So say philosophy professors Pierre Dulau and Martin Steffens in a dismayed article for La Croix , the semi-official paper of French Catholicism: Whatever may be the justifications we may give to this decision, the fact is there: this resignation by the pope is a catastrophe. It is an event . . . . Continue Reading »
Benedict XVI’s efforts to support the Church in China were “wasted by others close to him,” says emeritus bishop of Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen : This Pope has done things that for China that he has not done for any other country: to no other particular Church has he . . . . Continue Reading »
The biggest story this weekend concerning the nation’s financial condition and especially the sequester is the prevarication of the president. The other day the president made a speech wherein he bashed the Republicans for creating the frightening situation of the sequester. The government . . . . Continue Reading »
Angelo Codevilla described the revolt of the Republican “country class” in which Goldwater won the Republican presidential nomination and Ronald Reagan eventually won the presidency. Codevilla traces the divisions within the Republican party to the New Deal where the Bob Taft wing . . . . Continue Reading »
I will be giving a talk next Saturday morning in Chapel Hill as part of a Thomas International symposium on Walker Percy. You can easily GOOGLE the details, which I will link later. Here are some opening thoughts . . . . . Continue Reading »
There is a last-minute “mini-conference” on the purposes and challenges of higher education on Friday, April 5 and Saturday morning the 6th. There will be presentations by both students and faculty from a variety of colleges. You are invited to participate, and there’s room for a . . . . Continue Reading »
Carl wrote a terrific piece about what he called our Liberal-Ivy ruling class and I found this passage from Angelo Codevilla to be quite striking: Thus by the turn of the twenty first century America had a bona fide ruling class that transcends government and sees itself at once as distinct from . . . . Continue Reading »
So I’ve been listening to CNN in the background while working on semi-serious stuff. Very discouraging. First, I’m one of the millions and millions of Americans who isn’t moved by this whole sequester thing. I’m leaving it to Pete and Carl. But it’s obvious that the . . . . Continue Reading »
The odds of Richard Dawkins becoming the next pope, according to the Irish betting site Paddypower.com, is 666 to 1. . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, he thinks so . And far more importantly, in my sincere judgment, Mark Judge does too . Judge writes for Acculturated, the conservative website that seeks to explain Why Pop Culture Matters. So this post is a continuation of some observations about rap , but also, about the paradoxes of . . . . Continue Reading »
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