thoughts in and out of season
The attitude of elite and populace toward each other sums up the situation today. Elites consider the people ignorant and bigoted, the people think their rulers pretentious, hypocritical and self-seeking. The reason for the dislike and suspicion is less personal qualities, with regard to which elite and populace may differ little, than social position and … More ...
The following essay appeared in the February 1998 issue of Pinc.
Political correctness spreads, and once it arrives it stays; few like it, but no-one can do anything about it. In America most thought it was a hobbyhorse for a few cranks, while Europeans shrugged it off as an outlandish fad. We have all … More ...
To think and act we have to trust things that go beyond what we can perceive or demonstrate. Our knowledge cannot be a mere summary of the evidence but must rest on something further—at a minimum, on a belief that future evidence will validate it. It is a system of coherent belief, and like any … More ...
The collapse of the liberal regime into irrationality, contradiction and tyranny, and the inability of limited adjustments to restore it to health or even stability, suggest that a basically different direction is needed for our public life. Liberalism is an attempt to make freedom the ultimate principle of public life. The attempt makes no sense, … More ...
I haven’t been posting much lately because I’ve been busy with some projects, a couple of review-essays (one of them is on Paul Gottfried’s last three books, the other on another book about liberalism) and a book of my own, also (alas) about liberalism but at least including some ideas what to do about it. … More ...
Dear Mr. Kalb and Fellow Readers,
The evil or foolish Condi Rice was “Shocked that top aide to Iran’s nuclear Honcho had Green Card . . . Since 1993.” We traditionalists are not at all shocked. Condi (a fellow New Orleanian/Kennerite) is foolish to believe in Bush’s ideas. She is so foolish she does understand … More ...
Dear Mr. Kalb and Fellow Readers,
(This is not an immigration-reform Website.) They are always on the defensive. They shamefully fail to organize and take offensive action, literally. They just don’t get it. It is their job to be offensive to people; they miserably fail to set the terms of the debate. The debate ain’t … More ...
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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 ...
Here’s an edited version of a usenet discussion I had on immigration in a Catholic newsgroup:
… More ...Ille: In the US the government is discussing new rules on how to keep THEM out of the US.
Ego: What’s with the “THEM”? Disagreement on immigration does not mean stupidity and malice.
Ille: The THEM