The Art of the Non-Apology Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune The First Sexual Revolution Faramerz Dabhoiwala, Guardian Social Conservatism for Millenial Voters Deirdre Cooper, Public Discourse The Caging of America Adam Gopnik, New Yorker Could Pro-Lifers Retake the Democratic Party? Mark Stricherz, . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Gingrich looked like just another guy up there and he came out the loser in his exchanges with Romney. Part of it was Gingrich trying to get into above-it-all frontrunner mode. A bigger part is that what you saw yesterday is what he is usually like when people really go at . . . . Continue Reading »
During the debate yesterday (more on that soon) they showed the Volkswagen ad where they play Ted Nugent’s ‘Stranglehold’ in the background. I didn’t even know the name of the song until a couple of months ago. I just knew it as Kevin Von Erich’s . . . . Continue Reading »
A few years ago Pope Benedict XVI gave a series of lectures on the early church fathers, and they have been collected into a book: Church Fathers: From Clement of Rome to Augustine. In one of the lectures on St. Augustine, the Pope mentioned something significant about Ambrose’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Elizabeth Scalia wonders why there is no more great oratory : There are no more grand orators in America, and nothing could illustrate that better than the sometimes incoherent, woefully delivered remarks made in the days before and after King’s holiday. Attempting to analyze Secretary of . . . . Continue Reading »
The UK is currently in one of its periodic outbreaks of assisted suicide advocacy. It just turned into euthanasia advocacy as a completely paralyzed man is asking for permission to be murdered without legal consequence to the murderer. From the AP story:Former rugby player Tony Nicklinson had . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . and if that post title doesn’t generate hits, I don’t know what will. Yesterday, a friend who watches politics very closely proposed the following unified field theorem of the GOP nomination race: The GOP is Elizabeth Bennett. Mitt Romney is Darcy, wealthy and powerful - on paper, . . . . Continue Reading »
When the Washington Post joins the Catholic Church in criticizing the administration-approved HHS mandate, whose narrow “religious exemption” does not accommodate most religiously-affiliated institutions, reconsideration is probably in order: “The administration’s feint at a . . . . Continue Reading »
Eric Ambler (1909-1998) is one of my favorite authors of light fiction and certainly one of the pre-eminent writers of spy fiction. I admire equally his plots and his prose. Recently I reread his Judgment on Deltchev (1951). This was the first novel he wrote after the Second World War and indicated . . . . Continue Reading »
Read the article by Ross Douthat linked below. It ends with the truthful thought that Republicans are just too cowardly to face up to the disaster the nominating process has become. There’s wishing for Mitch Daniels, but there’s no going over to his house and dragging him out to do his . . . . Continue Reading »
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