Miscellaneous

I appreciate Pope Francis' efforts to emphasize the Church's pastoral mission, but I wonder if he appreciated that he was giving hope to the hopelessly left-wing in the RCC. I'm seeing more and more articles like these popping up. Liberal Catholics have asked to

Kierkegaard discusses at length the ideal “knight of faith” in Fear and Trembling (probably the pioneer work of existentialism). Kierkegaard's knight of faith is a man who fits in everywhere among everyone. He is happy with, suited for, whatever confronts him: > This man takes pleasure, takes part,

"Factoid from the Wall Street Journal: On a game day, Dallas Cowboys Stadium, what with air conditioning, giant scoreboards and all, consumes more electricity than the entire nation of Liberia."

Background: When I was the editor of Gilbert Magazine [http://www.chesterton.org/explore-the-acs/gilbertmagazine/], I was responsible for the "Tremendous Trifles" column. It was occasionally hard to find a sufficient amount of interesting GKC material to fill the page, so John Peterson sent me a

"The profoundest lessons are not the lessons of reason; they are sudden strains that permanently warp the mind." Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams (Houghton Mifflin, 1973), p. 108. Based on my experience, it makes you wonder whether those adventure nuts are correct when it comes to

Autobiographical Corner A good weekend, a very good weekend indeed. Unfortunately, it started off with a scorching hangover headache Friday morning . . . after a mere two tall tonics and gin at Frankie's following my son, Michael's, Freshman football game. Frankie's was the recent subject of

"This is the United States of America, we're not some banana republic. This is not a deadbeat nation. We don't run out on our tab. We're the world's bedrock investment, the entire world looks to us to make sure the world

Pawn Stars A continuation from yesterday's post, which was growing too lengthy: Besides sports, I only watch Pawn Stars. Shallow you say? Yes, it is, but my office job has become very hard, with the result that I have little energy for reading at the end of the