Utopia comes from the Greek: οὐ (“not”) and τόπος (“place”) and means “no-place“, a non-existent place. ….. And now a few clarion words from Claremont Institute Senior Fellow Angelo M. Codevilla: “This dismissal of the American people’s intellectual, spiritual, and moral substance is the very heart of what our ruling class is about. Its…
“Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.” Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” … Is ‘t night’s…
“Culture no longer necessarily implies self-cultivation or learning; it is a value neutral term embracing everything and nothing. Its practitioners are largely oblivious of the noble ambition to transcend time and place to discover eternal truths or to create works of enduring beauty. They are instead transfixed by technologically driven ephemera, guilt-induced humanitarianism, and status-defined…
Just the other day I was verbally assaulted with socialism. Per my usual workday I was taking the morning commuter into downtown Chicago. As I stand in the train’s vestibule I visit with my fellow travelers. Our conversations run the gamut of silly to bordering on the unspoken: politics, religion and money. Well, just as…
“As a dog returns to his vomit so a fool returns to his folly.” Proverbs 26:11 Theater of the absurd: This week the majority of the SCOTUS ruled twice in activist ad hoc fashion-once in favor of Obamacare subsidies by misappropriating the word “State” and the other ruling using a misappropriation of the word “dignity” to…
An Open Letter to Ms. Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore’s DA Dear Ms.Mosby, For the sake of the five men and one woman whose lives are on the line now and have been daily for the citizens of Baltimore I plead with you that you recuse yourself Ms. Mosby and push for a new venue for the trial. Blind…
Culture Considered: A conversation between Roger Scruton,a philosopher, and Terry Eagleton, a Marxist, about culture and the best way to infuse its value, whether as Scruton would have it-as of traditional worth or as Eagleton would have it-as a radicalized deconstructed whatever? Capitalism tends to overtake high culture with base consumption. Marxism tends to come up…
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