Saturday, April 23, 2016
St. George's Day
Surely there must be a better speaker for this important day than this man:
Don't think this would be it...
Maybe this one...
Don't think this would be it...
Maybe this one...
Vox Day: A Message for the Conservative Establishment
He quotes Red Eagle's assessment of Russell Kirk in his 0contribution to Cuckservative:
Could Kirk have written a "positive" elaboration of conservatism without listing everything we have received? What should a traditionalist conservative strategy towards promoting community have looked like, beyond what Kirk wrote about agrarianism, industry, and so on?
He quotes Red Eagle's assessment of Russell Kirk in his 0contribution to Cuckservative:
As a set of ideas, they’re not particularly systematic, particularly when compared with more radical philosophies like Marxism and its innumerable offshoots, or at the other extreme, the Objectivism of Ayn Rand. They are arguably more a set of generalized assertions and attitudes rather than principles per se. Even so, they do represent a particular worldview, though it is not the worldview of the Founding Fathers or of the early American political generations. Notice as well that several of these principles are primarily defined by that which they opposed: the dominant left-liberal worldview of the mid-20th century. From their very beginning the principles of conservatism were subordinate and defensive in nature, or less charitably, they were submissive and passive-aggressive in their relation to the left.
Could Kirk have written a "positive" elaboration of conservatism without listing everything we have received? What should a traditionalist conservative strategy towards promoting community have looked like, beyond what Kirk wrote about agrarianism, industry, and so on?
Catholic Leaders
Bishops or people who run supposedly Catholic organizations, but not political leaders... Catholic leaders back Obama in immigration case
Fr Luigi Soletta
Asia News: Fr Luigi Soletta, in Japan where the sun shines at midnight
Related:
An Insider’s Exposé of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster by Katsuya Hirano – Hirotaka Kasai
Related:
An Insider’s Exposé of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster by Katsuya Hirano – Hirotaka Kasai
Asia News: Xi Jinping gifts himself new title: He will lead the army in case of war
The Chinese president is already General Secretary of the Communist Party, "the nucleus of leadership", the head of two new committees on the economy and director of the Central Military Commission. From now on he is also Commander in chief of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Joint Battle Command. Such a concentration of power not seen since the death of Mao Zedong.
Meanwhile...
Anhui teacher mobbed by eight students for scolding boy (video)
The video is trending in Chinese social media: an fight lasting almost two minutes in a high school classroom. Respect for teachers, one time pillar of traditional culture, seems to have vanished altogether.
The Chinese president is already General Secretary of the Communist Party, "the nucleus of leadership", the head of two new committees on the economy and director of the Central Military Commission. From now on he is also Commander in chief of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Joint Battle Command. Such a concentration of power not seen since the death of Mao Zedong.
Meanwhile...
Anhui teacher mobbed by eight students for scolding boy (video)
The video is trending in Chinese social media: an fight lasting almost two minutes in a high school classroom. Respect for teachers, one time pillar of traditional culture, seems to have vanished altogether.
ICA: Why Read: Ivan Illich’s The Right to Useful Unemployment and its Professional Enemies?
As he aims to achieve a more ‘convivial society,’ Illich unpacks the concept of ‘modernized poverty’ as an oppositional factor. With the exception of the mega-rich, who can disappear into luxury, he understands everyone else as living in conditions of ‘modernized poverty.’ Within this, the proliferation and dominance of commodities prevents any autonomous living, culturally shaped use-value, and subsequently renders satisfaction outside of market-relations impossible. He instead suggests a method of ‘convivial austerity,’ where people would put a limit on the maximum amount of power that anyone could hold, re-activating the possibility for personal use-value.
Putting the Cart Before the Horse
Encouraging Place Attachment in Early Education by Julie Blum (Resilience)
Settling in a place is important, but it is secondary to the formation and preservation of community. Otherwise, attachment to place becomes another consumer option for a few. Of course some leftists may characterize the creation of attachment in children to the wrong sort of communities as intolerance or child abuse.
Here is my proposal: Imagine that every student were required to take one class dedicated to the study of their local community in order to graduate from high school. This class could be a multi-disciplinary course in which students would create an individual project focused on a particular aspect of their city, town, or neighborhood. In the process of studying the history of a local bike trail, for example, a student might discover its origins as an ancient indigenous footpath and explore community efforts to preserve the trail over the course of many decades. Others might choose to research art in nearby public spaces, building heights and noise pollution, the quality of water, or the history of local war memorials.
Settling in a place is important, but it is secondary to the formation and preservation of community. Otherwise, attachment to place becomes another consumer option for a few. Of course some leftists may characterize the creation of attachment in children to the wrong sort of communities as intolerance or child abuse.
Milking the Drama's Popularity
For all its worth. How are the advertising rates for these special episodes?
Gernika
So do the filmmaker's sympathies lie with the Basques, the Spanish left, both, or others?
Twitch
There's probably a conservative critique of Franco out there somewhere -- the wrong-headed nationalism that lead to the suppression of the Basques and so on. Would a Spain that emerged from a longer period of Communist control have been in better shape than it is now?
Twitch
There's probably a conservative critique of Franco out there somewhere -- the wrong-headed nationalism that lead to the suppression of the Basques and so on. Would a Spain that emerged from a longer period of Communist control have been in better shape than it is now?
Friday, April 22, 2016
Crisis: Is Dorothy Day Suitable for Canonization? by Fr. Brandon O'Brien
With a mention of which side in the Spanish Civil War she supported...
With a mention of which side in the Spanish Civil War she supported...
Proclaiming Their Triumph Too Early?
Get to Know the Historical Figures on the $5, $10 and $20 Bills
Buchanan: Dishonoring General Jackson
And a slightly different view of Jackson -- On the New Bank Notes by Brion McClanahan
Buchanan: Dishonoring General Jackson
And a slightly different view of Jackson -- On the New Bank Notes by Brion McClanahan
The Imaginative Conservative: The Catholic Enlightenment: A Forgotten History by Bradley J. Birzer
The Catholic Enlightenment: The Forgotten History of a Global Movement by Ulrich L. Lehner
The book's description I find to be rather repulsive, if accurate -- why is this, then, being touted at a "conservative" website? Maybe the book is more nuanced than the publisher portrays it.
Who Invented the Horrible Idea of Women as Breeders? by Ulrich L. Lehner
The Catholic Enlightenment: The Forgotten History of a Global Movement by Ulrich L. Lehner
The book's description I find to be rather repulsive, if accurate -- why is this, then, being touted at a "conservative" website? Maybe the book is more nuanced than the publisher portrays it.
Who Invented the Horrible Idea of Women as Breeders? by Ulrich L. Lehner
A Personal Appreciation of M. King Hubbert by Richard Heinberg (Resilience)
Related:
The Oracle of Oil
Related:
The Oracle of Oil
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Summer 2016 Movies
Precious Cargo
Sworn Virgin
Term Life
Trust
The Great Hypnotist
Crossing Point
http://www.fandango.com/moviescomingsoon?pn=2
The Final Master
May
Love and Friendship
July
Jason Bourne
Maybes
May
X-Men: Apocalypse
Sunset Song
The Nice Guys
June
Blackway
July
South 32
The Infiltrator
The Founder
Independence Day: Resurgence
September
Solace
Snowden
October
Jack Reacher
Hmmm...
The Abolitionists
Almost Holy
Mechanic: Resurrection
The Purge: Election Year
The Legend of Tarzan
Sworn Virgin
Term Life
Trust
The Great Hypnotist
Crossing Point
http://www.fandango.com/moviescomingsoon?pn=2
The Final Master
May
Love and Friendship
July
Jason Bourne
Maybes
May
X-Men: Apocalypse
Sunset Song
The Nice Guys
June
Blackway
July
South 32
The Infiltrator
The Founder
Independence Day: Resurgence
September
Solace
Snowden
October
Jack Reacher
Hmmm...
The Abolitionists
Almost Holy
Mechanic: Resurrection
The Purge: Election Year
The Legend of Tarzan
Privilege
John Michael Greer has some thoughts on privilege here: Starhawking the Privilege Game
The building up of fraternity and the relocalization of community would help mitigate one problem associated with privilege but it wouldn't make all of the egalitarians happy. JMG remains a man of the left, even though some of his analysis of the current presidential campaign is probably more correct than not.
Privilege 101
Suffolk University
The building up of fraternity and the relocalization of community would help mitigate one problem associated with privilege but it wouldn't make all of the egalitarians happy. JMG remains a man of the left, even though some of his analysis of the current presidential campaign is probably more correct than not.
Privilege 101
Suffolk University
A Waste of Nathan Fillion for 8 Years
Too late for the reboot. A long time ago, I saw 2 minutes of the first episode and quit. I hope he gets a better show. Lessons for us from the TV show “Castle”
And of course the main actress is not so tough in real life.
Stana Katic Would 'Cry' in Her 'Castle' Dressing Room Over Nathan Fillion Friction
'She cried on set': Stana Katic 'was left in tears by co-star Nathan Fillion'... as actress thanks fans for support as she leaves Castle
Nathan Fillion Breaks His Silence on Stana Katic's Castle Exit
And of course the main actress is not so tough in real life.
Stana Katic Would 'Cry' in Her 'Castle' Dressing Room Over Nathan Fillion Friction
'She cried on set': Stana Katic 'was left in tears by co-star Nathan Fillion'... as actress thanks fans for support as she leaves Castle
Nathan Fillion Breaks His Silence on Stana Katic's Castle Exit
RooshV: Why The Female “Anti-Feminist” Is A Feminist In Disguise
Catholic feminists may advocate traditional morals in the "private" realm but in the domestic and public spheres, they are generally egalitarians.
Catholic feminists may advocate traditional morals in the "private" realm but in the domestic and public spheres, they are generally egalitarians.
Advice for Spiritual Seekers from an Orthodox Priest
For Spiritual Seekers by Priest Richard Rene
Source: Saint Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, BC, Canada
Source: Saint Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, BC, Canada
Full Bourne Trailer
You know his name. WATCH the #JasonBourne trailer.https://t.co/ngcNtkCmM3
— Jason Bourne (@jasonbourne) April 20, 2016
Waiting for the Demise of the Western Province
Photo of the eight professing first vows last Fall in the latest Mission. Or see this article: Eight Jesuits Profess First Vows.
profiles of the eight here
Novitiate at a Glance
Related:
Boston College Plans Housing for Students Considering a Jesuit Vocation
Society of Jesus Welcomes 45 New Novices in the U.S. and Canada
All 28 Jesuit Colleges and Universities Named to 2016 U.S. News & World Report Rankings
Twenty-four Jesuits from Canada and the U.S Profess First Vows
profiles of the eight here
Novitiate at a Glance
Related:
Boston College Plans Housing for Students Considering a Jesuit Vocation
Society of Jesus Welcomes 45 New Novices in the U.S. and Canada
All 28 Jesuit Colleges and Universities Named to 2016 U.S. News & World Report Rankings
Twenty-four Jesuits from Canada and the U.S Profess First Vows
What is the purpose of this research?
Dr. Helen links to an article about research being done: Do mothers really have stronger bonds with their children than fathers do?
Defending fatherhood? Or promoting egalitarianism? I think mothers have a stronger bond in so far as it is through nature and emotional; fathers can form an emotional attachment but it is primarily through reason (including trust -- this is my child).
Defending fatherhood? Or promoting egalitarianism? I think mothers have a stronger bond in so far as it is through nature and emotional; fathers can form an emotional attachment but it is primarily through reason (including trust -- this is my child).
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
The Endless Appeal to the Common Good
Do the Latin bishops of the UK know what they mean by it? And how it should not really be a factor of consideration for this question? (Even if one is thinking of the "common good" of Europe, which is not the same as the "common good" of a (sovereign) political community?
YES!
Almost too good to be true? Mel Gibson, Kate Hudson and Kurt Russell Team for ‘Barbary Coast’ TV Series
Lincoln's America
Is the Mississippi State Flag “Anti-American”? by Donald Livingston on Apr 15, 2016
But then the author praises Elon Musk
Otherwise it's something alt left and alt right could agree on: Breaking Up With the Corporate Duopoly of Democracy by Nozomi Hayase
Too much love of technology, not enough consideration for limits of energy supplies?
Too much love of technology, not enough consideration for limits of energy supplies?
Monday, April 18, 2016
Sunday, April 17, 2016
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