Saturday, September 13, 2014
Went to the NJS show last night - she and her band have definitely changed directions, musically - blues, more country/rock - the audience had fun. I have to say I miss the old sound and her vintage dresses. (The prominence of a certain band member: correlation or cause wrt the change?
Friday, September 12, 2014
A Different "Conservatism"
The Conservative Case for a Commons Way of Life
Not socialism, not capitalism…Distributism seeks community power
Not socialism, not capitalism…Distributism seeks community power
Thursday, September 11, 2014
I Hope He Gets a Good Sample of the Native Cuisine
NLM: FSSP Superior General Visiting Hong Kong by Gregory DiPippo
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Imago Dei Institute
website - a good alternative to the Institute for the Psychological Sciences? Founded by GC Dilsaver - some of his essays can be found here.
Following Her Father's Footsteps
Five steps for a high well-being society by Christine Berry (Resilience)
Tuesday, September 09, 2014
Indoctrination
And an approved story for the Common Core, no doubt. Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman, published in the Macmillan/McGraw-Hill anthology for 3rd grade, California Treasures.
The story is of a little black girl who likes to act the stories she hears but is dismayed when her classmates tell her she can't be Peter Pan because she is black and a girl. Of course her mother and her Nana encourage her, telling her she can do anything she puts her mind to. The lesson for the students? girls can do anything boys can. What feminist tripe.
Note the author's last name - a believer in the old-time religion or in secularism?
Maybe she isn't PC enough? Why should the black girl be such a lover of the stories written by whites for whites? Peter Pan? Shouldn't she instead be a mulicult SJW, fighting for the staging of an African play at school instead?
The character's nana is from Trinidad - maybe their family has a greater desire to assimilate to "white" culture than urban African-Americans.
The story is of a little black girl who likes to act the stories she hears but is dismayed when her classmates tell her she can't be Peter Pan because she is black and a girl. Of course her mother and her Nana encourage her, telling her she can do anything she puts her mind to. The lesson for the students? girls can do anything boys can. What feminist tripe.
Note the author's last name - a believer in the old-time religion or in secularism?
Maybe she isn't PC enough? Why should the black girl be such a lover of the stories written by whites for whites? Peter Pan? Shouldn't she instead be a mulicult SJW, fighting for the staging of an African play at school instead?
The character's nana is from Trinidad - maybe their family has a greater desire to assimilate to "white" culture than urban African-Americans.
What if?
The first Anglo settlers of the New World had been Catholics? A fascinating "what if?" about colonial America
Monday, September 08, 2014
Sunday, September 07, 2014
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