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That’s the question asked by a fascinating article at First Principles, the new web journal of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. It’s longer and more complex than the average web piece, so you’ll need a bit of time to absorb it. The answer might be summed up as “Well, there’s no inherent reason why there couldn’t…
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Janet recommended this movie to me a long time ago, and it finally floated to the top of our Netflix queue. Now I’m recommending it to everybody else. It’s a Norwegian film (Salmer fra kjøkkenet), and the sort that reviewers call “little:” there aren’t many characters, there isn’t a lot of action (though there is…
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From Father Alexander Men, a Russian Orthodox priest, by way of Magnificat: Let us try to pull ourselves together spiritually and this time let us offer the Lord a prayer for each other—not for ourselves, not for our own health, salvation or well-being, but for our sisters and brothers, for those who are dear to…
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Severed Children Some years ago (at least ten) I read the The Golden Compass, the first volume of Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy. I had seen a review praising it in terms that made it sound promising, and thought it might be something to recommend to my children. (I think we were no longer…
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I used that phrase in last Sunday’s journal, and it’s been on my mind ever since. I expect many or most people who read this blog recognize it: it’s from the last volume of C. S. Lewis’s Narnia series. Here is some context, a reminder for those who know the books, and an explanation for…
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It seems plausible that this can only exist because of some odd disruption in the fabric of the universe. Come to think of it, the disruption may be increased every time someone views it. Click at your own risk. Or everybody’s: Hat tip to Rod Dreher. ******************** Are you a white person? Not sure? Find…
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I mean literally little: the brief Romance in Cmaj for String Orchestra, of which you can hear a thirty-second sample at the preceding link. This is a very lovely piece which I discovered a month or two ago only because it’s packaged with the 2nd Symphony. (I bought this “disk” as mp3s but am slightly…
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On Not Being an Ex-Protestant Last week Rod Dreher (see “Crunchy Con” link at right), apropos a news story about the frequency with which Americans change their religion, had a series of posts asking people who had done so why they left one faith for another. One of these was titled “What Makes an Ex-Protestant?”…
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Landscape in the Mist, by Theo Angelopoulos. It may be too slow-moving for some people. And there are one or two scenes of devastating pain, one in particular. But it is the story of every human life, revealed in the lives of two people. In the beginning was the darkness. And then there was light….…
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I think many of these are funny. Does that mean there is something wrong with me? In my defense I can say that I do recognize that they're also sort of creepy. (On the off chance that readers outside the U.S. may not be familiar with the Garfield comic strip, here is a typical example.)…
Light On Dark Water 