Saturday, May 14, 2016
Playing up to stereotypes?
Just learned that the new Hulk is an Asian -- because what greater opposite to a mean, raging, physically strong monster can there be than an Asian male, right? Where's the protesting of this stereotype? Marvel needs to apologize to Asians.
Bruce Frohnen on the Second Amendment
Nomocracy in Politics: “The Militia and the Right to Bear Arms,” By Bruce Frohnen
2016 FPR Conference
Front Porch Republic: FPR Annual Conference: October 8 at The University of Notre Dame
Friday, May 13, 2016
John Cho the Wrong Poster Boy for This Campaign
But even if someone more manlier and mature-looking were substituted, how successful would he be in persuading women, especially Asian and white women, to demand more Asian men in their audiovisual media?
Representation in the mass media just strikes me as whining, when the important issues of life remain unaddressed.
RoK: The Truth About People From The American South
An accurate history?
An accurate history?
None embodied this more than the Border Reivers who were a wild bunch living along the borders of Scotland. Quickly the Borderers found that raising crops only to have them burned when warring factions came through was a waste of time. Raiding livestock however proved to be profitable, as did their riding ability as skilled horsemen and guerrilla tactics.
During war in this area allegiance to any one side could mean death whenever a new ruler rose to power so the Borderers remained loyal only to their kin and clan. To make matters worse the rulers who employed them to maintain law and as the first line of defense would often deal with them harshly in other times when their lawlessness got out of hand.
All this encouragement of predatory behavior gave rise to a way of life based around their own strength, cunning, and gain at another’s expense. Combined with their defiance to authority you have the beginnings of what would later become Ulster-Scots in Ireland and the Scots-Irish in America.
MoJ: Pope Francis: Europe, "What has happened to you?"
His Charlemagne Prize speech.
"What has happened to you, the Europe of humanism, the champion of human rights, democracy and freedom?"
One could argue that that same spirit of liberalism is what happened to Europe and is the root of the malaise.
The new Unholy Roman Empire.
Edit.
The End of Political Christian Humanism in Europe? by Fr. Mark A. Pilon
Catholic leaders in Europe once shared a deep seated Christian humanism that guided their political activity as they worked to rebuild their own countries. What happened?
His Charlemagne Prize speech.
"What has happened to you, the Europe of humanism, the champion of human rights, democracy and freedom?"
One could argue that that same spirit of liberalism is what happened to Europe and is the root of the malaise.
The new Unholy Roman Empire.
Edit.
The End of Political Christian Humanism in Europe? by Fr. Mark A. Pilon
Catholic leaders in Europe once shared a deep seated Christian humanism that guided their political activity as they worked to rebuild their own countries. What happened?
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Agent Carter Cancelled
Hollywood Reporter. Both shows have been doing poorly this year; Agent Carter doing worse than Agents of SHIELD. Not enough fanboys to watch both? How many female viewers are there for these shows? I bet neither won non-fanboy men over. Too much girl-power ruined the show? Someone should do an analysis of the viewer demographics. Maybe Disney can turn Peggy Carter into a Disney princess.
Hayley Atwell has a new gig on ABC. Another feminist heroine?
Hayley Atwell has a new gig on ABC. Another feminist heroine?
And how well-catechized are the youth to begin with?
Would the time and money be better used on catechesis?
Looking for a Centralized Solution
Where none is forthcoming...
Back in March: Will Birmingham Give Birth to National Racial Reconciliation? (1957)
An ecumenical and interracial alliance of Birmingham’s Catholic bishop, mayor and Baptist dean of Samford’s divinity school provides a model for discussing and healing racial divisions in the U.S.
by PETER JESSERER SMITH 03
The struggle for racial harmony at any level must begin with the local and there is no guarantee that integration will be the result (nor is that the only ideal). Furthermore, it will take a lot more than the sort of superficial niceness that gets inculcated in public kindergarten.
Back in March: Will Birmingham Give Birth to National Racial Reconciliation? (1957)
An ecumenical and interracial alliance of Birmingham’s Catholic bishop, mayor and Baptist dean of Samford’s divinity school provides a model for discussing and healing racial divisions in the U.S.
by PETER JESSERER SMITH 03
The struggle for racial harmony at any level must begin with the local and there is no guarantee that integration will be the result (nor is that the only ideal). Furthermore, it will take a lot more than the sort of superficial niceness that gets inculcated in public kindergarten.
Fanning the Flames of "Catholic" Feminism
Cardinal Parolin -- Trusted papal aide says woman could be Vatican’s ‘Prime Minister’
I'd rather see an abolition of much of the Roman Curia instead. L’Osservatore Romano is "updating" itself with a section dedicated to women. How many readers does it have?
I'd rather see an abolition of much of the Roman Curia instead. L’Osservatore Romano is "updating" itself with a section dedicated to women. How many readers does it have?
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