GOODWILL, Charity, and God

So another book I’ve started to read is Remi Brague, ON THE GOD OF THE CHRISTIANS (St. Augustine’s Press—thanks, again, to Bruce Fingerhut!). It was expertly translated by our Paul Seaton. This Brague seems to have read everything, and you have to read him to see why the God who . . . . Continue Reading »

Lucien Jaune on TOCQUEVILLE

So I’ve been reading Jaune’s book on the recommendation of Paul Seaton in the thread. It is a scholary triumph and has all kinds of suggestive stuff in it, although it’s just too French for me. Paul is right that it’s deficient in apporach or in its lack of approach. 1. p. . . . . Continue Reading »

Leon Kass on the (So-called) Commandments

It’s too late in the evening to even begin to talk about this endlessly instructive article. But it confirms what I’ve been thinking for a while: Resting on the Sabbath and honoring your father and your mother are the twin pillars of a civilization that recognizes the true dignity or . . . . Continue Reading »

Self-Help Against Scientism

BIG THOUGHTS HERE. I have an article on the content of LW’s speech coming out in a few days. Meanwhile, I agree with Pat Deneen that it would have been better had the speech actually had some humanistic content. But one speech can’t do everything, and rare is the commencement address . . . . Continue Reading »

Random Monday Comments

1. So Carl on Berry and Kate/Pete on taxes are classic posts. 2. Although there’s a lot about Wendell Berry that’s instructive and admirable, I have to admit I don’t love him. That’s because I just don’t think he’s empirically correct in so many ways. Carl . . . . Continue Reading »

Berry, Christian Berry-ites, and Place

1. I love Wendell Berry. Still. 2. I love Wendell Berry-ites, especially the evangelical Christian ones out there. Last year I attended a wonderful Wendell Berry book group which met in the jewel of Lynchburg, the White Hart Café, the best Inklings-themed beer-serving coffee shop on the . . . . Continue Reading »

More Argument on the Tax Question

Under my argument with Pete’s argument , there were some interesting suggestions that ought to be more public.  Pete, Peter Lawler and I carried on the discussion here, but I would like to publicly note some fine arguments by our readers. From Art Deco: The problem, as always, is . . . . Continue Reading »