John Manifold was an Australian poet who fought in the European theater during World War II. I read the first long ago in an anthology, and it has always served to remind me that fine and vigorous formal verse could still be written in the middle of the 20th century. It is a pity that he is not read more outside of Australia, where is or was something of a hero.
The discussion of human rights limps along on the Forum: Political theories are often too abstract–too etherial to stand fast in the high winds of everyday life. Let us turn to some everyday topics where human rights might be invoked. I’ll put a simple one on the table, and others, I hope, will up the ante. Once upon a time it was assumed that parents were obligated to provide for their children’s education, either by teaching them at home, paying for the private schools they sent them to, or, by the later 19th century in some parts of the US,...
Boris Johnson may be the next Prime Minister of the UK. I wish I hated Britain, because if I did, Boris’s elevation would be a reason for drinking in the morning.
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That Jacques the peasant, whom I had occasion to recall the other week as the emblem of all spontaneous popular unrest, is indeed in fine fettle is further corroborated by news stories from the city of Yekaterinburg, the capital of the Urals region, infamous for the cellar in which the Russian royal family was executed. It occurred to the spawn of the Antichrist who now control the Moscow Patriarchate that coming to terms with the city’s ignominious past in time for its tercentenary would make a good pretext for building a new cathedral, meanwhile keeping under wraps the news that...
Alabama defies Hollywood–but will it make a difference?
Herder approached the nations of the world much as a radical environmentalist today regards endangered species. Each nation is precious because it reflects some quality within the human type, and when an imperial nation eliminates another nation, it is committing a crime against humanity.
In the continuing discussion regarding Dante, Dr. Fleming and Stephen discuss Dante’s choice of Virgil as his guide through both Inferno and Purgatorio and what the virtues of the noblest of the pagans were. We are also reminded that some of Dante’s placements – be it suicides in Purgatory or the character of Cato presiding over Mt. Purgatory itself – are not strictly speaking theologically orthodox, but do benefit from greater context and reading. Original Air Date: May 20, 2019 Show Run Time: 40 minutes Show Guest(s): Dr. Thomas Fleming Show Host(s): Stephen Heiner This Podcast is available for Silver...
Even in principle, America’s pseudo-democracy is the worst form of government.
Last month, the Democrats’ newly restored majority in the House voted to obey their tech masters and bring back Net (Non-) Neutrality, with the misnamed Save the Internet Act.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Twitter, of course represents San Francisco and is a co-sponsor, as are Eschoo and others in the ApplePay pockets of the tech titans.So these Digital Dictators are not independent of the government, but meshed tightly with it.
