One Hundred Years of Platitudes
Giles Fraser at UnHerd
Topic
Biography
A collection of 119 issues
Vaya con Dios: Cormac McCarthy (1933-2023)
Casey Spinks at Front Porch Republic
Eric Voegelin: Timeline Biographical Sketch
1901: Born in Cologne.
1910: Moved to Vienna.
1922: Received doctorate in political science from the University of Vienna. While there, he attended seminars by Ludwig von Mises and developed a lasting friendship with F.A. Hayek.
1922-1926: Studied at the universities of Berlin, Heidelberg, Oxford, Columbia, Harvard, and Wisconsin.
Kirk and Del Noce: Two Philosophers Connected through History
Carolina Riva Posse at University Bookman
Martin Amis, RIP
Matthew Walther at The Lamp
Foucault was a Pedophile?
And introducing one of the themes of Part III of The Existence Strikes Back project: The rise of the irrational.
Thriving on the Fringe of Society
Carrie Blackmore Smith at Cincinnati Magazine
A Forgotten Catholic Novelist
Stephen Schmalhofer at First Things
Russell Brand: Baptized
Jane Stannus at the Spectator
The First Catholic Cleric to Go Over to Saruman (and the Left Hemisphere)?
In the early nineteenth century, the “tormented, headstrong Breton priest”[1] Hugues-Félicité Robert de Lamennais changed fundamental Christian doctrines to justify socialism. His career illustrates the damage that can be done by presenting socialism as authentic religious doctrine, especially when an individual or group has established the illusion of orthodoxy