The pre-Socratic philosophers are, to be blunt, intensely fucking exciting. They really are. And I think it’s because they’re trying to answer, in an understandably limited way, the same questions we’re still addressing, for...
Thinking about this some more, it appears Andrew has missed my point entirely. The aesthetic argument was not my defense of Benedict at all. My defense is simply this: the Pope is innocent until...
It may be unfair to tar Philip Blond with David Cameron’s policy proposals, but this grab bag of measures intended to “give society a helping hand” gets at a criticism I tried to articulate...
Andrew writes that my defense of the Pope is ‘incredibly wrong-headed and simplistic’ and then focuses entirely on the argument I made regarding the aesthetics of Benedict. My point in so arguing was that...
The Sand Pebbles and The Great Escape are two of my favorite movies , so I’m not sure how I missed this collection of essays from The Cooler on Steve McQueen’s career. But you...
“[T]his basic truth remains: the moral authority of Catholic church’s central authority is over. The only two options are denial and defensive p.r. (the current knee-jerk response) or open repentance and total transparency, led...
In the Western* Christian Liturgical Calendar we are in the midst of Holy Week and fast approaching Easter Sunday or rather Resurrection Sunday (Pascua as it is called in Spanish). This is a particularly...
[updated] “I read the coverage of the Pope every day in the newspapers and listen to the BBC news and as a Catholic and a journalist I feel like crying out pathetically: “This is...
Laurie Anderson’s releasing her first new studio album in ten years on June 15. Guests on it include Lou Reed (no huge surprise) and Antony Hegarty. (!!!) Anderson’s Strange Angels is a favorite in...
by: Dan Summers “The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.” — Voltaire While reading Jason’s predictions about the health care reform bill, I was struck by one...
Ordinary Times could be experiencing some turbulence this weekened as Devcat tries to identify bugs.
on Open Mic for the week of 3/17/25OK don't make fun of me. My last serious gaming was of the Quake Team Fortress and C&C Red Alert… on Open Mic for the week of 3/17/25I don't know that it's liberalism exactly. It seems to me more that they've decided that the princes…
on Spaghetti on the Wall: Autopens and Out to Lunch PresidentsYeah, I went through that entire process too. The link on Guest Posting Policy page is confusingly t… on Open Mic for the week of 3/17/25As for the right of return: In actual reality, is extremely clear that that is going to be something… on Open Mic for the week of 3/17/25Israel thinks the PA is not up to the task. Maybe it’s the shear incompetence and corruption. You th…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/17/25An English language version of the controversies surrounding Netanyahu: https://www.abc.net.au/news/… on Open Mic for the week of 3/17/25Disney used to be able to slip in light liberalism into their movies with out being blunt about it. on Open Mic for the week of 3/17/25It seems like a movie steeped in the ethos of college educated bougie liberals but with the subtlety…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/17/25Yes. It's really telling that they didn't just make Snow stronger and a Mary Sue, they also nerfed e…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/17/25Vox has an article: America — and the media — needs a Covid reckoning Here's the subhed: Our Covid m…
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