So I’m safely back at home in the Panera of Rome, GA. Tomorrow (the 29th—I walked most of Sunday thinking it was the 29th) is Tocqueville’s birthday. I’m trying to finish up an article on THE MIND OF THE SOUTH. There’s really quirky and brilliant book of that name by a . . . . Continue Reading »
Events are moving fast, but let’s stop and think a moment, prompted by this major new TWS essay from Reuel Marc Gercht , former CIA guy in Turkey and prodigious commentator on things Middle-Eastern, and author of (2011) The Wave: Man, God, and the Ballot Box in the Middle East . Many will . . . . Continue Reading »
So I’m in Atlanta on the way back home from vacation. Naturally I saw THE WAY WAY BACK on Carl’s suggestion. It’s very funny. The audience laughed out loud time and again. The waterpark manager Owen (played by Sam Rockwell) is a knock off of Bill Murray in MEATBALLS. In this case . . . . Continue Reading »
In an interview with io9, Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin went out of his way to take a swipe at believers. The interviewer asks about Martin’s writing method, and the process by which he creates characters. Seeing a link between a comment Martin made and Sherwood Anderson’s . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s column , Richard J. Mouw comments on recent remarks by prominent pastor Pat Robertson: Regarding the Snowden revelations about government surveillance, Robertson observed that these practices were setting the stage for the “End Times.” We seem to be approaching an epoch . . . . Continue Reading »
In this morning’s On the Square , Wesley J. Smith testifies to his Orthodox Christianity: The Orthodox Catholic Church—as it is formally called—is the second largest in the world with about 300 million members. And while we remain almost microscopic in the United . . . . Continue Reading »
As Wise as Pigeons Anthony Esolen, Crisis At St. Catherine’s Amid Egyptian Unrest Ladan Cher, Time “The Mystery of Life” Makes Law a Mystery William Haun, Public Discourse Church of England vs. Payday Lenders Katrina Bishop, CNBC The Root of Evil William T. Cavanaugh, America . . . . Continue Reading »
The team undertaking the restoration of the Fifth Avenue cathedral have released a new video on their project: St. Patrick’s Transformation from St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Vimeo . Read Kate Monaghan’s On the Square articulating the rationale for the restoration here . . . . . Continue Reading »
Today there is an NRO piece by Kay Hymowitz about the regard many have for Huma Abedin. A few bits: Huma has won the hearts of many in the commentariat, not least Tina Brown, who tweeted Wednesday: “I say Huma for mayor. She has all the qualities he doesn’t.” . . . .Even . . . . Continue Reading »
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