GK Chesterton’s “The Patriotic Idea”

Found this in an old edition of the Chesterton Review. Very good IMHO.

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”The Patriotic Idea” by GK Chesterton, St. George Educational Trust, A4 papers. 24 pages. Obtainable from the Trust of St. Michael the Archangel, 113A Shirland Road, Maida Vale, London, W9 2EW. 1.50 pounds, postage 50p.

There is an epigram of GK … More ...

Betty Friedan, a founder and giant of the U.S. “Feminist” movement, dead at 85

Betty Friedan has died at 85 of congestive heart failure. (If the linked four-page ABC News obituary won’t proceed page-by-page, click on “next” instead of the page number.)

Probably there’s not a Turnabout regular who couldn’t write a twenty-page comment on this woman’s career and significance so I won’t try to put in my “two … More ...

On The Way to Christ

Fr Nuehaus in the December First Things has a couple of entries on Ratzinger’s 1988 Erasmus Lectures, part of which were published under the title “On The Way To Christ.”

http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0512/public.html

I found this part interesting (compare it with the prevailing norms of Liberalism), and wanted to share it.

” The first time I had … More ...

What is the state?

We’ve had a little back-and-forth on the modern state and what to make of it, so I thought I’d put together some notes for whatever anybody can make of them:

  • Most fundamentally, it seems the state is based on itself as a system of power. You’re recognized as the government of a region if you
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My new blog

God, Family, Nation
http://godfaimilynation.blogspot.com/

Here I outline the basic principles that my blog stands for:
http://godfaimilynation.blogspot.com/2006/01/welcome-to-god-family-nation.html