Abe
You won't have that problem with the new TDE. If I quote it, I took it from a
book (and, once in a great while, a respected site).
Eric Scheske
God and Philosophy
I try to be judicious in my book annotations, but every so often, I find a book
that has more passages underlined than not. Schumacher's A Guide for the
Perplexed probably holds my library record in this regard, but Etienne Gilson's
God and Philosophy isn'
Voegelin
Perhaps my favorite Voegelin quote: "No one is obliged to take part in the
spiritual crisis of a society; on the contrary, everyone is obliged to avoid
this folly and live his life in order." Science, Politics, and Gnosticism.
This, of course, is easier said than done. Unless
Voegelin: An Introduction
I first heard about Voegelin through Russell Kirk's Enemies of the Permanent
Things. I bought one of Voegelin's shorter books (The New Science of Politics, I
think) and was so confused by it that I called Information/Mecosta, and asked
for Russell Kirk's phone
Saturday
If you're still following the "New TDE," be sure to read the quotes.
I know there's a tendency to skip over quotes, but that'd be a bad idea. I
key-in the quotes myself. In the interest of time, I keep the
Everyday Drinking
I haven't devoted nearly enough attention to drinking literature, but from the
books I've read, Kingly Amis' collection of essays, Everyday Drinking, is some
of the best. Sure, he's a limey, but I think the English have a special knack
for creating drinking
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Happy Independence Day. And a Catholic bonus: Feast of St. Athanasius.
Wilson's Glory
I've long been struck by Woodrow Wilson's arrogance. At the post-WWI
negotiations, I remember hearing in Sydney Hook's U.S. History class at Michigan
that, after Woodrow Wilson presented his fourteen points of light, an
exasperated Clemenceau remarked, "The good Lord only
Monsters from the Id
What's with All the Zombies?
I saw World War Z on Sunday. Great movie; highly recommended. But it got me
thinking: What's with all the zombie flicks? I read E. Michael Jones' Monsters
from the Id when it first came out over ten years ago,
Monday
The Return
I'm back from vacation. While I was gone, my garden endured one thunderstorm and
wave of heat after another. The result: a lush garden upon return. The above
chard leaf is just one example. I also harvested about three pounds of cherry
tomatoes, two pounds of