Ten Catholic Drinking Costumes Guaranteed to Impress
If you have costume parties to attend, and you want to embrace your Catholicism, and you want to embrace the (drinking) weekend, I have ten great ideas.
Month: October 2020
Russell Kirk: The Anti-Modernist Cerberus
The author of The Conservative Mind opposed modernity in at least three ways
Misshapen Creatures that Live in the Earth Can Give Us Sage Advice?
There were seven men in ancient Greece who were well-known for the particularly-insightful gnomes attributed to them. These men were called “The Gnomics.”
The Downfall of Cecil Rhodes (11/26/2020)
Stefan Kanfer, in his book on the De Beers diamond cartel, gives Chesterton the last word on Cecil Rhodes
McConaughey on His Way to Rome?
Recommended: Joe Rogan's engaging interview with Matthew McConaughey
How Many Beers Does It Take to Find the Tao?
C.S. Lewis would’ve said “zero.” It’s the Tao that helps you find the beer.
“It is the inner mystery of every soul to be a new and unique tapestry of two basic tendencies—power and love, surmounting and surrender, domination and humility.” Erich Przywara
The Great London Gin Craze
By the mid-1730s, there were 8,659 gin shops in London
The Architecture of Speed
Thoughts build your everyday existence. Technology affects your thoughts. The implications? Ask Marshall McLuhan.
Dalrymple Explores the Exploding Underclass (11/22/2020)
I have encountered many alcoholic Sikhs, for example, who were among the most refractory with regard to abstinence of all my patients; I have encountered almost every kind of …
The Left’s Nightmare
The Left has completely used and abused Mexicans and blacks over the past 60 years.
D.H. Lawrence Taught Me a Lot about America Today
“What,” I wondered, “does that British pornographer have to say about American literature?”