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Home: Core Subjects: Culture and Civilization: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Culture and Civilization: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Keeping the Faith - James E Person, Jr.Looming over the fireplace in the late Russell Kirk’s library in Mecosta, Mich., are three small stone images, statues given to Kirk by the renowned Scots sculptor Hew Lorimer during the 1950s. Read more... Kenneth Clark and the Danger of Heroic Materialism - Father Robert BarronLord Kenneth Clark is one of my intellectual heroes. Read more... Killer Weed - Zenit“Legalize it/ Don’t criticize it” sang Peter Tosh decades ago, and many still sing marijuana’s praises. It’s no worse than tobacco or alcohol. It’s a godsend for people suffering intensive pain — it may help restore appetite and improve general well-being. Legalize it. Don’t criticize it. Read more... Kingliness - Donald DeMarcoAgesilaus II, King of Sparta in the fourth-century B.C., compared his kingly role to that of a good father. “The king will best govern his realm who reigneth over his people as a father doth over his children.” Read more... Knight of Consensus - Carl AndersonThis midterm cycle has been a time of unprecedented civic engagement, and Carl Anderson sees a lot of consensus in it. Read more... Latin’s second coming - Barbara KayIt would appear that Pope Benedict XVI intends to reinvigorate the beleaguered (Tridentine) Latin mass, which in the late ’60s was almost universally replaced by individual vernacular languages to encourage “active participation” for ordinary parishioners. Read more... Laughing with Chesterton - Father Dwight LongeneckerIt could be said that the pun is mightier than the sword. If this is true, then wordplay may be as important as swordplay in the never ending wars between the dark powers of the underworld and the light of Christ. Read more... Lenten thoughts - David WarrenThe great advantage of Lent is that, faithfully observed, or rather, attempted, it makes havoc with all one's diurnal customs and habits. Read more... Leo and John Paul are like brothers - Father Raymond de SouzaEarlier this week Pope John Paul II passed Pope Leo XIII on the papal longevity list, vaulting into third place in history, behind St. Peter himself and Blessed Pius IX (1846-1878). Read more... Liturgical Education - David G. Bonagura, Jr.Before he was ordained bishop in 1977, Joseph Ratzinger was for a quarter century a professor of theology. Read more... Losing by Winning - Dinesh D’SouzaJustice Scalia, a devout Catholic, is making an important point. America must continue to recognize the religious source of the Ten Commandments as well as their contribution to our secular democracy. Read more... Lust and the Tyranny of Niceness - Deacon Douglas McManamanLast week I decided to ask my students a question at the beginning of class. I can’t recall why, but I asked them: “If all of us were to die right now, if we were all going to be hit by a nuclear missle in the next few seconds, how many of you think you’re going to heaven?” Read more... Man, the Social Animal - George J. MarlinIn his new, best-selling book, The Social Animal, David Brooks, The New York Times resident center-right columnist, writes about human nature and explains why we can, among other things, love, achieve, and develop character. Read more... Manners Makyth Man - Father George William RutlerEvery day in the Great Hall of one of my schools I ate, or tried to dine, before a large fireplace carved with William of Wykeham's motto, "Manners Makyth Man." Read more... Marijuana on the Ballot - James R. McDonoughWhile it has long been clear that chemical compounds found in the marijuana plant offer potential for medical use, smoking the raw plant is a method of delivery supported neither by law nor recent scientific evidence. Read more... Marshall McLuhan and the divine message - Father Raymond J. de SouzaHe was a devout convert to Catholicism. And religious thinking is essential to understanding his entire work. Read more... Martyrs of Today - Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I.In the kingdom of God, it is never too late, whether to forgive the church's persecutors or to convert the enemies of the faith. Read more... Modern Psychology and Catholic Understanding – part 1 - J. Fraser FieldI did graduate work in counselling psychology — and worked in that field for a couple of years — before eventually going back to university to pick up my teaching diploma. Read more... Modern Psychology and Catholic Understanding — part 2 - J. Fraser FieldThe founders of modern counselling and psychotherapy weren't at all timid about voicing their hostility toward orthodox Christianity. Read more... Modern Scoundrels - George J. MarlinIn 1907, St. Pius X asserted in the encyclical Pascendi: “It is pride which fills Modernists with that self-assurance by which they consider themselves and pose as the rule for all. Read more... Modesty and menace - Barbara KayLast week, while being buffed for an interview on a French-language TV talk show, I observed a quartet of young Muslim women trooping in for their touch-ups. Read more... Moral Atomic Bomb - Bernard-Henri LévyOne can find these cartoons mediocre. One can perceive in them, as I do, a certain similarity with the anti-Semitic and racist caricatures of the 1930s or '50s. Read more... Moral climate change in Britain - Terry MattinglyOne of the demonstrators was a small child with a placard that said, "Whoever insults the prophet kill him." Another marcher wore a suicide bomber costume. Read more... Moral Truth and the End of Man - Senator Rick SantorumIntellectual formation — building intellectual capital — is all about conforming our minds to the truth. But as I said at the start, truth and goodness go hand in hand. So we also have to talk about how morality fits into the formation of intellectual capital. To do that, please permit me to dig a little deeper into philosophy than is usual in a book on public policy. Read more... Morality and Spitzer - Theodore DalrympleThe governor’s fall is not an argument for de-moralizing social policy. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Sun May 12 2013 - 15:13:40
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