Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Going to Wait for Confirmation Before I Comment Further
AP: Panetta opens combat roles to women
NYT
Initial reactions from Vox, L. Auster, The Thinking Housewife, Steve Sailer.
"Some Catholic politician."
The Moral Torment of Leon Panetta
Leon Panetta to Pope Benedict: ‘Pray for me’
NYT
Initial reactions from Vox, L. Auster, The Thinking Housewife, Steve Sailer.
"Some Catholic politician."
The Moral Torment of Leon Panetta
Leon Panetta to Pope Benedict: ‘Pray for me’
More on the End of Growth
via Richard Heinberg: Perfect Storm: Energy, Finance, and the End of Growth by Dr. Tim Morgan (pdf)
I went to the Foodopoly book event last night in San Francisco, and the audience was what you would associate with the city of San Francisco. Definitely "counter-culture" and progressive, as is the author herself, though she inherited a family farm (purchased by her father) in Virginia (less than an hour away from D.C.).
Some "liberals" and "conservatives" may agree that forming tactical alliances spanning the "political spectrum" in order implement change that is in accordance with localism and agrarianism is the political option to pursue. (The author, Wenonah Hauter, would probably agree, though she would also advocate a grassroots populist movement to get change done at the national level as well.) But are there other strategies that traditionalists should consider? Do they have to stay in one place, when their ties to it are so few and they are surrounded by people who have a different culture? If they have a duty to stay or no other choice, then they have to make the best out of their situation. But what real community can they have with those who are opposed to them on other questions of morals and see them as being intolerant and bigoted?
Can we get beyond the power play, acting as if life were a big competition or struggle between different groups? Do traditionalists have an alternative? Their solution may differ from those who believe might is right or the devout adherents of liberalism, but we shouldn't be so naive as to think that we differ only because of honest mistakes.
For dinner I tried a Let's be Frank hot dog at Gott's. It tastes very different from your normal hot dog and even the packaged grass-fed beef ones at Whole Foods, and I thought it was quite good. Is a package of dogs worth the price?
Four ways the local food movement is transforming race relations in America
Some "liberals" and "conservatives" may agree that forming tactical alliances spanning the "political spectrum" in order implement change that is in accordance with localism and agrarianism is the political option to pursue. (The author, Wenonah Hauter, would probably agree, though she would also advocate a grassroots populist movement to get change done at the national level as well.) But are there other strategies that traditionalists should consider? Do they have to stay in one place, when their ties to it are so few and they are surrounded by people who have a different culture? If they have a duty to stay or no other choice, then they have to make the best out of their situation. But what real community can they have with those who are opposed to them on other questions of morals and see them as being intolerant and bigoted?
Can we get beyond the power play, acting as if life were a big competition or struggle between different groups? Do traditionalists have an alternative? Their solution may differ from those who believe might is right or the devout adherents of liberalism, but we shouldn't be so naive as to think that we differ only because of honest mistakes.
For dinner I tried a Let's be Frank hot dog at Gott's. It tastes very different from your normal hot dog and even the packaged grass-fed beef ones at Whole Foods, and I thought it was quite good. Is a package of dogs worth the price?
Four ways the local food movement is transforming race relations in America
A US Version of House of Cards
I read today that it is being developed by Netflix, and stars Kevin Spacey. Can it make sense outside of the UK Parliament? Maybe, maybe not.
Trailer
'House of Cards' On Netflix: Inside Intel on Kevin Spacey's Dark Drama
NYT
Poster
I doubt it will be better than the original BBC production. Ian Richardson > Kevin Spacey?
Trailer
'House of Cards' On Netflix: Inside Intel on Kevin Spacey's Dark Drama
NYT
Poster
I doubt it will be better than the original BBC production. Ian Richardson > Kevin Spacey?
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Monday, January 21, 2013
In Search of Greener Pastures Abroad
Fred Reed: How to Marry a Third-World Woman
And Live Happily Every After--Somewhere Else
The Spearhead: The Wisdom of Submission to Feminism
And Live Happily Every After--Somewhere Else
The Spearhead: The Wisdom of Submission to Feminism
Twelve O'Clock High for TV
Empire: HBO Launches Masters Of The Air
From Tom Hanks & Steven Spielberg
Except this will be a whole miniseries centered on the enlisted men of the bombing crews, rather than on the officers. But could the depiction of their missions get repetitive?
The movie Twelve O'Clock High, with Gregory Peck:
I didn't know there was a TV series based on the movie.
From Tom Hanks & Steven Spielberg
Except this will be a whole miniseries centered on the enlisted men of the bombing crews, rather than on the officers. But could the depiction of their missions get repetitive?
The movie Twelve O'Clock High, with Gregory Peck:
I didn't know there was a TV series based on the movie.
Sunday, January 20, 2013
A Response to Fr. Lombardi
Why You Can’t Side With The Vatican on Gun Control by Andrew Haines
(Fr. Lombardi's editorial mentioned here.)
(Fr. Lombardi's editorial mentioned here.)
A Few Words on Downton Abbey
The series has devolved into a soap opera for those who think their tastes are better than that of women who indulge in daytime soaps, telenovelas, or primetime garbage. Unfortunately, many Catholics have been lured into the show, and some even take pride in the fact that the show's creator is Catholic. The latest attack on traditionalism? The support by practically everyone in episode 3 (with the exception of Carson, maybe) of women's suffrage. Lord Grantham may disapprove of Edith's writing an editorial in a newspaper in favor of giving all women the vote, but Matthew claims that he actually agrees with Edith's position. I bet if Bates were asked, he would assent to it as well. Only the fuddy-duddy Carson, who opposes any sort of progress (whether it be an electric toaster or women's suffrage), gives any sign of disapproval. But any traditionalism worth its name includes a defense of patriarchy (THE AUTHORITY OF THE HUSBAND ACCORDING TO THE MAGISTERIUM by Rev. Paul N. Check).
Western "conservative" Catholics who are fans of the show will nonetheless probably look past this and claim the show reflects "conservative" values, when really it remakes the aristocracy in the image of modern liberalism, while catering to women's desires for extravagance and comfort and drama. I've got better things to do then subject myself to more propaganda masquerading as art.
Alpha Game Plan: Please take away her rights
History Detectives Suffrage Pennant
Western "conservative" Catholics who are fans of the show will nonetheless probably look past this and claim the show reflects "conservative" values, when really it remakes the aristocracy in the image of modern liberalism, while catering to women's desires for extravagance and comfort and drama. I've got better things to do then subject myself to more propaganda masquerading as art.
Alpha Game Plan: Please take away her rights
History Detectives Suffrage Pennant
Watch Suffrage Pennant on PBS. See more from History Detectives.
A P.inC. Essay for Tomorrow
All’s Well That Ends Well?: Reflections on Liberalism and Race by Mark G. Malvasi
Politically incorrect in some respects, but PC in others?
Then there's the panegyric...
Related:
Obama will be using the occasion for the inauguration of his second term as well.
Politically incorrect in some respects, but PC in others?
We have, of course, come a long way as a nation and a people. We now understand, at least I hope we do, that race is not a fact of nature, not a biological reality; it is, rather, the product of history, an ideological construct that has taught men and women what physical attributes to notice and what meaning to attach to them. Even the most apparently immutable racial characteristics can be altered by a single act of miscegenation. If there is no biological support for racial differences, then there is no biological justification for racial inequality. It is no dreamy romanticism to insist that there is but one race. Although race is unreal, the consequences of racism have been real enough. If race is a fiction, it is a fiction worth disposing of once and for all, since it has done far more harm than good and since it more often than not has proven a national disgrace.Race may not be a substance with an essence in its own right, but as a reference to a cluster of genetic lineages which exhibit certain physical characteristics (with some variability), is there not some reality to it, more than the author is willing to concede? The use of the word "immutable" is misleading.
Then there's the panegyric...
Related:
Obama will be using the occasion for the inauguration of his second term as well.
Music to the Ears of Liberals
Especially self-loathing white liberals. Bad news for those who identify with and value Anglo-American culture.
California's Hispanic population to outnumber whites by end of 2013
California's Hispanic population to outnumber whites by end of 2013
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