Monday
Quick Reference:
"The idea that A could at the same time be non-A or that to prefer A to B could
at the same time be to prefer B to A is simply inconceivable and absurd to a
human mind." Ludwig von Mises.
Surely a few people
Eric Scheske
From the Notebooks
Pornography and Idiocy (from 2004)
Writing about pornography is kinda like making pornography: what are you going
to say (do) that hasn't been said (done) before? The director of a pornographic
movie tries to think of something that hasn't been done before ("Three guys with
Something for Sunday Morning
“All fear arises from the love of something.” St. Thomas Aquinas
Friday
Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas?
The Beer Taster recently featured Three Philosophers
[http://beer-taster.com/beer-reviews/beer-taster/ommegang-three-philosophers/].
That is one righteous beer. I agree with this description: "The aroma is very
malty and full of cherries, as well as some other dark fruits such
Thursday
Studies like this don't really impress me: Women Who Lost Virginity Early More
Likely To Divorce
[http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2011/06/21/women-who-lost-virginity-early-more-likely-to-divorce/]
. It's nice to see empirical support for the idea that poor upbringing
Wednesday
Catholic Blog Surfing
Bert Ghezzi is a genuinely good guy. I've corresponded with him on a few
occasions, and he even expressed willingness to "go to bat" for me on a book
proposal he liked (alas, even Bert can't overcome one's dearth
Tuesday
Catholic Arts and Letters Weekly
On the centennial of his birth, the influence of Catholicism on Marshall
McLuhan's Catholicism gets a fair and good hearing. Perhaps the best essay of
the year so far. . . . more>>
[http://www.walrusmagazine.com/print/2011.07-media-divine-inspiration/]
Simone
Monday
The Angel and the Idiots
What do Lady Gaga and Mother Teresa have in common? A lot, according to this
vapid piece at The Economist: The Angel and the Monster
[http://www.economist.com/node/18772204]. The piece isn't sacrilegious (though
it does recount some of Hitchens'
Something for Sunday Morning
True virtue has no limits, but goes on and on, and especially holy charity,
which is the virtue of virtues, and which having a definite object, would become
infinite if it could meet with a heart capable of infinity.
St. Francis de Sales