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Cunning as Serpents?: April 2008
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Catholics of the World Unite! No, this is not going go be a blog promoting liberation theology, or holding hands at Mass, or increased education in Latin. This blog is for you, my fellow Catholics who have a desire to do the right thing, and are vaguely aware of some sort of culture war. Again, No! I don't mean between East and West, or between Christianity and Islam, I mean within our. At well, you know, them. The "them" that's opposed to "us". And you want to spread the Truth. Some readers may be anecd...
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Cunning as Serpents?: The Poetics of Inauguration
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The Poetics of Inauguration. Here's an interesting combination of politics and art. Elizabeth Alexander is about to become only the fourth inaugural poet in American history, so Jeremy Axelrod over at Culture11 has written an analysis. Of her work as well as of the three previous inaugural poets: Robert Frost in 1961, Maya Angelou in 1993, and Miller Williams in 1997. Axelrod describes what "a truly strong inaugural poem should be":. But there is a tension between the inherent depth of poetic communicati...
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Cunning as Serpents?: Some Notes on Western Democracy
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Some Notes on Western Democracy. In the May/June 2004 edition of Foreign Affairs,. Russian expert Richard Pipes [ wiki. Wrote an article about how Russians view the world, and he had this to say about the Russian view of democracy:. Pipes makes another point that pro-democracy apologists should note:. First, note Pipes' assertion that in Western societies, freedom and order reinforce each other. How do they do this? The answer is in the very next sentence: surrendering the practice of speech and movement...
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Cunning as Serpents?: September 2009
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Some Notes on Western Democracy. In the May/June 2004 edition of Foreign Affairs,. Russian expert Richard Pipes [ wiki. Wrote an article about how Russians view the world, and he had this to say about the Russian view of democracy:. Pipes makes another point that pro-democracy apologists should note:. First, note Pipes' assertion that in Western societies, freedom and order reinforce each other. How do they do this? The answer is in the very next sentence: surrendering the practice of speech and movement...
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Cunning as Serpents?: Killing with Kindness: Your Best Weapon is Your Best Work
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Killing with Kindness: Your Best Weapon is Your Best Work. Recently, I read an article. About the subtle (or not) revival of the Hollywood Blacklist. As in most places, money is really the name of the game and Gary DeMar's. Answer is a simple yet effective one: create the best art possible and beat them at their own game. Think this is an obvious solution? My apologies. Remind me - when did Catholics identify themselves by their lack of professionalism? So from whence came this idea that our best work is...
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Cunning as Serpents?: January 2009
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Dr Warren now Pro-Abortion! Proof: He prayed at Obama's inauguration. Ok, that's a little weak on the proof-o-meter. In fact, it doesn't prove anything at all. No one on the pro-abortion side thinks that Dr. Rick Warren is now the slightest bit more pro-abortion, pro-gay, or pro-anything else he was against yesterday, just because he gave the invocation at President Obama's inauguration. And there's no reason they should. But if someone’s faithful views are already known, you can’t then cry s...The world...
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Cunning as Serpents?: December 2008
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School is on break, but I for one am still writing papers. Still that doesn't mean this blog has been inactive. Take a look at the interesting conversation going on in the comments section of the previous post. Do institutions or networks have more influence on culture today? What is the role of cultural elites, and should we try to be one of them? Does a sociology of philosophies work the same for a sociology of culture in general? How does grace work in the making/changing of culture? Links to this post.
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Cunning as Serpents?: Western views on Islamic violence
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Western views on Islamic violence. Happy New Year, everybody! Was on cnn.com a few days ago. It's a terribly tragic story, but I think really significant that this type of story is getting front page coverage. First, it shows a young terrorist-in-training getting untrained. When I think of the West's reaction to terrorism, I usually think of a few main common threads. A political thread focuses on fighting and/or preventing terror tactics. A third camp exists among modern agnostics and sees all. There ar...
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Cunning as Serpents?: May 2009
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Without Roots": The Question of Europe's True Identity in an Age of Cultural Crisis. Europe . . . is on a collision course with its own history. Without Roots: The West, Relativism, Christianity, Islam. Written by then-Cardinal Josef Ratzinger and Marcello Pera, explores the origins of European culture in terms of its Catholic foundations; it does this with the objective of understanding the cultural and moral decline of the West, while at the same time proposing solutions for its rebirth. As Ratzinger a...
