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Home: Core Subjects: Arts and Literature: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Arts and Literature: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Bob the Tomato Quotes Plato - Phil VischerPhil Vischer is a man who usually lets his vegetables do the talking for him. But recently Vischer talked about his new movie, "Jonah," why Christians aren't funny and why PG movies might be better for your kids. Read more... Bootylicious backlash - Anne Marie OwensThe Pure Fashion movement is giving girls an alternative to hyper-sexualized ways of dressing. Read more... Brad Miner on The Compleat Gentleman - Brad MinerThe notion of the gentleman has been out of fashion for some time, especially because of its connection to boorish, Victorian-era stoicism. However, Brad Miner believes that the example of the gentleman is ripe for recovery, and far from being a stick-in-the-mud, the "complete" gentleman is a passionate warrior, lover and monk. Read more... Bright Spots: The Harlem Studio of Art - Roger KimballSo much distasteful rubbish is foisted upon us today in the name of culture that it is easy to fall prey to despondency and think: "The game's up! Our culture is rotten to the core. Cyril Connolly was right when he complained that it was "Closing time in the gardens of the West." It's easy, but it's mistaken. Really, if you look, there are plenty (well, some) bright spots in our culture. Read more... Buckley, père et fils - Father Raymond J. de SouzaChristopher Buckley’s recent memoir admits that it is difficult to be the son of a great man. It is more difficult still if you are not a good son. Read more... C. S. Lewis: The Reluctant Convert - Frederica Mathewes-GreenIn later life, C. S. Lewis — "Jack" to friends and family — would say that it all began with a toy garden. Read more... C.S. Lewis Letters to Sheldon Vanauken - C.S. LewisThese letters by C. S. Lewis were written to Sheldon Vanauken, who ultimately wrote the best-selling book A Severe Mercy. Mr. Vanauken asked Lewis for the right to use the letters in his booklet "Encounter with Light," and Lewis gave permission. Mr. Vanauken subsequently put the letters in the public domain. Read more... Calamities of art - Roger KimballLet your imagination run riot: whatever grotesquerie you conjure up — from the numbingly banal and commonplace to the repulsively pathological — rest assured that it has been eagerly proffered and just as eagerly embraced as art. And if by some fluke you named something that has not yet done duty as art — no matter: it is merely an oversight and will be corrected within a season or two. Read more... Calvinist America and the Catholic Contribution to Culture - DONALD DEMARCOThe most powerful, the most imaginative, the most startling, and the most unforgettable refutation of Calvinism in America is found in Herman Melville's classic, Moby-Dick. Read more... Catholic Authors and Liberty of Conscience: 1649-1771 - ANNE BARBEAU GARDINERConsidering all the dangers and obstacles they faced in those days, it is astonishing to see how many books our Catholic authors managed to print. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: 20-Nov-2009 - 09:48:48
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