Tag: Flag Desecration
Sound of Freedom: God’s Children Are Not for Sale
Did I ever think about child trafficking or, more precisely, child kidnapping before I saw Sound...
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Joseph Conrad and the Problem of Modernity
Joseph Conrad is surely one of the greatest late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century novelists,...
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Nolan’s Oppenheimer: Flawed Film, Flawed Hero
As many will attest, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is long, three hours’ worth. Whether or not...
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Voting-Age Blues: Let’s Raise to 25!
Wild in the Streets may be a justly forgotten movie. I use the qualifying “may be” from the start...
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The Aesthetics of Jacques Maritain — Part Two — The Circle of Ecstasy
The topic of poetry dominates Maritain’s aesthetic writings after Art and Scholasticism. Poetry is...
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The Aesthetics of Jacques Maritain — Part One — The Source is God
Jacques Maritain was first introduced to English-speaking audiences in 1923 by the translation of...
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Roger Scruton: A Man Made to Fight Against the Tide
It’s hard to believe that Sir Roger Scruton passed from this life in January 2020, over three...
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How the Church Needs the Culture: Upon the Areopagus — An idea for a book
As a young Baptist convert during my college years, I was challenged by my pastor to explain my...
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Edward Feser’s All One In Christ: All or Nothing — A Review
In 2012, a friend of mine asked me whether I had read Charles Kesler’s book I Am the Change:...
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What Does It Mean to Restore Catholic Culture?
I’ve often heard the lament about the loss of “Catholic culture” and the need to “restore” it. In...
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