I 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
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The Crucifix in Every Building?
August 11 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, Christianity, Europe, Losing Freedom, Religion, Western CivilizationThe 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
Jane Austen and Sexual Harassment
January 2 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Western CivilizationAs a late Jane Austen fan… this is very good. ======= WSJ 1/2/2018 If you’re struggling to make sense of the sexual-harassment issues swirling around us, you could do worse than read Jane Austen. I was struck by this recently while teaching what she called her “rather too light and bright and sparkling” novel, “Pride and Prejudice.” Consider the portion of the novel... Read more
Calling Alabama Women
November 19 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Noonan, Republican(s), Western CivilizationShe always makes me think. ==== WSJ 11/18/2017 Peggy Noonan Alabama has its back up, or at least its Republicans and conservatives do, and it’s understandable. They don’t like when Northerners and liberals and people in Washington tell them who their senator should be. They don’t like when reporters from outside come down and ask questions and turn over rocks looking for what’s crawling... Read more
How Martin Luther Advanced Freedom
November 1 | Posted by mrossol | Christianity, Religion, Western CivilizationWSJ – 10/27/2017 Martin Luther was an unlikely revolutionary for human freedom. When the Augustinian monk hammered his “Ninety-Five Theses” to the Wittenberg Castle Church on Oct. 31, 1517— and unleashed the Protestant Reformation—he was still committed to the spiritual authority of the Catholic Church and retained many of the prejudices of European Christianity. Yet Luther’s personal experience of God’s love and... Read more
