Died: George Jones, Legendary Country and Gospel Singer
TAC: Old Possum’s Book of Practical Duets
George Jones and Tammy Wynette's collaborations are as complex as their relationship was.
By A.G. GANCARSKI
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Fr. Z Visits Boston College and St. John's
Mr. Jesuit
"Outwit, Outlast, Outplay" as applied to ecclesiological reality? Or "ecclesial Darwinism," survival of the "conservative" or "orthodox." For a while it has been observed that "liberal" orders and priests have been fading away with time. The strategy of containing the damage done by priests who won'tn be fired while reforming the seminary and seeking orthodox men to become priests - how many bishops have been pursuing this strategy rather one of confrontation, correction and removal, if necessary? The quality of vocations in Boston has not changed dramatically under Cardinal O'Malley, as far as I know - his predecessor and his rectors managed to keep St. John's in decent shape. The clerical scandal may have weakened the reputation of the local Church; but what about poor leadership/pastoring? How many souls has that impacted?
"Outwit, Outlast, Outplay" as applied to ecclesiological reality? Or "ecclesial Darwinism," survival of the "conservative" or "orthodox." For a while it has been observed that "liberal" orders and priests have been fading away with time. The strategy of containing the damage done by priests who won'tn be fired while reforming the seminary and seeking orthodox men to become priests - how many bishops have been pursuing this strategy rather one of confrontation, correction and removal, if necessary? The quality of vocations in Boston has not changed dramatically under Cardinal O'Malley, as far as I know - his predecessor and his rectors managed to keep St. John's in decent shape. The clerical scandal may have weakened the reputation of the local Church; but what about poor leadership/pastoring? How many souls has that impacted?
Miss Plastic
Miss Korea Hopefuls’ Similar Looks Spark Online Frenzy - Miss Korea Daegu
The article links to a photo the contestants for the national pageant, without makeup. Reality!
The article links to a photo the contestants for the national pageant, without makeup. Reality!
Friday, April 26, 2013
What's Wrong with JJ Abram's Approach to Star Trek, In a Nutshell
J. J. Abrams Says "Star Trek Has to Be Sexy"
He's taken it even further by appealing to the senses and the contemporary American psyche. (Death is treated rather cavalierly in the first movie, and perhaps even with the second - I suppose we may feel some empathy for Spock while he mourns the loss of his mother, but there is very little time for us to reflect on the death of his mother, or of a whole planet.)
He's taken it even further by appealing to the senses and the contemporary American psyche. (Death is treated rather cavalierly in the first movie, and perhaps even with the second - I suppose we may feel some empathy for Spock while he mourns the loss of his mother, but there is very little time for us to reflect on the death of his mother, or of a whole planet.)
Pluralism, For What Reason?
AmConMag has its token liberal - Noah Millman, who responded to Rod Dreher and Andrew Sullivan regarding Islam. Front Porch Republic has Russell Arben Fox, whose essay The Problem of Undertheorized Agrarianism in Most Actually Argued Localism also is a response to Rod Dreher, but a different topic, and is germane to his review of Mark Mitchell's book. Someone should respond to Fox, but I didn't want to do so over at FPR as I am at the moment more interested in asking the question posed above. I will say that the reason why any permanent shift in accordance with "localism" has to have an agrarian component is due to natural limits and the availability of cheap energy. Megacities are just unsustainable, and they are tied to a form of political economy (with its concomitant laws) that is opposed to the recovery of community and [extended] family.
Anyway, what are these websites trying to achieve by having contributors who have different moral or philosophical perspectives? It might be said that FPR is trying to be "ecumenical," being primarily focused on localism and communitarianism, but the actions and behaviors which anti-traditionalists seek to legitimate (for example, those which involve sexuality and marriage) cannot but have an impact on social bonds. And the sharing of a moral outlook, worldview, or customs/mores is a part of identity, and any attempt to cultivate civic friendship/community that ignores this is doomed to failure.
AmConMag may wish to appear broad-minded and open to dialogue, but Millman is a magnet for those who will disagree with any semblance of tradition or conservatism that is preserved at the website; I see very little evidence of the minds of anti-traditionalists being changed, or of Millman being persuaded by those conservative interlocutors who exert the effort to engage him.
Some might appeal to the university community, where supposed "academic freedom" reigns, as a model for these websites and others - a bunch of people who may differ on various questions but are nonetheless united in their pursuit of truth. But the fact is that in a modern university there is very little sharing of a common life - and so there are no real repercussions for the anti-traditionalist who seeks to replace traditional morals. How much more is this true of a website, the contributors to which do not even see each other on a daily or weekly basis? Only a liberal would defend the notion of a university as a place where one can radically critique tradition in the name of "reason" - discussion and inquiry in the medieval university had its limits, and the university was at the service of the political common good (and the broader common good of the Church). It did not place itself above the community as an arbiter of tradition or as a moral authority simply by being the "voice of reason."
Anyway, what are these websites trying to achieve by having contributors who have different moral or philosophical perspectives? It might be said that FPR is trying to be "ecumenical," being primarily focused on localism and communitarianism, but the actions and behaviors which anti-traditionalists seek to legitimate (for example, those which involve sexuality and marriage) cannot but have an impact on social bonds. And the sharing of a moral outlook, worldview, or customs/mores is a part of identity, and any attempt to cultivate civic friendship/community that ignores this is doomed to failure.
AmConMag may wish to appear broad-minded and open to dialogue, but Millman is a magnet for those who will disagree with any semblance of tradition or conservatism that is preserved at the website; I see very little evidence of the minds of anti-traditionalists being changed, or of Millman being persuaded by those conservative interlocutors who exert the effort to engage him.
Some might appeal to the university community, where supposed "academic freedom" reigns, as a model for these websites and others - a bunch of people who may differ on various questions but are nonetheless united in their pursuit of truth. But the fact is that in a modern university there is very little sharing of a common life - and so there are no real repercussions for the anti-traditionalist who seeks to replace traditional morals. How much more is this true of a website, the contributors to which do not even see each other on a daily or weekly basis? Only a liberal would defend the notion of a university as a place where one can radically critique tradition in the name of "reason" - discussion and inquiry in the medieval university had its limits, and the university was at the service of the political common good (and the broader common good of the Church). It did not place itself above the community as an arbiter of tradition or as a moral authority simply by being the "voice of reason."
The Classical Consortium
The Classical Consortium is comprised of educators in the Christian Classical tradition: the CiRCE Institute, Classical Academic Press, Memoria Press, and Professor Carol.
Christopher Check Rebuts the Catholic Feminists
With regards to St. Catherine of Siena: The First Catholic Feminist? by Christopher Check
Let us reject the frame put forth by the egalitarians.
Let us reject the frame put forth by the egalitarians.
Destroying the BSA
Austin Ruse, Something Rotten in the Boy Scouts
Who is agitating for change at the BSA? Some of the bureaucrats, who want to hold on to their funding, or the parents are in charge of scouting groups? (Does the majority of involved parents consist of mothers? What about the bureaucrats?)
Who is agitating for change at the BSA? Some of the bureaucrats, who want to hold on to their funding, or the parents are in charge of scouting groups? (Does the majority of involved parents consist of mothers? What about the bureaucrats?)
An Alternative to Neo-Gothic
Dominican House Chapel, Lviv - it is located in Eastern Europe, and so icons would be more appropriate than neo-Gothic statues and the like. Still, I think it would be helpful to the recovery of liturgical piety in the Roman-rite if we recovered the use of icons. David Clayton is trying to recover a Western tradition of iconography - there is a workshop this summer (and a class in Kansas).
Par solidarité avec les contestataires contre le mariage homosexuel. Que le Seigneur vous bénisse et vous garde.
Coverage at Galliawatch.
Coverage at Galliawatch.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Another 60s TV Show to be Remade and Ruined Thanks to Tom Cruise
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: Armie Hammer and Tom Cruise to Star
Armie Hammer Cries U.N.C.L.E. For Tom Cruise And Guy Ritchie!
Guy Ritchie is directing; think he will slow the pace down for this one? A George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh version might have been interesting. Clooney resembles Robert Vaughn more.
Armie Hammer Cries U.N.C.L.E. For Tom Cruise And Guy Ritchie!
Guy Ritchie is directing; think he will slow the pace down for this one? A George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh version might have been interesting. Clooney resembles Robert Vaughn more.
Some Good News for Roman-Rite Traditionalists in SF
via NLM:
The parish's website.
May our Lord bless Archbishop Cordileone.
At the request of Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite will begin to be celebrated at Star of the Sea Parish, 4420 Geary Boulevard (at 8th Avenue) in San Francisco on May 26th, Trinity Sunday, at 11:00 A.M. and will continue each Sunday and Holy Day on a regular basis. There is ample parking behind the church with entrance through the gates on 8th Avenue.
To learn more about the Extraordinary Form Latin Mass you are invited to Star of the Sea School Auditorium for meetings on Tuesdays, May 7th, May 14th, and May 21st at 7:00 P.M. For further information please contact the pastor of Star of the Sea Parish, Father Mark G. Mazza, at 415-751-0450, extension 16.
The parish's website.
May our Lord bless Archbishop Cordileone.
Archbishop Jose Gomez Advocating... Immigration Reform!
Did you think it was something else? A Time for Immigration Reform
But that does not mean that they should be put on the automatic path to citizenship. They should recognize the debts that they owe American society and work to redress the imbalance, and the question of whether they should be allowed to become citizens should be decided by the local community, which will judge whether they have assimilated and are have embraced a new identity and loyalty.
We want reforms so that immigrant families can remain together. We want reforms so that migrant farmworkers and others are not exploited. And we want reforms so our brothers and sisters can live with the dignity that God intends for them.
But that does not mean that they should be put on the automatic path to citizenship. They should recognize the debts that they owe American society and work to redress the imbalance, and the question of whether they should be allowed to become citizens should be decided by the local community, which will judge whether they have assimilated and are have embraced a new identity and loyalty.
Academia Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel
when it comes to research or publishing in the humanities? And under humanities I would include "economics" and political science...
UCLA Professor Says Jane Austen Was First Master of Game Theory
Michael Chwe; webpage and book site.
NYT
Slate
UCLA Professor Says Jane Austen Was First Master of Game Theory
Michael Chwe; webpage and book site.
NYT
Slate
Something for the Mad Men Fans
NPR: Matthew Weiner on Mad Men and Meaning
Still a show I haven't gotten into, and I don't care to...
Still a show I haven't gotten into, and I don't care to...
Twitch: Watch Studio Ghibli's GIANT GOD WARRIOR APPEARS IN TOKYO
The story told in the manga version of Nausicaa is complete, but I wouldn't mind seeing more stories from that universe.
The story told in the manga version of Nausicaa is complete, but I wouldn't mind seeing more stories from that universe.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Lee Si-Young
What is her issue? She can act girly enough, on entertainment news or in her dramas. So what explains her motivation to be a woman boxer? It's not for the betterment of the sport. To prove how tough she is by play-fighting other women? It is sorry enough that women's boxing is an international and olympic sport.
‘Boys Over Flowers’ Actress Makes Korean National Boxing Team
‘Boys Over Flowers’ Actress Makes Korean National Boxing Team
Twitch: US Trailer For THE GRANDMASTER Confirms That The Weinsteins Think All Americans Are Stupid Meatheads
The HK DVD/Blu-Ray is being released, but it has only the HK theatrical version, 2 hours. Extended cut, pretty please?
The HK DVD/Blu-Ray is being released, but it has only the HK theatrical version, 2 hours. Extended cut, pretty please?
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