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read about it [url=http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=6353] here[/url]

For those interested, I gave an interesting commentary about the issue at [url=http://godfaimilynation.blogspot.com/2006/04/polls-show-catholic-church-is-still.html] my blog[/url].

I namely states that this seems to vindicate two arguments Ive made: 1)the Church is not necessarily in decline in Europe, it still have life in it and 2)since the reason for this upward turn … More ...

Mr. Kalb has suggested, that in the liberal understanding of the world, “rationality” determines the way in which one must think about things in a liberal society. “Rationality” therefore becomes a criterion for both the mode of discourse and the content of discourse within a liberal society.

No objective criteria exist to determine what “rationality” … More ...

Does anyone else ever post reviews for some of the new books available on amazon.com? One thing I’ve noticed is that they delete right wing reviews. I recently posted a review for the new book by Paul Gottfried THE STRANGE DEATH OF MARXISM, and within a week it was deleted from their system. Amazon.com is … More ...

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 ...

I’ve read a few of the literature associated with the Kinist movement. You can learn some basic information about them at the Kinist Institute. Basically it seems they’re a Reformed Calvinist-based movement that believes in an ethnic-based Christian society.

Overall, despite their typical Protestant skepticism towards us Catholics as being true Christians, they … More ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Conservatives(-In-Name-Only) have replaced the Liberals in Canada.

You can be sure gay marriage will not be overturned; Canada will still remain one of the only countries in the world with no law regarding abortion whatsoever, and so the status quo continues, with perhaps some smaller degree of corruption, but nothing for us traditionalist … More ...

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

Dear Mr. Kalb and Fellow Readers,

Does philosophy help us decide what to do about Iran’s nuclear weapon’s program? Yes. Kill or be killed. This is not a philosophy we are used to hearing. We are used to hearing well-structured arguments against violence and war; these arguments are overwhelmingly liberal. For example, the liberal objection … More ...