Saturday, June 25, 2016
Pope Francis in Armenia
Chiesa: “Genocide,” the Word Francis Doesn’t Want To Say Anymore
He has removed it from his vocabulary on the verge of the journey to Armenia. And yet in the past he has used it repeatedly, including for the extermination carried out by the Turks a century ago. This is why he has decided to remove it
but an update...
Chiesa: “Genocide,” the Word Francis Wanted to Repeat. In Armenia
He said it again, by surprise, at the presidential palace in Yerevan, in the first speech of his journey. Departing from the written text, which was silent on it
The Abbeville Institute: Is Pluralism Enough? by Walt Garlington
Includes a contrast between Latin and Byzantine Christianity; some of the genealogy is doubtful but some of it (e.g. Latin monoculture) may be more correct than not.
Includes a contrast between Latin and Byzantine Christianity; some of the genealogy is doubtful but some of it (e.g. Latin monoculture) may be more correct than not.
Friday, June 24, 2016
CWR: Orlando in Hindsight By James V. Schall, S.J.
While Islam is, as I judge it, a false religion, it is held by true believers who are much more accurate in their reading of their own classical texts than any of their critics.
While Islam is, as I judge it, a false religion, it is held by true believers who are much more accurate in their reading of their own classical texts than any of their critics.
Thursday, June 23, 2016
Bruce Frohnen on "Constitutions"
Nomocracy in Politics: “Constitutions and the Greek Problem,” By Bruce Frohnen
On the Day of the Vote...
Who is feeling anxious about the results?
AmCon: Unmaking England by Benjamin Schwarz
Will immigration demolish in decades a nation built over centuries?
AmCon: Unmaking England by Benjamin Schwarz
Will immigration demolish in decades a nation built over centuries?
Fathers and Daughters
A somewhat positive portrayal of fatherhood? (even if the daughter's issues of abandonment seem to be putting the blame on the father) Based on a novel written for women?
international trailer (alt)
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
No...
For the sake of those who are our brothers, either spiritually or ethnically.(The fraternity proper to all who belong to the human race is last.)
And what is "excommunication," then? This is question to be answered at the political level, not the ecclesial.
Asia News: Pope: Refugees are our brothers, we must welcome them
At the General Audience Francis urges people to "touch the excluded" and the poor who need us. "Every night I pray: 'Lord, if you want you can make me clean' and I say five Our Fathers, one for each of Jesus’ wounds". "The grace working in us does not seek sensationalism. Usually it moves quietly and without fanfare".
Related:
And what is "excommunication," then? This is question to be answered at the political level, not the ecclesial.
Asia News: Pope: Refugees are our brothers, we must welcome them
At the General Audience Francis urges people to "touch the excluded" and the poor who need us. "Every night I pray: 'Lord, if you want you can make me clean' and I say five Our Fathers, one for each of Jesus’ wounds". "The grace working in us does not seek sensationalism. Usually it moves quietly and without fanfare".
Related:
Septimus Waugh on His Father
Let Evelyn Waugh back into Combe Florey churchyard by Septimus Waugh
My father enjoyed playing up to his misanthropic reputation. But its consequences now are beyond a joke
(via Once I Was a Clever Boy)
My father enjoyed playing up to his misanthropic reputation. But its consequences now are beyond a joke
(via Once I Was a Clever Boy)
It's Nice to Be Subsidized
College-educated women get to make 2nd or 3rd career changes because the first one they picked turned out to be unsatisfying or boring, with some more schooling in between career changes. Women can do this because they are subsidized by others (schools or parents or the government -- others pay for their housing, etc.), or they use their own savings and they don't need to save for a home. Because they get to rely on their future husband to do that. Sure there may be a few who are in the top ranks of management and the like and can afford a down payment on their own home and pay for extra schooling but they're not looking to settle down with someone at their level, either.
FSSP Ordinations in Europe
NLM: FSSP Ordinations in Auxerre Cathedral by Gregory DiPippo
Photos for the US ordinations can be found here. Nothing on LiveMass yet.
FSSP.com
Photos for the US ordinations can be found here. Nothing on LiveMass yet.
FSSP.com
Liberal Assumptions
About the ability of people to reason about ethics and politics.
What may be needed in political discourse is not dialectic, but rhetoric.
Bishop Robert Barron and others (like Robert George) don't understand this. They live in a fantasy world, believing that their model of political life is actually true. Their stance is also evidence of the "nice guy" mentality and the desire to be "moderate."
Thomas Aquinas and the Art of Making a Public Argument by Bishop Robert Barron
Let's revisit a time when people knew how to have a public argument about the most hotly-contested matters: the High Middle Ages.
Scott Adams on Donald Trump, Mindset, and How to Win at Life: Part 1 and Part 2
What may be needed in political discourse is not dialectic, but rhetoric.
Bishop Robert Barron and others (like Robert George) don't understand this. They live in a fantasy world, believing that their model of political life is actually true. Their stance is also evidence of the "nice guy" mentality and the desire to be "moderate."
Thomas Aquinas and the Art of Making a Public Argument by Bishop Robert Barron
Let's revisit a time when people knew how to have a public argument about the most hotly-contested matters: the High Middle Ages.
Scott Adams on Donald Trump, Mindset, and How to Win at Life: Part 1 and Part 2
T. Beale on that "Epic Battle" in Game of Thrones
The Military Geniuses at File 770, which is a follow-up to The inanity of Pink SF/F.
Beale also has another interview with Stefan Molyneux:
(podcast on itunes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vm-5kQRsfm0
Beale also has another interview with Stefan Molyneux:
(podcast on itunes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vm-5kQRsfm0
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