The Ukraine’s Got Electrolytes
The best reason to follow Facebook is the insight it gives you into the American mind, especially the bizarre mind of self-described conservatives.
Author: Thomas Fleming
Masters of War
I am not a pacifist, but in my lifetime the US has not engaged in a war I could approve of.
The Logic of Secession–The Ukraine
A conservative on FB has made the plausible argument that Putin is not entitled to the Tsar’s patrimony, to which I responded:
Cabbages and Kings, II
Bossi begins his memoirs with a depressing visit back to Cassano Magnago: the highway cuts right through what had been parkland, cement houses have sprouted up like tumors, and everywhere is the sound of traffic, the smell of asphalt.
Unjustified Justifications
On FB I am forever seeing disputes breaking out over various theological points, disputes between Catholics and Protestants of course, but also between Tridentine and Vatican II Catholics and between various schools of Protestant thought (Lutheran, Calvinist, Pre-millennialist).
Art For What’s Sake, IX: Special Effects
“This is all very well, if you are inclined to saints and mystics, but I thought we are trying to answer the simple question: Are movies art?
Religio Philologi, Lessons for Septuagesima Sunday
Dr. Johnson once told Boswell that he often attended simple prayer services because he did not want people to think he only went to church to be entertained by the sermons. Those were the days!
Art For What’s Sake, Part VIII: The Artist
Are you saying that it makes a difference, what kind of a man the artist is? I mean a difference to his art.
Our Schedule
The good news is that we are leaving on Friday, January 28. We’re headed toward South Carolina….
