August 23, 2016

Time to Park It

Dear Readers:

Over the past six years or so, both here and on The Big Pulpit / God and Caesar blog (here), I have been reading and posting interesting links. Here, as well, I have posted the occasional independent thoughts, which have been often well-received. Yet, lately, having taken on a job as an adjunct law professor, and being very busy with my law life (and writing a small, semi-comedic book, still in writing-phase), I have had little time to even read the links I am posting. That has defeated part of the purpose of this blog, although I can say that I always post links of interest, from sources I trust. However, I simply lack the time, at this point, to continue doing this blog, and giving it the time it deserves. So, while I will leave it up, at the goodwill (so to speak) of Google, which provides this space free of charge, I will no longer be updating it - at least for the foreseeable future. Perhaps in a few years, when my life has more settled, and I feel up to it, I will return to the project.

So for now, thank you, God Bless, good reading, good thinking....

                                                        --Sardonicus

CathCon Daily - 8/23/2016

Gravitational Waves and the Universe - Dan Hoak, Aeon

Special Report on Sexuality and Gender - Meyer & McHugh, New Atlantis

153 Conservative Academics Come Out Of The Closet - Joseph Larsen, The Federalist

Pre-K’s Dangerous Tradeoffs - Max Eden, City Journal

Sense and Nonsense on Transgender Ruling - Jonathan Adler, NRO

“It’s Your Fault I Killed" - Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal

The War on Charters Escalates - Walter Russell Mead, American Interest

A Rebel Against Rebellion - Richard Cocks, University Bookman

The Coming Free Speech Apocalypse - Daniel Payne, The Federalist

Congress and Funding of Junk Science - Miller & Stier, NRO

Why Relativism is Wrong - Roger Kimball, New Criterion

Two Letters on our Moral Inversions - Hadley Arkes, The Catholic Thing

The Violent Assault Upon Imagination - Marion Montgomery, Imaginative Conservative

Principled Dissent vs. the Lesser Evil - John B. Londregan, Public Discourse


August 22, 2016

CathCon Daily - 8/21/2016

CNN Column Blasts Trump... - Jonathan Turley

A Campaign for a Seamless Rule of Law - John O. McGinnis, Liberty Law Blog

All Eyes on Wikileaks - John Fund, NRO

3.5 Million Children Into Third World Poverty? - Robert Rector, Daily Signal

Who Put the West in Western Civilization? - Robert Royal, Imaginative Conservative

A Thomistic Perspective on Donald Trump’s Proposal - Joseph G. Trabbic, Public Discourse

How Obergefell Continues to Warp Reality - John M. Grondelski, Crisis

The Media and Sexual Orientation - Ryan T. Anderson, Daily Signal

Who Still Speaks for Conservatism? - Paul Gottfried, Imaginative Conservative

What Makes a Sentence a Masterpiece? - Jenny Davidson, Aeon

Charming Billy and Me - Matthew Hennessey, City Journal

Do Self-Interest and Morality Conflict? - Naomi Goulder, Prospect

The Culture Of The Smug White Liberal - Nikki Johnson-Huston, HuffPo

August 20, 2016

CathCon Daily - 8/20/2016

Libertarians...Should Focus on Religious Liberty - Robert Tracinski, The Federalist

Farm Subsidies Lead to Gluts and Calls for More Subsidies - Norbert Michel, Daily Signal

The Social Message of Social Media - Christopher Morrissey, Imaginative Conservative

The Real Story About Free Trade and Manufacturing - Walter Williams, Daily Signal

The Death of Community? - Jane Clark Scharl, Imaginative Conservative

How the Government Is Mandating Food Waste - Allen & Bakst, Daily Signal

Who's Afraid of Religious Liberty? - Richard Samuelson, Mosaic

Debunking Centuries of Anti-Catholic History - Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice

Trump to Louisiana - Donald McClarey, American Catholic

Trump On The Bayou - Rod Dreher, American Conservative

Elites Happy to Pass Off Burdens - MD Harmon, Central Maine

Freedom and Bondage - Dwight Longenecker, Imaginative Conservative

On Cold Fusion - Huw Price, Aeon

August 19, 2016

CathCon Daily - 8/19/2016

Rise of the Teen Dystopias - Faith Bottum, Liberty Law Blog

The High Cost of Virtue: “The Watchmen” - Bradley J. Birzer, Imaginative Conservative

What's in the Games - Michael Bradley, Public Discourse

Anthropic-ism Revisited - David Warren, The Catholic Thing

College Scrimps on Citizenship...While it “Invests” in Luxury - Jason Fitzgerald, Pope Center

What’s Wrong With Factory Farms - Daniel Kishi, The Federalist

Tradition: Worthy of Being Ignored? - James Kalb, Imaginative Conservative

More Families Homeschool - Nicole Russell, The Federalist

August 18, 2016

CathCon Daily - 8/18/2016

You Don’t Need To Vote For The Lesser Evil - John H. Boyer, The Federalist

Women Should Appreciation Masculine Virtues - Rachel Lu, Crisis

Why Don’t Teachers Make More Money? - American Interest

Obamacare Is Still A Giant Cronyistic Disaster - David Harsanyi, The Federalist

On Academic Freedom - Paul M. Quay, S.J., The Catholic Thing

The Abolition of God and the Annihilation of Man - Regis Martin, Crisis

Why So Many Families Who Want To Adopt Can’t - Paula Rinehart, The Federalist

Learning and Dialogue - Francis J. Beckwith, The Catholic Thing

Our Welfare System Penalizes Marriage - Draper & Sheffield, Daily Signal

The Heart of Liberal Education - Thaddeus Kozinski, Imaginative Conservative

Trump, the Declaration of Independence, and the GOP - Carson Holloway, Public Discourse

Conservative Brands - Peter Augustine Lawler, NRO

Everyone Fails, but Only the Wise Find Humility - Costica Bradatan, Aeon

My Daughter Came Out... - Ana Todorović, Aeon

What Do we Hold in Common? - Nathaniel Peters, Liberty Law Blog

EPA Analysis Used to Justify New Fuel Standards for Trucks - Nicholas Loris, Daily Signal

Obama Official Assaulted Me For Wearing A Redskins Shirt - Bre Payton, The Federalist

The Transgender Contagion - David French, NRO

August 17, 2016

CathCon Daily - 8/17/2016

The Nature of Power in the Work of J.R.R. Tolkien - Anselm LeFave, Contemplation

Sharp Conflicts In Reporting Of Race Retaliation and Violent Speech - Jonathan Turley

Alaska Court’s Ruling on Abortion and Parental Notification Hurts Teens - Jana Minich, Daily Signal

Even ‘Medical’ Marijuana Has Dangers - Seymour & Stimson, Daily Signal

How Will America Commit Suicide? - Patrick Buchanan, Imaginative Conservative

The FDA, the New Regs, and Freedom Up in Smoke - James M. Patterson, Liberty Law Blog

The Glory of Chamber Music - James O. Tate, Imaginative Conservative

The Real Tragedy of Milwaukee Riots - Scott Erickson, Daily Signal

Resistance to Its Social Agenda Is Useless - Bruce Frohnen, Nomocracy in Politics

Religious Liberty Crisis Averted in California - Guerra & Walker, Public Discourse

Daughter Admits To Have Made False Rape Allegations Against Father - Jonathan Turley

Divine Fire of Philip K. Dick's Religious Visions - Kyle Arnold, Aeon

Why Milwaukee Burns - Heather Mac Donald, City Journal

‘Conservatives Need Not Apply’ Pledge For Potential Hires - Lea Z. Singh, The Federalist

Pence Shies From Another Religious Liberty Battle In Indiana - J. Claybourn, The Federalist

The Plight Of The White Working Class Isn’t Economic, It’s Cultural - J.D. Davidson, The Federalist

Adventures in the Old Atheism, Part II: Sartre - Ed Feser

Dangerously Close to Holding Clinton Accountable - Charles C.W. Cooke, NRO

How $15-per-Hour Minimum Starting Wages Would Affect Each State - James Sherk, Heritage