Bill Kauffman on Robert Redford's The Conspirator: Redford Goes Ron Paul
Rod Dreher, ‘The courage to be culturally irrelevant’
The Greatest Generation? What Malarkey! by Stephen Masty - a reply by Jeff Culbreath.
Counterpunch:
Chuck Spinney, The China Threat Rises Again
Michael Hudson, Debt Slavery – Why It Destroyed Rome, Why It Will Destroy Us Unless It’s Stopped
Alan Nasser, Outsourcing Jobs, Offshoring Markets
Mike Whitney, One Bank to Rule Them All
James Bovard, Dying to Corrupt Afghanistan
Distributism: On Joe Carter on Distributism
Two Difficulties
Energy:
Education panel at ASPO-USA conference
De-constructing the WSJ's front page story, “U.S. nears milestone: net fuel exporter”
Relocalization:
Lindsay Curren, Getting it together. Review: The Empowerment Manual and World made by hand (EB)
What's the paleo/traditionalist version of this?
Culture:
How to Plan an Awesome Holiday Party: Choosing a Party Theme
by Brett & Kate McKay
"Open House/Buffet Supper
While a cocktail party typically has a two hour time span, an open house lasts longer, and guests can come and go whenever they’d like. The drinks are self-serve – beer and soda on ice, and a bowl of punch or egg nog.
The food and set-up are described well by 1953's Esquire Etiquette..."
AoM: Stuck in the 50s?
Immigration:
The Use and Abuse of the Bible In the Immigration Debate (a repost, I believe, this time prompted by CHT)
Catholic:
Lectio Divina: A Year-Long Cycle According to the Traditional Roman Liturgy
The Indispensable Role of the Family in the New Liturgical Movement
Can the Church Ban Capital Punishment? by Christopher A. Ferrara
Education:
Circe Institute: Announcing the 2012 Paideia Prize Winner: Mr. Wendell Berry
Yes, My Grown Homeschooled Children Are Odd — And Yours Will Be Too!
Feminism:
Feminism, Finance and the Future of #Occupy - An interview with Silvia Federici (via EB)
Music:
BBC: God's Composer
Bizarre Chinese Old-folks Choir Covers Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" (via JZ)
Misc:
The U.S. Army’s Next Carbine: Hello Gas Piston/Op-Rod “Enhanced M4/M4A1 Carbine”-Type AR (AR-15), Goodbye Direct Gas Impingement (DGI) Operation?
The making of USASOC Soldiers
British Gen. Sir David Julian Richards, Chief of the Defense and his American Counterpart U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in London, England, Nov. 28, 2011. DoD photo by D. Myles Cullen (flickr)
Special Forces Green Beret soldiers from each of the Army’s seven Special Forces Groups stand silent watch during the wreath-laying ceremony at the grave of President John F. Kennedy, Nov. 17, 2011, at Arlington National Cemetery. The ceremony marked a time-honored tradition to honor Kennedy for his support and advocacy of the soldiers who would be known simply as “Green Berets.” (flickr)
Travis Hayley is at it again...
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