Pope Pius IX, an almost forgotten “great man”
This is a revised version of a talk given to a gorip of high school history teachers in Louisiana in 2007.
Category: Feature
The Peace President Goes To War
Some of my friends are supporting Trump’s intervention in Venezuela and, likely, again in Iran. Ok, we disagree, but let’s remain friends. Politics divides too often.
Misery and Gin, conclusion
Simplifying ideologies drain the life out of most of us, and any form of subjectivism leads quickly to relativism, and thus indifference. From “You say potahto, I say potayto,” the descent to every erotic eccentric’s defense, “Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it” is rapid.
Autodidact: Shakespeare and Greek Tragedy, 5 (conclusion)
It has been said that there can be no true Christian tragedy, because even in the midst of death, there is always the possibility of a happy ending in the next world. This is to misconceive both the nature of tragedy and the nature of the Christian faith.
Chaplinesque by Vince Cornell
In this Christmas season, I submit for your consideration three men, perhaps not so wise, bearing gifts of wholesome entertainment. This first king of the early cinema is known by almost everyone, even if they’ve never seen a frame of his films: Charlie Chaplin
A Life in Shreds and Patches: Greatness Almost Thrust Upon Me, Conclusion
The inability to say no, when it needs to be said, has always been for me a major weakness. I once foolishly took a job as managing editor of a magazine in the Midwest. I promised my wife two or three years and we’d be back in South Carolina—five years at most.
Donald Trump: The Unmagnanimous President
I’m not even going to quote President Trump’s disgusting comments about the late Rob Reiner, murdered over the weekend, along with Mrs. Reiner, allegedly by their son. But the comments are the latest sign Trump is unraveling.
Book Discussion: The Machine Stops
Recently, my wife asked me what would happen when the sins of modernity catch up with us, when our refusal to educate the new generation and our refusal to protect life and property from the ever-expanding criminal would combine with out ever-increasing dependency upon all things electronic to produce a complete collapse…
Crocodile Tears
Reading stories on the teapot tempest over the sinking of ship and the subsequent attack on the survivors made me think, for just one second, that the Mainstream Media were finally going to tell the truth about Israel’s illegal and savage attack on the USS Liberty in 1967.
How Many American Will Come Home From Venezuela in Body Bags?
Maybe Trump won’t invade Venezuela. Or maybe he’ll just launch some Tomahawks, blow up some government buildings in Caracas, and the CIA will a foment a coup to put in power an associate of Nobel Peace Prize Winner María Corina Machado
