Mr. Daniel Larison recommends the following for a history of the American Loyalists:
The Good Americans: The Loyalists in the American Revolution by Wallace Brown
(He believes that "as a matter of constitutional law, the Loyalists were pretty much in the right.")
If it turns out that the Loyalists had a stronger case, does that have any implication on how we should judge the Southern case for secession? It may be that the South based their arguments on the Constitution and what it did not prohibit, while those who desired independence from Great Britain had a weaker case, since they were arguing against British constitutional law?
Some bibliographies:
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY: Loyalist Participation
LOYALISTS
The American Revolution: a bibliographic and historiographic ... (pdf)
Monday, May 05, 2008
Zenit: Pope: Swiss Guards' Uniforms Speak of Commitment
Pope: Swiss Guards' Uniforms Speak of Commitment
Thanks Corps for "Serving the Servant of God's Servants"
VATICAN CITY, MAY 5, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI is praising the Swiss Guard for their commitment to serving God by serving Christ's Vicar.
The Pope spoke to 33 new recruits of the guard today, accompanied by their families and other members of the corps. The new recruits will be sworn in Tuesday.
May 6 is the traditional swearing-in day for new recruits of the Pontifical Swiss Guard because on that day in 1527, some 150 members of the Swiss Guard lost their lives during the sack of Rome, protecting Pope Clement VII and the Church from the onslaught of Emperor Charles V's troops.
In the Holy Father's address, delivered in German, French and Italian, he pointed out how, five centuries after the foundation of the corps, "the spirit of faith that encourages young Swiss to leave their beautiful land to come and serve the Pope in the Vatican remains unchanged."
"The love for the Catholic Church remains the same, to which you bear witness, rather than with words, with your bodies, which -- thanks to the characteristic uniforms -- are easily recognizable at the entrance to the Vatican and to pontifical audiences," he added. "Your historic uniforms speak [...] of your commitment to serve God by serving the 'servant of his servants.'"
Ecclesial spirit
Benedict XVI called on the new recruits "above all to assimilate this Christian and ecclesial spirit, which is the foundation and the motor of all the activities you will undertake."
"Always cultivate prayer and spiritual life, also by taking advantage of the crucial presence of your chaplain," he encouraged them. "Be open, straightforward and loyal. Learn how to appreciate the differences of personality and character that exist among you, because under the uniform each one is a unique and irreplaceable person called by God to serve his Kingdom of love and peace."
The Swiss Guard, the Pope affirmed, "is also a school of life," and he noted how during their period of service in the Vatican "many of your predecessors were able to discover their own vocation: to Christian marriage, to the priesthood, to consecrated life. This is a reason to praise God, but also to appreciate your corps."
The Holy Father concluded by thanking all members of the Pontifical Swiss Guard for the "generosity and dedication with which you work in the service of the Pope. May the Lord reward you and fill you with abundant heavenly fruits."
Profiles
The 33 new recruits will be sworn in as members of the Pontifical Swiss Guards in the presence of members of the Roman Curia, diplomatic representatives and civil and religious authorities from Switzerland. Twenty will take their oath in German, 11 in French, one in Italian and one in Romansch.
The Pontifical Swiss Guard was founded by Pope Julius II in 1506 as a stable corps, directly dependant on the Holy See. Its main duties were to guard the person of the Roman Pontiff and the Apostolic Palaces.
To become a guard, one must be a Swiss Catholic male under the age of 30, unmarried, over 174 cm (5' 8") in height and with a professional diploma or high school degree. The candidate must have attended Swiss military school. Guards live inside Vatican City. The minimum term of service is 25 months.
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Sunday, May 04, 2008
From Transition Culture: Richard Heinberg on Resilient Communities
The post contains the Youtube links for his talk: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six
The post contains the Youtube links for his talk: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six
5 days until Sarge leaves for Afghanistan. Someone agrees with certain paleocons, Ron Paul, Democrats, and Michael Scheuer that the war in Iraq has taken away resources that should have been used for going after Al Qaeda and OBL in Afghanistan. It remains to be seen if the forces under USSOCOM are being employed well or not. Someone thinks that they're being wrong for the used purposes, and hence their ability to carry out their mission is being degraded.
How can we prevent another colossal mistake from being made in the future?
Rebellion: Ex-Iraq commander accuses Bush Administration of 'gross incompetence'
I remember there was some controversy as to whether retired military officers (including at least six generals) were permitted to criticize the policies or the administration of the president (particlarly former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld), including its handling of Iraq, after a group of retired officers made public statements disagreeing with the conduct of the war in Iraq. Others have done so even more recently. While some would argue that this sort of criticism undermines security or morale, or is "unpatriotic," or destroys the subordination of the military to a civilian government, how would the ancient Greeks have replied to the question? I think we would find that they would be more permissive of such criticism being made. After all, are not those who fight also citizens? Should not those who have retired from the military be able to influence public opinion just like pundits who have very little knowledge of war or foreign affairs, or voice their dissatisfaction with the administration through the MSM? Do they not serve a vital role in informing the public that things have gone wrong, despite what the mouthpieces of the administration, including those retired officers it has garnered to lend support for its cause, might suggest? Should not their expert opinions be considered by the citizens as well?
Sic Semper Tyrannis 2008: Retired Soldiers Should Not Criticize?
Some criticism of General Anthony Zinni:
American Thinker: General Zinni and Pre-War Intelligence
Zinni about-face was amateurish
More on corruption in the Pentagon and the perfumed princes who had roosted there before becoming "military experts" for the MSM.
They Live: The MFMs Among Us by Kelley Vlahos
Diane Farsetta
What the Pentagon Pundits Were Selling on the Side
How can we prevent another colossal mistake from being made in the future?
Rebellion: Ex-Iraq commander accuses Bush Administration of 'gross incompetence'
I remember there was some controversy as to whether retired military officers (including at least six generals) were permitted to criticize the policies or the administration of the president (particlarly former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld), including its handling of Iraq, after a group of retired officers made public statements disagreeing with the conduct of the war in Iraq. Others have done so even more recently. While some would argue that this sort of criticism undermines security or morale, or is "unpatriotic," or destroys the subordination of the military to a civilian government, how would the ancient Greeks have replied to the question? I think we would find that they would be more permissive of such criticism being made. After all, are not those who fight also citizens? Should not those who have retired from the military be able to influence public opinion just like pundits who have very little knowledge of war or foreign affairs, or voice their dissatisfaction with the administration through the MSM? Do they not serve a vital role in informing the public that things have gone wrong, despite what the mouthpieces of the administration, including those retired officers it has garnered to lend support for its cause, might suggest? Should not their expert opinions be considered by the citizens as well?
Sic Semper Tyrannis 2008: Retired Soldiers Should Not Criticize?
Some criticism of General Anthony Zinni:
American Thinker: General Zinni and Pre-War Intelligence
Zinni about-face was amateurish
More on corruption in the Pentagon and the perfumed princes who had roosted there before becoming "military experts" for the MSM.
They Live: The MFMs Among Us by Kelley Vlahos
Diane Farsetta
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Joseph Stromberg profiles Dr. Clyde Wilson
also at First Principles: The Southerner as Historian (and Vice Versa)
Wilson has a definite philosophy for the working historian. In it, history turns as much on imagination and creative engagement as on collections of raw data, statistics, and the like. It ought never to become a mere vehicle for telling the story of supposedly inevitable social forces working themselves out in time. There are real people in the past, with ideas, families, social relations, interests, etc. Historians devote themselves to fleshing out the “objective record” or developing “symbolization”—an exposition of values and ideas characteristic of a particular place and time; “the greatest historians are those who synthesize the two separate functions”—a distinction calling to mind Page Smith’s contrast between “existential” and “symbolic” history.
For Wilson, “Civilization is primarily a spiritual phenomenon” and “begins with the successful combining of the universal with the particularities of time, place and people. Such a combination results in forms of behavior, standards… revealed in both high and folk culture. . . .”. The formulation here closely resembles Professor Claes Ryn’s notion of “value-centered historicism,” and we are not surprised that in the next essay, Wilson favorably reviews Ryn’s book on The New Jacobinism.
The real people of the past are not necessarily very much “like us.” Historians’ treatment of Thomas Jefferson is a case in point and a sore spot for Wilson. Jefferson correctly understood the source of American populism and the notion of periodic “revolutions” in the sense of restorations of a functioning social order (For Wilson’s view of Jefferson’s changing reputation, see 2003, pp. 31–45.)
Wilson can write evaluations of other historians which are balanced and sympathetic as well as critical. On the other hand, he has little patience with historians whose work seems completely given over to replicating and perpetuating the unexamined myths of American (U.S.) nationalism, Official Liberalism, multiculturalism, etc.[6]
Thus, he has kind words here and there for C. Vann Woodward, dean of Southern liberal historians, not merely because the latter’s Southerness mitigates his modern liberalism but also because Woodward, at his best, can be a very insightful historian.
On the other hand, the late Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. was in Wilson’s view, merely a pamphleteer. An “imperial penman,” Schlesinger wrote partisan tracts for the New Deal, helped launch Cold War liberalism—the immediate source of neo-conservatism—and deigned to warn us against “the imperial presidency” only when Richard Nixon held the office, rather than Schlesinger’s friends the Kennedys.
American historians have tended to be carriers of the union-nationalism forged in the war of 1861–1865. That nationalism, nurtured in New England and tempered in the flames of Atlanta and Columbia, “long furnished the matrix for American historical writing,” down through the work of Frederick Jackson Turner and the Progressive historians of the early twentieth century. Post-national or multicultural historical writing is, in Wilson’s view, “a product of the state and not of the culture.”
First Principles round-up
Is There a Political Philosophy in the Declaration of Independence?
James R. Stoner, Jr. (IR 40:2, Fall/Winter 2005) - 05/01/08
Is there a political philosophy in the Declaration of Independence? One step toward answering this question—not the only step, but from the philosopher’s point of view the most fundamental—is to ask whether the “self-evident truths” of the Declaration are really true after all....James R. Stoner, Jr. (IR 40:2, Fall/Winter 2005) - 05/01/08
Philosophical and Religious Dimensions of the American Founding
Ellis Sandoz (IR 30:2, Spring 1995) - 04/30/08
The foundation of the American regime was deeply influenced by the rationalist mood of Enlightenment thought, prima¬rily in its English and Scottish aspects. But it began and remained more fundamen¬tally an antimodernist recovery and rearticulation of Western and English con¬stitutionalism on the classical and medi¬eval patterns identified with the seventeenth century of Sir Edward Coke, a principal figure of the Elizabethan Renaissance, and of John Locke, himself a principal enlightener…Ellis Sandoz (IR 30:2, Spring 1995) - 04/30/08
Until recently, even the harshest critics of marriage never denied that, for better or worse, its nature and purpose have been to unite a man and a woman. Much of the rising tide of criticism leveled at marriage focuses precisely on the tensions of attempting to bridge sexual difference. Ironically, this growing dissatisfaction has corresponded with the most sustained attempt to link marriage to romantic love. . . .
Premodern conceptions of marriage had far more to do with creating and preserving social and economic stability for a family, clan, or nation than with finding satisfaction for the unpredictable demands of personal happiness. When so large a share of social order depended upon marriage, love could only be viewed as disruptive. Like Greek and Roman myths, medieval European culture abounded with tales of unruly and untamable passions. . . .
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The Southern Manifesto
here
Via Rebellion, which includes a link to this article, "I Favor Discrimination".
But as I wrote here, I think it is proper to the authority of the state to make illegal such acts, for the sake of common good. Discrimination may not be opposed to commutative justice, but it is opposed to general justice. Some instances of discrimination may be opposed to distributive justice as well, especially if the agent distributing the common good on the basis of skin color alone is the government. While one would not want to rely solely upon written law in order to integrate a society, it can be a tool for such.
Nonetheless, the authority to make such a law seems to lie with the states, and not with the Federal [i.e. National] Government.
Via Rebellion, which includes a link to this article, "I Favor Discrimination".
But as I wrote here, I think it is proper to the authority of the state to make illegal such acts, for the sake of common good. Discrimination may not be opposed to commutative justice, but it is opposed to general justice. Some instances of discrimination may be opposed to distributive justice as well, especially if the agent distributing the common good on the basis of skin color alone is the government. While one would not want to rely solely upon written law in order to integrate a society, it can be a tool for such.
Nonetheless, the authority to make such a law seems to lie with the states, and not with the Federal [i.e. National] Government.
Zenit: B16--On Jesus' Return to the Father
On Jesus' Return to the Father
"St. Peter’s Square Is Like a 'Cenacle' Open to Heaven"
VATICAN CITY, MAY 4, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the greeting Benedict XVI gave today before praying the Regina Caeli with several thousand people gathered in St. Peter's Square.
* * *
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today the solemnity of the Ascension of Christ into heaven is celebrated in Italy and in various other countries. The book of the Acts of the Apostles places this mystery of the faith 40 days after the Resurrection (cf. Acts 1:3-11) and it is for this reason that the Vatican and some countries already celebrated the Ascension on Thursday.
After the Ascension the first disciples remain together in the cenacle around the Mother of Jesus in fervent expectation of the gift of the Holy Spirit promised by Jesus (cf. Acts 1:14). On this first Sunday of May, the month of Mary, we too relive this experience, more intensely feeling Mary's spiritual presence. And today, St. Peter's Square is like a "cenacle" open to heaven, filled with the faithful, many of whom are members of Italian Catholic Action, whom I will address after the Marian prayer of the Regina Caeli.
In his farewell discourses to the disciples, Jesus greatly insisted on the importance of his "return to the Father," the crowning of his entire mission: Indeed he came into the world to bring man back to God, not at the level of ideas -- like a philosopher or a master of wisdom -- but in reality, like the shepherd who wants to bring his sheep back into the sheepfold.
This "exodus" to the heavenly homeland that Jesus experienced in the first person, he went through completely for us. It was for us that he came down from heaven and for us that he ascended into heaven, after having been made like us in all things, humiliated unto death on a cross, and after having touched the abyss of the maximal distance from God. It was precisely because of this that the Father was pleased with him and exalted him (Philippians 2:9), returning to him the fullness of his glory, but now with our humanity.
God in man -- man in God: Now this is not a theoretical truth but a real truth. For this reason, Christian hope, founded in Christ, is not an illusion but, as the letter to the Hebrews says, "in him we have an anchor of our life" (Hebrews 6:19), an anchor that penetrates heaven, where Christ has gone before us.
And in every age, what does man need more than a firm anchoring of his existence? Here again is the stupendous meaning of Mary's presence among us. Turning our gaze to her, like the first disciples did, we are immediately directed to the reality of Jesus: The Mother points to the Son, who is no longer among us physically but awaits us in the Father's house.
Jesus invites us not to stand there staring into the sky, but to be joined together in prayer, to invoke the gift of the Holy Spirit. Only to those who are "reborn from above," that is, by the Spirit of God, is the entrance to the Kingdom of Heaven opened (cf. John 3:3-5), and the first one "reborn from above" is precisely the Virgin Mary. Because of this we turn to her in the fullness of Easter joy.
[Translation by Joseph G. Trabbic]
[After the Regina Caeli the Holy Father greeted the pilgrims in several languages. In English, he said:]
I greet with joy the English-speaking pilgrims who have come here today, particularly the members of the Neo-Catechumenal Way from Mumbai in India. In the course of this week we will pray with the whole Church for the coming of the Holy Spirit. May all of you receive abundant blessings of peace and joy.
© Copyright 2008 - Libreria Editrice Vaticana
A suggestion for a movie
Since we've had to suffer through anti-Catholic movies about the Tudors and Queen Elizabeth, perhaps someone can make a movie about St. Edmund Campion. I believe the Jesuits helped produce a movie on St. Francis Xavier to commemorate the 500th anniversary of his birth. I suppose St. Edmund Campion isn't important or influential enough to warrant that. And how would audiences respond to a more historically accurate portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I?
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Edmund Campion
Edmund Campion, 1540-1581
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Edmund Campion
Edmund Campion, 1540-1581
Dialogue between nations?
From the First Things blog:
The Pope’s Plan for the U.N.
Perhaps the EC and the UN will eventually become the seats of the antichrist. But who knows when that will happen. Nonetheless, what good can be done now, to turn the hearts of men towards God and Christ our Saviour? And the Holy Father can certainly exhort delegates and leaders of Catholic nations to remember the place of God in political discussions, and to stand for true justice and respect for the Divine Law. But will Catholic nations be able to withstand the forces of decay from within and without?
While nature requires an international authority constituted by the different nations and states of the world, is this really feasible? I still doubt that it is, because of sin.
Address of the Holy Father to the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization in New York (April 18, 2008)
[English, French, German, Italian, Spanish]
The Pope’s Plan for the U.N.
Is talk about the preambles of faith, whether speculative or moral truths, enough? Will that be the instrument by which God can convert hearts? Is the U.N. the right forum for this to take place? Would it not be appropriate for the citizens within the community to take the lead in evangelization? I do concede that the two approaches are not mutually exclusive. But I do question whether the the delegates at the U.N. would be receptive to such talk, and whether it would have any impact on policy recommendations. An intellectual or philosophical conversion to God is not sufficient--there must be a conversion of heart. And, not only must the delegate be converted, but his government as well.The question then becomes, in a world of undeniable pluralism, how do we bring religion into the political sphere? This is where the vision of church and state as practiced in the United States becomes central. According to Benedict, “The full guarantee of religious liberty cannot be limited to the free exercise of worship, but has to give due consideration to the public dimension of religion, and hence to the possibility of believers playing their part in building the social order.”
This is the U.S. model of church-state relations. There is no established religion, but believers are permitted to inform the public discourse with their beliefs—if they can be communicated through reason, which would then tie beliefs back to the universal nature of humanity.
All this is in contradistinction, Benedict implies, to the European model, where the secular state has been scoured free of religious influence, and where believers “have to suppress a part of themselves—their faith—in order to be active citizens. It should never be necessary to deny God in order to enjoy one’s rights.” And it is in contradistinction to the Muslim model, where religious freedom is lacking and where there are “majority religious positions of an exclusive nature.”
Benedict therefore left the assembled ambassadors and diplomats with this challenge: to transform the current state of dialogue at the U.N.—and the human rights revolution the institution was created to further—from the relativism they are currently helping to impose upon it. That he suggested, however subtly, an American model of dialogue in order to accomplish this would be an irony that few of them would probably enjoy.
Perhaps the EC and the UN will eventually become the seats of the antichrist. But who knows when that will happen. Nonetheless, what good can be done now, to turn the hearts of men towards God and Christ our Saviour? And the Holy Father can certainly exhort delegates and leaders of Catholic nations to remember the place of God in political discussions, and to stand for true justice and respect for the Divine Law. But will Catholic nations be able to withstand the forces of decay from within and without?
While nature requires an international authority constituted by the different nations and states of the world, is this really feasible? I still doubt that it is, because of sin.
Address of the Holy Father to the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization in New York (April 18, 2008)
[English, French, German, Italian, Spanish]
The small universe of BSG
Another minor character on BSG killed... who's going to lead the Colonial Marines now?
39,000+ members of the human fleet, and yet the number of characters they use... less than a handful. I suppose it's cheaper this way, but I still find it irritating.
39,000+ members of the human fleet, and yet the number of characters they use... less than a handful. I suppose it's cheaper this way, but I still find it irritating.
ANTHONY ANDREWS - JUDE LAW 'TOO GOOD' FOR BRIDESHEAD REVISITED
This is from 2003; the cast is quite different from what was originally speculated.
While there is a shot of the chapel and of a rosary in the trailer, does the adaptation retain the religious core of the story? What does Andrew Davies think of religion? Perhaps it does not matter too much, since AD was replaced by Jeremy Brock.
official site (not up yet)
On the original 1981 adaptation:
Period Drama | Brideshead Revisited - Best of ITV
Amazon.com: Brideshead Revisited (25th Anniversary Collector's ...
wiki
But Andrews is furious at the news Davies plans to ignore the religious element to the story, and make it "darker, more heterosexual".
He complains, "I've heard that Andrew Davies has entirely cut out the religious element which is ridiculous.
"I just can't see how the film would work without it."
This is from 2003; the cast is quite different from what was originally speculated.
While there is a shot of the chapel and of a rosary in the trailer, does the adaptation retain the religious core of the story? What does Andrew Davies think of religion? Perhaps it does not matter too much, since AD was replaced by Jeremy Brock.
official site (not up yet)
On the original 1981 adaptation:
Period Drama | Brideshead Revisited - Best of ITV
Amazon.com: Brideshead Revisited (25th Anniversary Collector's ...
wiki
GL, Peach trees light up the old hen house - and vice versa
Peach trees light up the old hen house - and vice versa
My favorite advice to homesteaders has always been not to do anything that can be put off until tomorrow because tomorrow you might not have to do it at all. Add to that the following: Don’t do anything that you can get nature to do for you.
published May 3, 2008.
Energy Bulletin round-up
Review of Kunstler's post-peak novel by a woman who has lived the life
One thing about survivalism: it isn't pretty but it can be fun if approached in the right frame of mind. Many people fear the possibility of survival in difficulties like we had. Yet they were not all that great a challenge if one felt strong of mind and body. I got up at 5 am to start the fires, bake the bread and feed the livestock before sending the boy and the husband out the door.
Also from Energy Bulletin:
Fatih Birol interview: 'Leave oil before it leaves us'
The International Energy Agency (IEA) gives the alarm: The world could run out of oil faster than expected - the danger of a supply shortage is rising. (Translation of an interview with the chief economist of the IEA)
Biography of Mr Fatih Birol
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Author McKibben assesses current state of environmentalism, urges local consumerism (video and transcript)
Monica Trauzzi, OnPoint, E&E TV
In his new book, "American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau," environmentalist Bill McKibben collects famous pieces of environmental literature -- pieces that reflect the growing and changing movement and that have inspired him in his advocacy.
During today's OnPoint, McKibben discusses the book and assesses the current state of environmentalism. He gives his thoughts on the Lieberman-Warner climate bill and discusses several grassroots campaigns he is involved in that seek to spur individuals to act on climate change.
(1 May 2008)
One thing about survivalism: it isn't pretty but it can be fun if approached in the right frame of mind. Many people fear the possibility of survival in difficulties like we had. Yet they were not all that great a challenge if one felt strong of mind and body. I got up at 5 am to start the fires, bake the bread and feed the livestock before sending the boy and the husband out the door.
Also from Energy Bulletin:
Fatih Birol interview: 'Leave oil before it leaves us'
The International Energy Agency (IEA) gives the alarm: The world could run out of oil faster than expected - the danger of a supply shortage is rising. (Translation of an interview with the chief economist of the IEA)
Biography of Mr Fatih Birol
World Energy Outlook - Press Kit
Outside View: We can't cling to crude: we should leave oil before ...
The Oil Drum | fatih birol
Fatih Birol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Author McKibben assesses current state of environmentalism, urges local consumerism (video and transcript)
Monica Trauzzi, OnPoint, E&E TV
In his new book, "American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau," environmentalist Bill McKibben collects famous pieces of environmental literature -- pieces that reflect the growing and changing movement and that have inspired him in his advocacy.
Relocalization - May 2
Rethinking our food and fuel systems
Rob Hopkins: eco worrier
Totnes - their own currency
McKibben assesses environmentalism
Natural born survivors
Heinberg on resilient communities
published May 2, 2008.
During today's OnPoint, McKibben discusses the book and assesses the current state of environmentalism. He gives his thoughts on the Lieberman-Warner climate bill and discusses several grassroots campaigns he is involved in that seek to spur individuals to act on climate change.
(1 May 2008)
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