Rick Brookhiser at NRO chimes into an ongoing discussion of horror fiction : One way to think of Lovecraft is as a demented anticipation of Russell Kirk. Kirk praised the permanent things. The permanent things in Lovecraft are revolting monsters from outer space or undersea who, it turns out, have . . . . Continue Reading »
John Mark Reynolds recently drew this conclusion:Cling to what is permanent, but let go of what is not lastingThere is a corollary from Jim Elliott that I use as my email signature:He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot loseIt takes little effort to realize that our . . . . Continue Reading »
I have a powerpoint that I use to bring home to people where we stand in our colleges and universities. We are doing a tremendous job, but we have a long way to go competively and resource-wise.Here’s the link for those who are interested.This is more for people who are into the . . . . Continue Reading »
Exciting news from the Bayside City Council elections : the Queens Tribune reported that a conservative Republican was running a strong race in the 19th district and had a chance to win in the overwhelmingly Democratic city. But this was a conservative Republican with a difference: Dan Halloran is . . . . Continue Reading »
I used to think that people worried about one world government were more than a little paranoid. No more. Indeed, the global warming hysteria is being mounted, at least in part, as a pretext to impose the beginning of one world government—which would be rule by bureaucrats. Indeed, . . . . Continue Reading »
With a sense of urgency, the body of Christ needs to be equipped to give an answer to obstacles and objections to faith as a matter of discipleship within the church as well as for the gospel ministry each member of the body has outside of the church. And how we live from the point of conversion . . . . Continue Reading »
The generation that can remember the Great War is almost gone. Victoria reigned for decades, but those born under her rule have nearly vanished. There was a time when much of what we take for granted, some good things and some bad, did not exist. Those that remember the days before easy air travel . . . . Continue Reading »
How stupid do our faithful public servants think we are? The public option is in real political trouble, so what does Senator Harry Reid do? Proposes a state opt out. From the story:Reid and his supporters are touting a national insurance plan to have state legislatures vote to opt out . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s pretty common to find unlikely occurrences in fiction, where the one-in-a-million chance just happens to occur, and our heroes are saved. Terry Pratchett makes fun of this in one of his Discworld novels, where the characters assume that something that unlikely has to happen precisely . . . . Continue Reading »
Vatican Information Service on the Meeting between “Ecclesia Dei” and the Society of Saint Pius X : “On Monday 26 October in the Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio, headquarters of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia . . . . Continue Reading »
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