’s time we gave Carl an “ism,” joining Ralphists and the wavists. For one thing, Carl has displayed who is he is a very unguarded and deep way in his response to Tom West below. And a small group of very distinguished inside-the-beltway public intellectuals contacted me . . . . Continue Reading »
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