Saturday, July 14, 2012
Went to BLOX today; it'll probably be the last show I attend for a while, though there is a small show in Dublin near the end of August. Drank 2 cans of NOS while I was there - Mango/Passionfruit. Don't know if it was because of the sugar or the heat but I didn't feel hungry, so I didn't sample the food trucks.
Friday, July 13, 2012
Handed Down By Our Forefathers
E. Christian Kopff was a special guest on today's . He's in Rockford for the annual Rockford Institute Summer School. Dr. Fleming was not on the program initially but joined host Paul Youngblood, Dr. Kopff, and Aaron Wolf later.
In the second hour of the program Drs. Kopff and Fleming were talking about the importance of the classics and of the Latin and Greek languages.
A caller asked about the Great Books
Dr. Fleming - Dr. Kopff mentioned Mortimer Adler, and the two classicists mentioned some Great Books schools, St. John's College and TAC. Dr. Fleming had one criticism to make of the curriculum at TAC - he thought 2 years of Latin was insufficient, and that they should bere 4 years of Latin plus 4 years of Greek.
I'd agree, or advocate this sort of preparation at the "secondary" level, along with the trivium/quadrivium. I wish I could be paid to study Greek and Latin. Sarge is off in Rome studying Latin in a 4-week intensive course. While I still have some affinity with the Chinese classics, they don't are not equal to the Western classsics or to the Christian theological and philosophical traditions. (Editing a book on the history of Chinese philosophy just makes this clear to me once again.) Besides, most Chinese don't care, and it has very little relevance to their lives (except in so far as the classics can be used to justify their being good followers in an empire) .
It's days like this that lead me to dream about teaching in some way at a classical school. But good Uhmericans are up-to-date, and we don't need a classical education any more! We just need to be taught "science" and "math" and maybe the "humanities," along with "critical thinking skills."
Traditional conservatives should do what they can to maintain and pass their Western/Anglo-American/Catholic intellectual patrimony on to the next generation. While there may be some on the left who are interested in classical education and the like, this should be one of the things that sets traditional conservatives/communitarians apart from them.
Familiae Sancti Hieronymi is still around. I checked a while ago and their learning materials are now available in CD format. (I don't think this was true the last time I wrote a post about the organization.)
It's days like this that lead me to dream about teaching in some way at a classical school. But good Uhmericans are up-to-date, and we don't need a classical education any more! We just need to be taught "science" and "math" and maybe the "humanities," along with "critical thinking skills."
Traditional conservatives should do what they can to maintain and pass their Western/Anglo-American/Catholic intellectual patrimony on to the next generation. While there may be some on the left who are interested in classical education and the like, this should be one of the things that sets traditional conservatives/communitarians apart from them.
Familiae Sancti Hieronymi is still around. I checked a while ago and their learning materials are now available in CD format. (I don't think this was true the last time I wrote a post about the organization.)
See Dr. Koppf's Is American Unconservative?, in which he discusses Kevin Gutzman. He writes:
The importance of pre-Lockean traditions, British, Christian and Classical, has been made over and over again for generations after Hartz by scholars including P. G. A. Pocock, Bernard Bailyn, Gordon Wood, Carl Richard and many others. The importance of the Classical Tradition for the Constitution has been documented just last year by David J. Bederman, The Classical Foundations of the American ConstitutionTAC: Celebrating 40 Years with the Founders(2008). Catherine Winterer’s The Culture of Classicism: Ancient Greece and Rome in American Intellectual Life, 1780-1910
(2002) has shown that the classical tradition continued to be influential for generations after the founding.
(Dr. McArthur addresses the Students of Thomas Aquinas College)
Related:
Familiae Sancti Hieronymi Cenaculum Miamiense
The Ultimate Uhmerican Meal?
Certainly it's "healthier" than the pizza that The Thinking Housewife criticizes, even more so if you get rid of the bun. And the fires. And the shake. But those are good once in a while. 80/20, right? I find that getting a burger is my default meal outside the house these days. I can't afford a real restaurant. (And I haven't quit Costco pizza yet.)
The 50 Best Burgers in San Francisco Many of them cost more than $15! But Roam is on the list. I'll try to go there on Sunday to celebrate ah Fai's birthday. Still have to get out to Oakland for Trueburger (which is on the list, too).
The 50 Best Burgers in San Francisco Many of them cost more than $15! But Roam is on the list. I'll try to go there on Sunday to celebrate ah Fai's birthday. Still have to get out to Oakland for Trueburger (which is on the list, too).
The Truth Hurts
A comment at Marky Mark's, She's Not the Little Girl I Once Knew.
When you have a female spinster like her in the US there is always some underlying problem. Even females living alone almost always have a mental problem and you will rarely find a normal one. Open your eyes and just do some observation. The only somewhat normal females who live alone are older divorcees and even they nhave a lot of other females like themselves who they're constantly talking to on the phone. A lone female is almost always a bit crazy or has some problem and they should be avoided.And whether in Europe or the US a female living at home is just an old maid and there's a reason that she never left the nest. Men on the other hand can live alone and be perfectly normal since most men are loners by nature and are not afraid of being by themselves and can always find some way to occupy themselves. Lone females seem to get crazy on their own or were crazy to begin with which is why they're alone. It's just not the same with men. Really do some observation and take notes and you'll see I'm right.And more for "social darwinism will triumph" box - Oz Conservative: Two Canadians hit a nerve with London Girl.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
As American as anyone else?
cbsSF: 'Bullet Button' Supporters Intensify Campaign Against State Sen. Yee
He sure isn't, if part of American culture is republicanism. Nothing more than an abettor of the mommy state. (And when he attempts to defend himself and his bill, he sounds like an emasculated beta--reinforcing negative stereotypes about Asian males.) The liberal local CBS affiliate is trying to scare people about the "bullet button" and talk about "assault rifles." I do find it interesting an Asian opposing the bill was featured, rather than someone white. (It's probably not a coincidence.) Why's the state AG avoiding the reporter? One would think that she supports stricter gun laws. Such people are their supporters aren't worth defending if the TSHTF, as they won't allow average citizens the means to take up their republican duties. They can take care of themselves.
The Imaginative Conservative: Four Tenets of American Republicanism: A No-Frills Primer
Edit. And who can forget the ongoing but realtively unknown Fast and Furious scandal: Ann Coulter: Fast and Furious is Not a Law Firm
He sure isn't, if part of American culture is republicanism. Nothing more than an abettor of the mommy state. (And when he attempts to defend himself and his bill, he sounds like an emasculated beta--reinforcing negative stereotypes about Asian males.) The liberal local CBS affiliate is trying to scare people about the "bullet button" and talk about "assault rifles." I do find it interesting an Asian opposing the bill was featured, rather than someone white. (It's probably not a coincidence.) Why's the state AG avoiding the reporter? One would think that she supports stricter gun laws. Such people are their supporters aren't worth defending if the TSHTF, as they won't allow average citizens the means to take up their republican duties. They can take care of themselves.
The Imaginative Conservative: Four Tenets of American Republicanism: A No-Frills Primer
Edit. And who can forget the ongoing but realtively unknown Fast and Furious scandal: Ann Coulter: Fast and Furious is Not a Law Firm
Saw my friend Rx and his wife tonight; we had dinner at Thai Lemongrass. The food was decent, but as it is always the case with Thai food, the portions were small. It almost drives you to eat more rice in order to feel satiated. Anyway, I was shocked when he told me that he was an Obama supporter, and he asked me to explain why I wasn't going to vote him. I doubt that I convinced him, since he thinks Obamacare will be beneficial to lower- and middle-classes. He's on a diet apparently, but he and his wife look good and are happy down in SoCal. I didn't get a chance to see his son (or his nephew and niece). His nephew is already in high school, and is taller than Rx! Sigh.
Strauss-Howe Generational Theory
The Generations of Men: How the Cycles of History Shape Your Values, Your Idea of Manhood, and Your Future
I think James Howard Kunstler has discussed the the Strauss-Howe Generational Theory as well in several of his podcasts. (Or maybe it was Duncan Crary.) A cyclical view of history might appeal to a traditional Chinese or a Confucian; at first glance I don't accept it. Jack Donovan posted a link to the article on his FB; the article does mention him by name.
The Fourth Turning by William Strauss and Neil Howe
Comparison with Generational Dynamics
Misc. M6A2 UCIW COVERT CQB THUNDER LWRC International
I think James Howard Kunstler has discussed the the Strauss-Howe Generational Theory as well in several of his podcasts. (Or maybe it was Duncan Crary.) A cyclical view of history might appeal to a traditional Chinese or a Confucian; at first glance I don't accept it. Jack Donovan posted a link to the article on his FB; the article does mention him by name.
The Fourth Turning by William Strauss and Neil Howe
Comparison with Generational Dynamics
Misc. M6A2 UCIW COVERT CQB THUNDER LWRC International
Items of Interest, 12 July 2012
Kevin Carson, “Green Economy?” We’re Not Green Enough to Buy It
Carson: Time to decide, "Green" Capitalism or Solidarity Economy? You shouldn't have to think about it long.
Tomgram: Rebecca Solnit, One Big Continent of Pain
Rod Dreher, A Tragic Journey To a Monastery
From Counterpunch:
Information Overload by DAVE LINDORFF
Driving a Stake Through the National Security State
Fukushima And The Nuclear Pushers by KARL GROSSMAN
Jolting The Mind For Action by RALPH NADER
Carson: Time to decide, "Green" Capitalism or Solidarity Economy? You shouldn't have to think about it long.
Tomgram: Rebecca Solnit, One Big Continent of Pain
Rod Dreher, A Tragic Journey To a Monastery
From Counterpunch:
Information Overload by DAVE LINDORFF
Driving a Stake Through the National Security State
Fukushima And The Nuclear Pushers by KARL GROSSMAN
Jolting The Mind For Action by RALPH NADER
The Assertive [Celtic] Woman
In a discussion about the movie Brave, I added: "I am reminded of the feisty redhead in The Quiet Man, played by Maureen O'Hara, who finds satisfaction being put in her place by John Wayne. No one's going to make that kind of movie now." In fact, if the movie were to be updated, she'd probably be like the heroine of Brave - independent and submitting to no man. John Wayne's character would still be the rich American visiting the homeland, but he would be impressed by how much of a strong woman she is, perhaps even being bested by her in the boxing ring! Much like a modern-day Boudica, she'd be a raging Celtic warrior seeking unconditional surrender. (But would she still respect him after beating him?) She'd probably also fight her brother in court for the inheritance, and he'd be disowned, much like the patriachy that he represents, for somehow unjustly taking away what belongs to her and oppressing her.
Pedestalizing?
A reader of The Thinking Housewife submits this post to her blog:
Men do seek to please their women; some to avoid nastiness, others because they want to keep her affection. Some do it out of love. Only one of these can be reconciled with maintaining the proper frame.
A few days ago, I visited What Women Never Hear and found an interesting list of posts on the power and significance of virtues in girls and women, how masculinity is dependent on the exploitation of feminine virtue and how the lack of virtue in a female makes her an empty shell for a man. I was immediately reminded of Rabindranath Tagore’s wonderfully touching poem that he dedicated to his muse and mentor, his sister-in-law Kadambari. The first time I read this poem next to the picture of this beautifully feminine woman in a Tagore memorabilia museum, I had tears in my eyes.This is similar to the soft power that Dr. Laura claims women have over men. Can a woman control a man because of his desire for her? Undoubtedly, but the same can happen in the opposite direction. (Book of Genesis, consequences of the fall!) Who tames males and civilizes them? Some would have us belief that this is the job of women, but I've long since changed my view on this -- it is men who raise men, not women. Some men may change temporarily in order to get the girl, but how many of them lapse into their old ways once they are married? But the virtuous man seeks to please God and himself accordingly, and to find a woman who will respect him accordingly.
I have made you the pole star of my life,
I shall never lose my way in this sea.
Wherever I go,You always shine in my view
And shed light from your anxious eyes.
Secretly in my mind,Your image is always alive
I lose my mind,When I lose your sight.
When my heart wants to stray, Along a wrong way
Your remembrance fills it with shame.
What more is there to say on the impact that a virtuous girl and woman has on a man? And on society as whole! Yes, all world religions demand sacrifices of the female sex. Yes, they hold up different standards. Because the virtues of a man never affect a woman’s femininity the way a woman’s virtues have command over a man’s masculinity. A virtuous girl forces a young male to be a man rather than a boy. Maybe this is why we have an epidemic of man-boys.
I am always astounded at how Tagore knew so well the dynamics of love and sexuality.
Men do seek to please their women; some to avoid nastiness, others because they want to keep her affection. Some do it out of love. Only one of these can be reconciled with maintaining the proper frame.
Prof. Gutzman on Obamacare
Originalism vs. Obamacare by KEVIN R.C. GUTZMAN
The Affordable Care Act goes beyond anything the Founding Fathers envisioned.
Consumerism and Adultlescence
Caped Crusaders and the Flight From Society by David Masciotra
I have posted some thoughts about comic book heroes here and here.
Misc.
Another essay praising of Alexander Hamilton.
I have posted some thoughts about comic book heroes here and here.
Misc.
Another essay praising of Alexander Hamilton.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Take Back Your Time
It's been a while since I've looked at the website. There is a conference, August 24-5, at Seattle University.
Related:
The Power of Social Movements
Related:
The Power of Social Movements
Tattoos
Discussion at VFR. I have a post in the works on the adoption of tattoos by Korean female celebs; I will try to finish it soon. LA links to another blog with a post on the same topic.
Feast of St. Benedict
Reposting this video featuring Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey.
See also Quaerere Deum - Documentary for Norcia. (ver 1)
Dom Mark Daniel Kirby: Evening of Saint Benedict's Day
Misc:
Te Deum
See also Quaerere Deum - Documentary for Norcia. (ver 1)
Dom Mark Daniel Kirby: Evening of Saint Benedict's Day
Misc:
Te Deum
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Men Crossing Their Legs
CR is derisive: Universal Logo Of The Feminized Male
It is very common for British men and actors (Jeremy Irons in Brideshead Revisited?) to cross their legs at the knees, many Hong Kong and South Korean actors and celebs do so too... is it really a subconscious denial of their masculinity? Or is it more for "ease" and "comfort"? A Q&A at GQ in which the practice is criticized as being effeminate. (Another Q&A, less critical.)
Ladies avoided sitting with their legs apart. (Regardless of whether they were wearing pants or dresses?) But how they adjusted and avoided the fatigue of keeping their legs together varied: crossing at the ankles vs. crossing at the knees (wikihow). According to this internet piece on Victorian manners, it was considered improper for both men and women to cross their legs - I assume that crossing at the knee is meant. According to this link for visitors to Hong Kong, men should try and keep their feet on the floor.
It is very common for British men and actors (Jeremy Irons in Brideshead Revisited?) to cross their legs at the knees, many Hong Kong and South Korean actors and celebs do so too... is it really a subconscious denial of their masculinity? Or is it more for "ease" and "comfort"? A Q&A at GQ in which the practice is criticized as being effeminate. (Another Q&A, less critical.)
Ladies avoided sitting with their legs apart. (Regardless of whether they were wearing pants or dresses?) But how they adjusted and avoided the fatigue of keeping their legs together varied: crossing at the ankles vs. crossing at the knees (wikihow). According to this internet piece on Victorian manners, it was considered improper for both men and women to cross their legs - I assume that crossing at the knee is meant. According to this link for visitors to Hong Kong, men should try and keep their feet on the floor.
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