Thursday Two Things 1. Have you ever heard of the "Holy C"? It's a phrase used by NPR to refer to "Holy See" in this article yesterday [http://www.npr.org/2012/07/25/157356092/bishop-explains-vaticans-criticism-of-u-s-nuns] . If you&
Wednesday Miscellany The first Olympic record has already been broken: 150,000 Free Condoms to Be Distributed to Athletes at Summer Olympics in London [http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article_external/11255914?mailing_id=1735&linksrc=mb_main_col_3] . Maybe we should call it the "Bonelympics." * * * * * * * Do
Tuesday One of the nicest advantages of living in a town (but not a village): the movie theater is situated downtown, within walking distance. And for me, the theater is within crawling distance. It's just three doors down from my office. Last night, I worked until 6:45, then
Monday Autobiographical Corner I'm back. I went to Alpena, Michigan, for eight days. My family has a cottage on Lake Huron that has been in the family since 1945. We relaxed, played games, took a shipwreck tour [http://www.alpenashipwrecktours.com/] (there are over 100 wrecks in the Alpena
Something for Sunday Morning "True discipleship hinders no one; on the contrary, it perfects everything; and that which runs counter to the rightful vocation of any person is, you may be sure, a mistaken devotion." St. Francis de Sales
Saturday Mini-Review Plato and Aristotle by Eric Voegelin (1957). Volume III of Order and History. Choice quote: "Thanatos orients the soul toward the Good by relieving it from the sickness of appearance; Eros is the positive desire for the Good." Plato the mystic. Aristotle the scientist. Right? No.
Friday Mini-Review The World of the Polis by Eric Voegelin (1957). Volume II of Order and History. Choice quote: Homer "strove valiantly for the insight that ordering action is action in conformance with the transcendent, divine order, while disruptive action is a fall from the divine order into the
Thursday Mini-Review Israel and Revelation by Eric Voegelin (1956). Volume I of Order and History. Choice quote: "A Prophet can hear and communicate the word of God, but he is neither a Philosopher or a Saint." Josef Pieper writes thick and thin books: books that are short but
Wednesday Mini-Review Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1953). Choice quote: “'But I know something else you don't. There's dew on the grass in the morning.' He suddenly couldn't remember if he had known this or not, and it made him quite irritable.
Tuesday Mini-Review An Anthology by Josef Pieper (1981). Choice quote: "The possibility of incurring guilt is the ultimate existential threat for every person." There are some authors who make you think, "I could just read this guy for the rest of my life. He'd bring