I take the conservative despair at Obama’s reelection as being mostly a good thing. Last week’s butt kicking was a long time coming and a major policy and rhetorical rethink is in order. The good news is that it happening. I’m not sure that I agree with everything last thing said . . . . Continue Reading »
In the October issue of First Things , Pierre Manent has an article titled Human Unity Real and Imagined . He argues the European Project is a manifestation of Auguste Comte’s ‘Religion of humanity’ which does not constitute a real community of action. It is not clear why . . . . Continue Reading »
So here are some (this time) abstract thoughts on Skyfall which assume you have already seen the movie. I was helped by the thoughtful comments to my earlier posts, but I went in another direction. Hope you enjoy these remarks because they are the last (for now). I know—too much on a popular . . . . Continue Reading »
Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962 , the English translation of an authoritative history of the “Great Leap Forward” famine by Jisheng Yang, is now out. An estimated 36 million died in what was probably the worst famine in human history, one that was primarily due not . . . . Continue Reading »
Excepting of course, The Book. I ask this question jumping off of Paul’ comment in the thread below. I’ve always been a doubt-bedeviled Christian, and whereas when I was younger it was the multiple issues raised by predestination and hell that caused me the most concern, the older I get . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . Well, not a bar: They actually walked into the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia for a discussion hosted by the Princeton Center of Theological Inquiry and broadcast on the radio show “On Being.” The novelist was Marilynne Robinson ( Gilead , Housekeeping , Home ); . . . . Continue Reading »
Wesley J. Smith on collectivism and individualism : Collectivism is always a potent message for those who feel a sense of oppression and/or economic strain. Thus, it was the very economic difficulties experienced by my friend’s touted demographic cohorts that made Obama’s message of . . . . Continue Reading »
If you enjoy the writing of the delightful Dr. Boli , you may want to buy his new book for yourself or a loved one. The story follows a man who sets out to live a life of wickedness and, it seems, has some trouble. Call it pince-nez pulp: The Crimes of Galahad is a new novel destined to . . . . Continue Reading »
In their very different ways, Michael Gerson and Jonah Goldberg ask us to contemplate going back to the future. Both suggest that perhaps the much-maligned George W. Bush was onto something when he asked us to think a little differently about the relationship between government and civil society. . . . . Continue Reading »
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