July 2015
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Thanks to Rob G for the link to this piece at First Things connecting Laudato Si and the thought of Wendell Berry. I am one of those whom the author mentions as being disappointed by a number of Berry's recent statements on same-sex marriage, not only the content but the tone. Nevertheless, one must try not to…
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While looking up something or other about P.D. James relating to a conversation on another post, I came across this interview. You'll like it. It's in two parts: Part One. Part Two
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Well, I found that quotation that I looked for fruitlessly the other day (see this post). It proved to be from Kenneth Minogue, and I used it in the last Sunday Night Journal, two and a half years ago. I think it holds up quite well in relation to recent events.
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Image magazine comes out in favor of the same-sex marriage. I'm really less surprised by the writer's opinion than by his admiration for Justice Kennedy's prose. I wouldn't go as far as the person who said the ruling sounded like something a 17-year-old would post on Facebook, but on the basis of this sample (I…
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I'm going to write about Yeats for week 30 (not this weekend, but the next one). Looking around for more information on a particular aspect of his philosophy, I thought I read Yeats's father, John Butler Yeats, was a hamster… The word was actually "barrister."
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Somewhere on this blog I quoted somebody saying something to the effect that it's very important, and requires continual effort, to understand what is really going on in the world. At least I thought I quoted it–I went looking for it, but couldn't find it. I did, however, find the passage below, and I think…
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