Showing posts with label John Paul I. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Paul I. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Sunday, July 01, 2012
Items of Interest, 1 July 2012
PJB, Ranking the Presidents
Small Farmers Creating a New Business Model as Agriculture Goes Local
Extra Environmentalist #44: Evolving Innovation (high/low)
Peak Oil and Energy:
A new energy report from Harvard makes unsupportable assumptions (EB)
by Dave Summers ("Heading Out")
Some of the recent episodes haven't been that good, but in general the podcast is still worth a listen. (#40: Corporate Influence, which bashes Regan for bringing about neo-liberalism, probably rightly, but marks the decline of public education (due to the influence of corporations) with him. The guest is wrong on that point, if we accept John Taylor Gatto's history. #42: Green Illusions was ok in arguing against the adequacy of alternate energy sources for replacing fossil fuels, but he was still too optimistic, and leftist in his push for democracy and egalitarianism, though we do need a conversation about energy inequities.)
Traditional Conservatism:
Brendan on traditionalism - his comment at her blog has been reposted as an entry in its own right at Full of Grace, Seasoned with Salt.
He distinguishes between "procedural traditionalism" and "substantive traditionalism." Procedural traditionalism is more reflexible with respect to gender roles while substantive traditionalism sees those roles as fixed (taking the '50s American middle class as the ideal?). The work husband and wife do should be proportioned to their strengths and functions within the family, so while it may be economically necessary for a woman to work outside of the home while an unemployed husband stays at home (if she is even willing to put up with that for the long term), if they have young children they will be missing what the mother can provide that the father cannot. (If they are older, it is better for them to receive care from the father rather than the mother, if a choice must be made.) There is a place for prudence but prudence does not negate what is ideal or best, it adjusts according to circumstances.
The cause of the Pope people forget to remember (Pope John Paul I)
Feminism:
Russell D. Moore, Women, Stop Submitting to Men
Empathologicalism, who comments a lot over at Dalrock, has written a response.
Diet and Health:
Low-carb diet burns the most calories, small study finds (via WAPF FB)
Misc:
Haley Strategic Partners Disruptive Industries AAR
Thursday, August 26, 2010
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