An interesting analysis by Mark Richardson and, if I may, a digression of my own

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Mark Richardson, in [url=http://www.ozconservative.com/arewomenbetter.html]commentary[/url] on a Vatican position paper dealing with central issues of women’s lib, expresses appreciation (which is persuasive and gratifying to read) and also undertakes highly intelligent critique.

Mr. Richardson’s essay analysing this Catholic document serves, for me, not only its stated purpose but an additional very different purpose. To me, it … More ...

British Navy permits devil worship

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(Linked at RelCath: this story.)

So this is what pluralism has brought us to; where we can’t find anyone in authority with the cojones to just flat-out say certain beliefs are wrong, period – you’d think they’d be able to justify it on the basis that Satanists are too individualistic, and focused on self-gratification, … More ...

Some excellent recent comments touching on the idea of the nation-state

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(I feel the legitimation of the tribe and the nation-state are among the central ideas of tradconservatism. One reason these ideas aren’t “racist,” of course, is they apply to all tribes and nation-states.)
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[url=http://www.ozconservative.com/changingnations.html]Here’s[/url] Mark Richardson:

[i]”What forms the basis of a national identity? Conservatives would answer that ethnicity does. Real historical ties of … More ...

Was Karl Rove behind this?

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On the whole, I find the Guardian a summation of the worst features of the intellectual Left gone mainstream and become dominant: smug, ignorant, narrow, self-centered, unimaginative, intolerant, and sometimes—whether it’s a cause or effect I don’t know—downright evil. In personal dealings with people who meet that description (mostly not leftists) I’ve noticed that the … More ...

End of the Canterbury tales?

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When I was an Episcopalian it seemed to me the name summed up the core belief that held the church together: they believed in bishops. It was pleasant being a bishop, it should be pleasant being a bishop, and if you didn’t go along with that you didn’t belong and you should go someplace else. … More ...