Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Items of Interest, 22 November 2011

Someone from the 3/4 combo: "I saw you eating at Costco on Sunday." Apparently she goes to St. Justin Martyr? A bit far from Alviso. A refugee from OLP?

Someone at Vox Populi is impressed by Col. Douglas MacGregor.

Peter Hitchens, SPECIAL REPORT: The overthrow of Egypt's despotic ruler was hailed a success but nine months on, Peter Hitchens reports on a fearful and violent land

Srdja Trifkovic, Angela Merkel’s Bid for a Tighter European Union

Russell Kirk, Three Pillars of Order: Edmund Burke, Samuel Johnson, Adam Smith

Brett Stevens interview on Voice of Reason Radio

STEVEN HIGGS, The Decline and Fall of American Labor

David Bosworth, Compensation: The Cultural Contradictions of Philanthrocapitalism



The End of Growth with Richard Heinberg (mp3) (EB)

Rob Hopkins, Community resilience, Transition, and why government thinking needs both (EB). His response to John Michael Greer.

Peak Oil:
Erik Curren, Peak oil gets pepper sprayed
The Peak Oil Crisis, A Report to Remember (EB)

Marriage:
Dalrock, She Felt Unloved
The Fungible Wife

It reminds me, I still have to complete that post on the pastoral acceptability of civil divorce for Catholics. What about putting one's wife away or sending her home to her parents if she is an unfit wife?

Wiki on BPD.

Diet and Health:
Fat: The misunderstood ingredient


The LLVLC Show (Episode 517): Premier Personal Trainer Drew Baye Explains Why Not All Activity Is ‘Exercise’ (mp3)


Education:
Circe Institute: Podcast 11/22: Ask Andrew

In this edition of the Podcast, CiRCE President Andrew Kern discusses why the study of Latin and Greek (and even Hebrew) is an important part of the search for wisdom. He answers the questions, “do we really need to study Latin to cultivate wisdom and virtue when we have the Scriptures?” and “if Latin truly promotes wisdom and virtue, then why wasn’t Rome full of virtuous people?”. And much more… (mp3)

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