Political Action and the Primacy of the Good - Pierre Manent, City Journal
Science Fiction: Foothold to the Imagination - Bradley Birzer, Imaginative Conservative
What's Next for the Left - James W. Ceaser, Weekly Standard
Tenured Thugs and Thieves - Kevin D. Williamson, NRO
Secular Modernists and the Church - Dwight Longenecker, Imaginative Conservative
Cool Evil - Bruce Frohnen, Imaginative Conservative
January 31, 2016
January 29, 2016
CathCon Weekly - 1/29/2015
Scary Pension Math - Stephen Malanga, City Journal
New Left Ideas and Their Consequences - Sean Haylock, Crisis
P.J. O’Rourke Gets Old - Bruce Frohnen, Imaginative Conservative
An Incarnate Economy - Matthew Tan, Distributist Review
The Confusing New Sexual World Order - George Fields, The Federalist
Income Inequality, Liberty & the Founders - Allen Brownfield, Imaginative Conservative
Pre-Socratics or First Philosophers? - Eva Brann, Imaginative Conservative
Trump, Sanders, and the Middle Class - R.R. Reno, First Things
"Conservative Crackup" Has Finally Arrived - Jonah Goldberg, NRO
Gay Man’s Court Victory Over a Catholic Girls School - Diana Stancy, Daily Signal
Shut Up About Class and Argue the Point - Charles C.W. Cooke, NRO
Beyond Trump - Stephen Malanga, City Journal
The Church Has Been Right on Divorce All Along - Jennifer Roback Morse, Crisis
Why Are Many Christians Supporting Trump? - Stephen Turley, Imaginative Conservative
Birth of Liberal Judicial Activism - Paul Moreno, Public Discourse
You Don't Have to Like a Pope - Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing
Coarsener-in-Chief - Heather Mac Donald, City Journal
Mystery of Progressive Democracy - Ralph Hancock, Liberty Law Blog
Science, Philosophy, and God - William Carroll, Public Discourse
A New Supreme Being - David Carlin, The Catholic Thing
New Left Ideas and Their Consequences - Sean Haylock, Crisis
P.J. O’Rourke Gets Old - Bruce Frohnen, Imaginative Conservative
An Incarnate Economy - Matthew Tan, Distributist Review
The Confusing New Sexual World Order - George Fields, The Federalist
Income Inequality, Liberty & the Founders - Allen Brownfield, Imaginative Conservative
Pre-Socratics or First Philosophers? - Eva Brann, Imaginative Conservative
Trump, Sanders, and the Middle Class - R.R. Reno, First Things
"Conservative Crackup" Has Finally Arrived - Jonah Goldberg, NRO
Gay Man’s Court Victory Over a Catholic Girls School - Diana Stancy, Daily Signal
Shut Up About Class and Argue the Point - Charles C.W. Cooke, NRO
Beyond Trump - Stephen Malanga, City Journal
The Church Has Been Right on Divorce All Along - Jennifer Roback Morse, Crisis
Why Are Many Christians Supporting Trump? - Stephen Turley, Imaginative Conservative
Birth of Liberal Judicial Activism - Paul Moreno, Public Discourse
You Don't Have to Like a Pope - Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing
Coarsener-in-Chief - Heather Mac Donald, City Journal
Mystery of Progressive Democracy - Ralph Hancock, Liberty Law Blog
Science, Philosophy, and God - William Carroll, Public Discourse
A New Supreme Being - David Carlin, The Catholic Thing
January 24, 2016
CathCon Weekend Edition - 1/24/2016
When Abortion Suddenly Stopped Making Sense - Frederica Mathewes-Green, NRO
Conservatives Against Trump - NRO Symposium
Hitchcock's Vertigo - Bradley Birzer, Imaginative Conservative
The Living Constitution Revisited - Carson Holloway, Public Discourse
Nikabrik's Candidate - Gina Dalfonzo, First Things
The Establishment’s Irrational Fear of Ted Cruz - David Limbaugh, Human Events
Trump and Cruz (Evil vs. Crazy or What?) - Peter Augustine Lawler, NRO
Extremism as a Product of Apathy - Gary Girod, New Geography
Suicide: New Curse for Boomers? - Tyler Hishmeh, New Geography
St. Raymond of Pennafort - Brevarium S.O.P.
The House Divided - Fred Siegel, City Journal
The Singular Catholic Vision of Gerard Manley Hopkins - Regis Martin, Crisis
Avoiding Idolatrous Friendships - R.J. Stove, Crisis
Should Yale Erase the Name of John C. Calhoun? - Lee Cheek, Imaginative Conservative
Myth and the Universal Longing - Dwight Longenecker, Imaginative Conservative
Conservatives Against Trump - NRO Symposium
Hitchcock's Vertigo - Bradley Birzer, Imaginative Conservative
The Living Constitution Revisited - Carson Holloway, Public Discourse
Nikabrik's Candidate - Gina Dalfonzo, First Things
The Establishment’s Irrational Fear of Ted Cruz - David Limbaugh, Human Events
Trump and Cruz (Evil vs. Crazy or What?) - Peter Augustine Lawler, NRO
Extremism as a Product of Apathy - Gary Girod, New Geography
Suicide: New Curse for Boomers? - Tyler Hishmeh, New Geography
St. Raymond of Pennafort - Brevarium S.O.P.
The House Divided - Fred Siegel, City Journal
The Singular Catholic Vision of Gerard Manley Hopkins - Regis Martin, Crisis
Avoiding Idolatrous Friendships - R.J. Stove, Crisis
Should Yale Erase the Name of John C. Calhoun? - Lee Cheek, Imaginative Conservative
Myth and the Universal Longing - Dwight Longenecker, Imaginative Conservative
January 21, 2016
CathCon Weekly - 1/21/2015
This is a day early because I am going out of town for a few days, and won't be updating. I'll be back next Friday!
Why Musicians Need Philosophy - Roger Scruton, Future Symphony
Why Musicians Need Philosophy - Roger Scruton, Future Symphony
The Tide is Turning Against Megacities - Joel Kotkin, New Geography
Melancholy Liberalism - Adam Kirsch, City Journal
Why Obama’s Rhetoric Fails - Berny Belvedere, The Federalist
Concussions: The Latest Reason to Question College Athletics - Stephanie Keaveney, Pope Center
State of the (Angry) Union - Peter Augustine Lawler, Liberty Law Blog
Donald Trump: Superman or Salesman? - Sean Fitzpatrick, Imaginative Conservative
The Holy Fool on Screen - K.V. Turley, Crisis
The GOP Establishment Prefers Trump To Cruz? - Pete Spiliakos, NRO
American by Nature - Richard Samuelson, Liberty Law Blog
The Left Hates Walmart For Existing And For Not Existing - Mitchell Blatt, The Federalist
Further Thoughts on Free Tuition at Harvard - Vic Brown, NRO
5 Reasons Why America Is Headed to a Budget Crisis - Justin Bogie, Daily Signal
Interest and the National Debt - Devin Foley, Imaginative Conservative
The Family and the Force - Jordan J. Ballor, Public Discourse
Homeschoolers, Be Ready for That Knock on the Door - Matthew Hennessey, NRO
Blacks and the Confederacy - Walter Williams, Human Events
The Majestic Inequality of the Law - Robert Reich, American Interest
The UN’s Push for "Same-Sex Marriage" - Paul Coleman, Public Discourse
Shun False Paths to Power - Francis J. Beckwith, Catholic Thing
CBO Budget Report: Debt Disaster - Chris Edwards, Cato
Preparing for the Apocalypse - Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, Crisis
The Holy Fool on Screen - K.V. Turley, Crisis
The GOP Establishment Prefers Trump To Cruz? - Pete Spiliakos, NRO
American by Nature - Richard Samuelson, Liberty Law Blog
The Left Hates Walmart For Existing And For Not Existing - Mitchell Blatt, The Federalist
Further Thoughts on Free Tuition at Harvard - Vic Brown, NRO
5 Reasons Why America Is Headed to a Budget Crisis - Justin Bogie, Daily Signal
Interest and the National Debt - Devin Foley, Imaginative Conservative
The Family and the Force - Jordan J. Ballor, Public Discourse
Homeschoolers, Be Ready for That Knock on the Door - Matthew Hennessey, NRO
Blacks and the Confederacy - Walter Williams, Human Events
The Majestic Inequality of the Law - Robert Reich, American Interest
The UN’s Push for "Same-Sex Marriage" - Paul Coleman, Public Discourse
Shun False Paths to Power - Francis J. Beckwith, Catholic Thing
CBO Budget Report: Debt Disaster - Chris Edwards, Cato
Preparing for the Apocalypse - Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, Crisis
January 17, 2016
CathCon Weekend Edition - 1/17/2016
Is “Salem’s Lot” a Great Work of Horror? - Bradley Birzer, Imaginative Conservative
Rahm and His Party - Ross Douthat, NYT
Carson the Butler on True Marriage - Robert P. George, First Things
How Science Gives Tradition ‘The Finger’ - Rachel Lu, The Federalist
Making Poetry Matter - Micah Mattix, City Journal
They Have Not Yet Begun to Fight - Ross Douthat, NYT
The Fertility God of Conservatism - Mark Pulliam, Liberty Law Blog
Rickman's Worth - Mark Steyn
Cardinal Sarah and Our Silent Apostasy - Fr. Gerald Murray, The Catholic Thing
The Mother of All Revolutions? - Dwight Longenecker, Imaginative Conservative
Is Pulp Good Fiction? - Bradley Birzer, Imaginative Conservative
Rahm and His Party - Ross Douthat, NYT
Carson the Butler on True Marriage - Robert P. George, First Things
How Science Gives Tradition ‘The Finger’ - Rachel Lu, The Federalist
Making Poetry Matter - Micah Mattix, City Journal
They Have Not Yet Begun to Fight - Ross Douthat, NYT
The Fertility God of Conservatism - Mark Pulliam, Liberty Law Blog
Rickman's Worth - Mark Steyn
Cardinal Sarah and Our Silent Apostasy - Fr. Gerald Murray, The Catholic Thing
The Mother of All Revolutions? - Dwight Longenecker, Imaginative Conservative
Is Pulp Good Fiction? - Bradley Birzer, Imaginative Conservative
January 15, 2016
CathCon Weekly - 1/15/2016
An Impossible and Unsustainable "Compromise" - Anderson & George, Public Discourse
After Consensus Ends - Russello & Piereson,University Bookman
Eric Voegelin’s Redemption of Modernity - David Walsh, Imaginative Conservative
Catholic Theology, Political Doctrine - Jennifer Kabbany, NRO
The Specter Of Islam - Robert Tracinski, The Federalist
‘Supergirl’ Should Make Chlorine The Hero, Not The Villain - Tren & Urbach, The Federalist
Was America Built by Slaves? - Paul Derosa, American Interest
What Explains the Vicious Left? - David Gelernter, Weekly Standard
The Laws: Introduction - Coyle Neal, Nomocracy in Politics
The Zeitgeist Hits a Bump - Hadley Arkes, The Catholic Thing
Conscience...and Sex-Reassignment Therapies - Severino & Anderson, Public Discourse
The Bob Spitzer I Knew - Linda Ames Nicolosi, Crisis
Psychiatric Mob Rule - J. Douglas Johnson, Touchstone
Transgenderism Has No Basis in Science or Law - Margaret A. Hagen, Public Discourse
Pius XII’s Secret War Against Hitler - George R. Marlin, The Catholic Thing
Fact-Checking Obama’s Final State of the Union - Various, Daily Signal
Conservative Law Professors More Productive? - Jonathan Adler, Volokh
The Burkean Tradition of Strauss and Voegelin - Robert Kraynak, Imaginative Conservative
The Flowering of Legal Cynicism - Bruce Frohnen, Crisis
Academics v. Populism - Thomas A. Firey, Cato
Hours Later, Delp Had Not Implicated the Pope - Fr. Z's Blog
Ten Theses on Immigration - Ross Douthat, NYT
Another Perspective on a Tragic Case - Cooper & Nuckols, Public Discourse
One Day in the Life of an Urban Teacher - Dana Casey, The Federalist
Takeaways From The First GOP Debate Of 2016 - Mollie Hemingway, The Federalist
They are Not Everywhere. They are Not Like Us - Austin Ruse, Crisis
After Consensus Ends - Russello & Piereson,University Bookman
Eric Voegelin’s Redemption of Modernity - David Walsh, Imaginative Conservative
Catholic Theology, Political Doctrine - Jennifer Kabbany, NRO
The Specter Of Islam - Robert Tracinski, The Federalist
‘Supergirl’ Should Make Chlorine The Hero, Not The Villain - Tren & Urbach, The Federalist
Was America Built by Slaves? - Paul Derosa, American Interest
What Explains the Vicious Left? - David Gelernter, Weekly Standard
The Laws: Introduction - Coyle Neal, Nomocracy in Politics
The Zeitgeist Hits a Bump - Hadley Arkes, The Catholic Thing
Conscience...and Sex-Reassignment Therapies - Severino & Anderson, Public Discourse
The Bob Spitzer I Knew - Linda Ames Nicolosi, Crisis
Psychiatric Mob Rule - J. Douglas Johnson, Touchstone
Transgenderism Has No Basis in Science or Law - Margaret A. Hagen, Public Discourse
Pius XII’s Secret War Against Hitler - George R. Marlin, The Catholic Thing
Fact-Checking Obama’s Final State of the Union - Various, Daily Signal
Conservative Law Professors More Productive? - Jonathan Adler, Volokh
The Burkean Tradition of Strauss and Voegelin - Robert Kraynak, Imaginative Conservative
The Flowering of Legal Cynicism - Bruce Frohnen, Crisis
Academics v. Populism - Thomas A. Firey, Cato
Hours Later, Delp Had Not Implicated the Pope - Fr. Z's Blog
Ten Theses on Immigration - Ross Douthat, NYT
Another Perspective on a Tragic Case - Cooper & Nuckols, Public Discourse
One Day in the Life of an Urban Teacher - Dana Casey, The Federalist
Takeaways From The First GOP Debate Of 2016 - Mollie Hemingway, The Federalist
They are Not Everywhere. They are Not Like Us - Austin Ruse, Crisis
January 8, 2016
"Texas Woman Acts as Surrogate..."
"...and gives birth to granddaughter."
The immediate reaction of most of the secular world: "Oh how beautiful...a mother acting as a surrogate for her daughter, so that her daughter could have a baby of her own."
My reaction: "This is one of the steps along the path to the final separation of sexual activity from reproduction, and Brave New World becomes more evidently prophetic daily..."
Neil Postman: "In 1984, Orwell added, people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure. In short, Orwell feared that what we fear will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we desire will ruin us. This book is about the possibility that Huxley, not Orwell, was right.”
The immediate reaction of most of the secular world: "Oh how beautiful...a mother acting as a surrogate for her daughter, so that her daughter could have a baby of her own."
My reaction: "This is one of the steps along the path to the final separation of sexual activity from reproduction, and Brave New World becomes more evidently prophetic daily..."
Neil Postman: "In 1984, Orwell added, people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure. In short, Orwell feared that what we fear will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we desire will ruin us. This book is about the possibility that Huxley, not Orwell, was right.”
CathCon Weekly - 1/8/2015
Never Enough Abortions in California - Wesley J. Smith, NRO
The Competent and Diverse New Democratic Party - Peter Lawler, NRO
The Theological Theory of Indiana Jones - Dwight Longenecker, Imaginative Conservative
A Classical Education: Back to the Future - Stanley Fish, NYT
The Difference Between Artistic & Musical Education - Andrew Balio, Imaginative Conservative
Two Homes and Two Statesmen - Bruce Frohnen, Imaginative Conservative
Cities and Memory - Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal
50 Shades of Gay - Jennifer Roback Morse, City Journal
Beat the Devil, Part I - Jay Nordlinger, NRO
Freedom of Association and Antidiscrimination Law - Richard Epstein, Liberty Law Blog
The Case for Civil Disobedience in Oregon - David French, NRO
Two Military Strategists Face Off Over The Bundy Occupation In Oregon - Federalist Staff
No Good Guys in the West - Randal O'Toole, Cato
The Danish Girl: People Aren't Born Transgender... - Walt Heyer, Public Discourse
How the Clintons Changed America - Harry Stein, City Journal
Eliot and Liberalism - R.R. Reno, First Things
Catholicism at Year Zero - Ross Douthat, NYT
Immigration, Citizenship, and Cosmopolitanism - Arthur Milikh, Public Discourse
Facebook’s Going Out Of Style Because It’s A Garbage Dump - Georgi Boorman, The Federalist
Politicians’ Response To Transgenders Is Likely To Increase Suicides - Walt Heyer, The Federalist
How the Contemporary University is Destroying America - Bruce Frohnen, Nomocracy in Politics
The Christian Humanism of Marshall McLuhan - Christopher Morrissey, Imaginative Conservative
Can the First Amendment Survive the Sexual Revolution? - David French, NRO
Should Law Schools Pursue “Social Justice”? - John McGinnis, Liberty Law Blog
Denying...Treatment to a Patient Who Wanted to Live - Phillip Hawley, Public Discourse
An Open Mind? - William E. Carroll, First Things
What Euthanasia Enthusiasts Really Want - Wesley Smith, First Things
The Politics of Moral Denunciation - R.R. Reno, First Things
First Steps Toward Protecting Parental Authority - Michael Quinlan, Crisis
What a Pastoral Church Looks Like - James Kalb, Crisis
Pregnant Women Should Treat Craft Beer Like Wine - Vanessa Rasanen, The Federalist
The Competent and Diverse New Democratic Party - Peter Lawler, NRO
The Theological Theory of Indiana Jones - Dwight Longenecker, Imaginative Conservative
A Classical Education: Back to the Future - Stanley Fish, NYT
The Difference Between Artistic & Musical Education - Andrew Balio, Imaginative Conservative
Two Homes and Two Statesmen - Bruce Frohnen, Imaginative Conservative
Cities and Memory - Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal
50 Shades of Gay - Jennifer Roback Morse, City Journal
Beat the Devil, Part I - Jay Nordlinger, NRO
Freedom of Association and Antidiscrimination Law - Richard Epstein, Liberty Law Blog
The Case for Civil Disobedience in Oregon - David French, NRO
Two Military Strategists Face Off Over The Bundy Occupation In Oregon - Federalist Staff
No Good Guys in the West - Randal O'Toole, Cato
The Danish Girl: People Aren't Born Transgender... - Walt Heyer, Public Discourse
How the Clintons Changed America - Harry Stein, City Journal
Eliot and Liberalism - R.R. Reno, First Things
Catholicism at Year Zero - Ross Douthat, NYT
Immigration, Citizenship, and Cosmopolitanism - Arthur Milikh, Public Discourse
Facebook’s Going Out Of Style Because It’s A Garbage Dump - Georgi Boorman, The Federalist
Politicians’ Response To Transgenders Is Likely To Increase Suicides - Walt Heyer, The Federalist
How the Contemporary University is Destroying America - Bruce Frohnen, Nomocracy in Politics
The Christian Humanism of Marshall McLuhan - Christopher Morrissey, Imaginative Conservative
Can the First Amendment Survive the Sexual Revolution? - David French, NRO
Should Law Schools Pursue “Social Justice”? - John McGinnis, Liberty Law Blog
Denying...Treatment to a Patient Who Wanted to Live - Phillip Hawley, Public Discourse
An Open Mind? - William E. Carroll, First Things
What Euthanasia Enthusiasts Really Want - Wesley Smith, First Things
The Politics of Moral Denunciation - R.R. Reno, First Things
First Steps Toward Protecting Parental Authority - Michael Quinlan, Crisis
What a Pastoral Church Looks Like - James Kalb, Crisis
Pregnant Women Should Treat Craft Beer Like Wine - Vanessa Rasanen, The Federalist
January 1, 2016
CathCon Weekly - 01/01/2016
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
With this edition, I have decided to stop excerpting small bits of the pieces below the links. It still takes me a bit too much time (I don't really have) to do so. In addition, I suspect the authors and sources are well known enough that it's not really necessary to show the excellence of the writings in order for my readers to know immediately whether they wish to read the entire piece.
Cracks in the Liberal Order - Ross Douthat, NYT
The Riot Ideology, Reborn - Fred Siegel, City Journal
The Riot Ideology, Reborn - Fred Siegel, City Journal
Our Presidents Are Beginning to Act Like Kings - Charles C.W. Cooke, NRO
Seeing the West as Worse - Joel Kotkin, New Geography
An American Original - Jay Nordlinger, NRO
Relativists Get Their Favorite Movie Wrong - Molly Flynn, Liberty Law Blog
What the Constitution Really Says About Race and Slavery - David Azerrad, Daily Signal
Stifling Democratic Debate over Same-Sex “Marriage” - Anthony Esolen, Crisis
Sixteen Years in Academia Made me an A-Hole - Rani Neutill, Salon
Faculty Salaries Reflect Reality, Not Politics - Stephanie Keaveney, Pope Center
Diversity Bureaucracies are a Cancer on the Modern University - John McGinnis, Liberty Law Blog
In Denial About Crime - Heather Mac Donald, City Journal
Is the West Disintegrating? - Patrick Buchanan, Human Events
Questions That Lie Ahead - John M. Breen, Mirror of Justice
The Real Role of Diversity - R.R. Reno, First Things
Why Would Anyone Want a Firearm? - Charles C.W. Cooke, NRO
California, Leading from Behind - V.D. Hanson, NRO
Worst Attacks on Social Science Have Come From Liberals - Jesse Singal, NY Mag
Majority Of Scientists Skeptical Of Global Warming Crisis - James Taylor, Forbes
Must Evangelicals Oppose Self-Defense? - David Kopel, Volokh
‘The Science Is Settled’ and Other Self-Serving Falsehoods - Bruce Frohnen, Nomocracy
Fundamentally Transformed - Ron Capshaw, Liberty Law Blog
Seeing the West as Worse - Joel Kotkin, New Geography
An American Original - Jay Nordlinger, NRO
Relativists Get Their Favorite Movie Wrong - Molly Flynn, Liberty Law Blog
What the Constitution Really Says About Race and Slavery - David Azerrad, Daily Signal
Stifling Democratic Debate over Same-Sex “Marriage” - Anthony Esolen, Crisis
Sixteen Years in Academia Made me an A-Hole - Rani Neutill, Salon
Faculty Salaries Reflect Reality, Not Politics - Stephanie Keaveney, Pope Center
Diversity Bureaucracies are a Cancer on the Modern University - John McGinnis, Liberty Law Blog
In Denial About Crime - Heather Mac Donald, City Journal
Is the West Disintegrating? - Patrick Buchanan, Human Events
Questions That Lie Ahead - John M. Breen, Mirror of Justice
The Real Role of Diversity - R.R. Reno, First Things
Why Would Anyone Want a Firearm? - Charles C.W. Cooke, NRO
California, Leading from Behind - V.D. Hanson, NRO
Worst Attacks on Social Science Have Come From Liberals - Jesse Singal, NY Mag
Majority Of Scientists Skeptical Of Global Warming Crisis - James Taylor, Forbes
Must Evangelicals Oppose Self-Defense? - David Kopel, Volokh
‘The Science Is Settled’ and Other Self-Serving Falsehoods - Bruce Frohnen, Nomocracy
Fundamentally Transformed - Ron Capshaw, Liberty Law Blog
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