Marginal Hope in Hard Times

by Carl R. Trueman

Marginality brings its advantages if the marginalized are prepared to capitalize upon them. Continue Reading »

11 May 2015

In Praise of Folly

by Carl R. Trueman

The reactions to the attack on Charlie Hebdo highlight the odd affinity between the left and radical Islam and also draw attention to the unsung—and Augustinian—champions of liberal democracy: Satirists. Continue Reading »

12 Jan 2015

My Rock Songbook on #Occupy

by Carl Scott

What to make of the #occupy “movement?” Well, come to think of it, I unknowingly did say something about it a few weeks back when I wrote a far too long post on Joe Pug’s contemporary folk song I Do my Father’s Drugs. So my contribution to the punditry’s occupation with . . . . Continue Reading »

12 Oct 2011

Carl’s Rock Songbook #16: Rock’s “Leftism”

by Carl Scott

Rock intellectualizing’s third basic flaw is its captivity to bohemian/New Left assumptions regarding morals, culture, and politics. The Songbook will examine rock’s largely uncritical promotion of the sexual revolution as it unfolds, but here we consider the oddity of its leftism. On one . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Aug 2011