by Kevin Bauder | Aug 2, 2017 | Civility, Culture, Manliness
The author, George W. Rutler, is Catholic–but his topic is universally human. And worth considering in an age of increasing brutality.
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 1, 2017 | Culture, Education, English
Finnegan Schick explains at the New Criterion. Faculty have “dismembered” their curricula, Stanford English Professor William Chace argued in The American Scholar, supplementing traditional classes with a smattering of “themed” courses. These new courses raise...
by Brett Williams | Jul 31, 2017 | Conservatism, Culture, G. K. Chesterton, What We're Reading
Now the whole parable and purpose of these last pages, and indeed of all these pages, is this: to assert that we must instantly begin all over again, and begin at the other end. I begin with a little girl’s hair. That I know is a good thing at any rate. Whatever...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 28, 2017 | Christianity, Civility, Culture, Observations, Social Issues, The Created Order
Read Ben Zornes’s comments here. So, the Ark Encounter exhibit has marvelously trolled this deep conviction of the GQBLT tolerance crowd. Do they really have respect for all cultures, including Christian culture? If so, why have they appropriated Christian...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 28, 2017 | Conservatism, Culture, Secularism
If you’re a conservative–or even if you just think you are–Christopher Dawson is one of the names with which you should become familiar. The Imaginative Conservative has published a long-form article by Russell Hittinger that serves as a useful...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 25, 2017 | Anthropology, Apologetics, Argumentation and Debate, Culture, Liberalism, Pastoral Theology, Politics, Social Issues, Theological News
As usual, what Mohler writes is worth reading. His purpose is not to trounce Peterson. In fact, he incorporates a definite pastoral twist. . . . [Y]ou had better have your answer ready. Evasive, wandering, and inconclusive answers will be seen for what they are. Those...
