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The Long View 2005-05-13: Exculturation and Pure Stupidity

In 2005 there wasn't much to make it look like Catholicism was withering in France, but twelve years later, it stubbornly refuses to die, and even shows unexpected signs of vitality. Exculturation and Pure Stupidity Here is a new buzzword for you: exculturate. The opposite of "inculturate,

Linkfest 2017-06-30

Yesterday, June 29th, was the 61st anniversary of President Eisenhower's signing of the bill that authorized the construction of the Interstate Highway System. Minimum wage fight may heat up after new study finds jobs and hours fell in Seattle This minimum wage study in Seattle is fascinating. It

The Long View 2005-05-10: The Great Pruning

There is an element of truth in this: Since I go to these services, I obviously approve of them, but I wonder whether the election of Benedict XVI might have the paradoxical effect of ending the traditionalist liturgical movement. Traditionalists have spent the last 35 years fighting official hostility to

The Long View: Saturday

I hadn't know that Huntington's affected saccadic eye movements. Saturday: A Novel By Ian McEwan Doubleday, 2005 289 Pages, US$26.00 ISBN 0-385-51180-9 Don't get me wrong: this is a serious, gripping book, which succeeds like few other contemporary novels in linking ordinary

The Long View 2005-05-05: British Elections; Multiple Horrors; Theodicy

I have a pending book review on Tim Powers' Earthquake Weather where I will claim that Powers wrote a theodicy. British Elections; Multiple Horrors; Theodicy By the time you read this, we will probably already know whether a Labor government has been returned in the UK, and more specifically,

The Long View: Blink

It is pretty easy to make fun of Malcolm Gladwell, but his star isn't riding as high as it did ten years ago, so I won't pile on at this point. Gladwell did a good job writing books that were really popular, and that is worthy

The Long View: How to Prevent a Civil War

This post by John Reilly is again relevant with the recent 9-0 decision by the Supreme Court to allow part of President Trump's travel ban to take effect. If you believe John's analysis from 21 years ago, this is to be expected from a Court that