Cambridge University causes row by banning kilts

Like the French, who’ve [url=http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3619988.stm]banned wearing of “large Christian crosses” in addition to banning Islamic headscarfs in public schools[/url], now Cambridge has banned any wearing of any kind of national dress, [url=http://news.sympatico.msn.ca/Bell.Sympatico.CMS/Print.aspx?type=feed&lang=en&contentid=6d1a8e9583d24bb594b4e4f749e70095&show=False&number=0&showbyline=False&subtitle=]including the kilt[/url], at grad ceremonies… Never mind that the kilt has been worn for ages at their grad ceremonies…

However, note that religious … More ...

War on Easter?

[url=http://vdare.com/pb/050326_easter.htm]VDARE reports[/url]:

“Fans of our ever-popular annual competition to determine the most egregious attempt to [url=http://vdare.com/pb/2004_christmas_p20.htm]abolish Christmas[/url] will not be surprised that Easter is being abolished too, even in its most inoffensive furry form. ([url=http://www.nbc5i.com/family/4307679/detail.html]‘Easter’ Bunny Gives Way To ‘Spring’ Bunny: Local Mall Goes P.C. For Religious Holiday,[/url] Dallas-Fort Worth nbc5i.com)

Needless to say, this … More ...

Pastor’s story funds homeless outreach

I lived in spiritual darkness 4, 4 decades. Depression sat heavy on my shoulders. A product of family abusiveness, I was abandoned on city streets at age 13. Since becoming a Christian pastor, I’ve started a non-profit organization called, “Operation Outreach: H.O.P.E.”, which gives street-people a helping hand. Book proceeds from my TRUE life story … More ...

Populism & Nationalism

The publication of John Lukacs’ new book, “Democracy and Populism”, brings to mind the question of how traditionalist conservatives should view (1) populism and (2) nationalism, topics Lukacs has addressed with some frequency in his writing.

From the perspective of Turnabout, in the realm of politics, is there anything wrong or ill-advised about using populist … More ...

Samuel Francis, uncompromising paleo/trad-con journalist, R.I.P.

Samuel T. Francis: April 29, 1947 – February 15, 2005

R.I.P.

See [url=http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/News/Francis05/NewsSF021605.html]here[/url], and also [url=http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/www/News/Francis05/NewsSF021605b.html]here[/url]; also, for a huge collection of his syndicated columns, see [url=http://vdare.com/francis/index.htm]here[/url].

Tom Wolfe/Charlotte Simmons

In November Tom Wolfe’s latest novel, “I Am Charlotte Simmons”, was published. It’s his effort to portray, in the Wolfean style, student life at a contemporary, elite, American university. It does so with a coarse realism equal to its subject matter.

The response from the professional critics has been overwhelmingly negative, sometimes bitterly so. (This … More ...

You are cordially invited to join The New Victorians

Dear Members,

My name is Kathy Jones and I am the founder of a Yahoo group called The New Victorians.

My group has the ambitious aims to fight politically-correct leftist mentality and to promote traditional values as well as Victorian-inspired architecture, design, fashion and lifestyle.

Among our current 560 members, steadily growing, we count reenactors, … More ...

The Death Penalty, Schwarzenegger and The Exonerated

On January 19th of this year Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger allowed the
first death sentence to be served in three years, and the first under
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. That is almost copied straight from a
news site (because honestly if I hadn’t, there’s no way I’d have been
able to spell Arnie’s name!)

Anyway, I recently … More ...