A good article, the subject of which I have been giving much more time of late. https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2019/05/against-david-french-ism
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Archive for the ‘Western Civilization’ Category
Pushing back against the culture
June 16 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Multiculturalism, Western CivilizationYour Father is a Realist
November 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, Western CivilizationGreat article about immigrants. (I’m one.) ====== WSJ 11/2/2018 I own and rent out 25 mom-and-pop storefronts in Lakewood, Ohio, an inner-ring suburb of Cleveland. About 20% of my tenants are immigrants. I sell them the American dream—a chance to run their own business—and they sell beer, cigarettes, used furniture, and services like dry cleaning and haircuts. The stores are street-level... Read more
Against the Machine – and More
September 2 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Interesting, Ruling Class, Western CivilizationA really good article / interview. Worth the read. ============ By Tunku Varadarajan WSJ 9/1/2018 – New York ‘I rarely have an urge to whisper,” says George Gilder—loudly—as he settles onto a divan by the window of his Times Square hotel room. I’d asked him to speak as audibly as possible into my recording device, and his response, while literal, could also serve as... Read more
Digital sages | WORLD News Group
August 19 | Posted by mrossol | Personal Development, Western CivilizationInteresting article in World Magazine – which I do recommend. ========= Aug 18, 2018 The first time Youp Timmer heard Jordan Peterson speak in a YouTube video, he thought his voice sounded like Kermit the Frog’s. And like Kermit, this 56-year-old University of Toronto psychology professor was a skilled communicator, hands gesticulating and brows furrowing as he spoke about personal responsibility and bearing... Read more
The Crucifix in Every Building?
August 11 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, Christianity, Europe, Losing Freedom, Religion, Western CivilizationI am thinking through this one. I appreciate that a country is certainly shaped by it’s culture and religious history, but is this the best way to present it? But why should a people not want to retain their heritage? Hmm. ==== BY FRANCIS X. ROCCA AND DREW HINSHAW WSJ 9/10/2018 ROME—Lawmakers in Italy’s new parliamentary majority want a crucifix to hang in every... Read more
The Concentration Camp Choir
August 5 | Posted by mrossol | Western CivilizationWSJ 8/4/2018 by Bryony Clarke In the summer of 1944 a delegation of Nazi officials, including Adolf Eichmann, hosted representatives from the International Red Cross at Terezin concentration camp. The visit had been meticulously planned: gardens planted, barracks renovated, streets cleared. Thousands of prisoners were deported eastward to reduce overcrowding. The elaborately staged tour, held on June 23, culminated with a... Read more
