Breaking With the Imperium
by Peter J. LeithartTo form communities of virtue, Christians had, and have, to break with the imperium. Continue Reading »
Speedos or Shorts? Bikinis or Bathing Suits?
by Carl R. TruemanThe world that Reich built does not simply want to revise concepts of sexual decorum; It wants to eradicate them.
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The Marx-Shaped Void: Bernard Yack on Alasdair MacIntyre and Monolithic Modernity
by Carl ScottFrom a book review highlighted by our friends at First Thoughts: “Marxists can account for the singular, closed character of modern society by invoking Marx’s theory of historical materialism. As we produce, so we are. Our families, our friendships, our associations, our imagination, . . . . Continue Reading »
MacIntyre Lecture Live
by Will WilsonAs promised before , here is a link to Alasdair MacIntyre’s lecture at CUA on the topic “Ends and Endings”, and here is the video embedded in a frame. . . . . Continue Reading »
Politics without Politics
by Will WilsonI was very privileged to be able to attend a lecture by Alasdair MacIntyre at Catholic University here in DC over the weekend. The topic was “Ends and Endings”, and the speech was a delightfully rambling overview of the connections between teleology and literature, ethics and . . . . Continue Reading »
Truth, Good, God, and Fullness
by Austin StoneCherry-picking my way through Nicola’s re-rejoinder , here’s what pops out: 1. Nicola seems to agree with me that we can’t be certain about our truths because certainty is the wrong standard of assessment for truths. But she says: I don’t know how truth can function as a . . . . Continue Reading »
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