We have a political movement in this nation called Progressivism, and we have a political party that likes to peddle itself as progressive. We certainly saw the term bandied about in the last presidential election (See Democrats Debate: What Is A Progressive And Who Wants To Be One? (npr.org) and The progressives in the Democratic Party... Continue Reading →
QUOTES FROM HERETICS BY G. K. CHESTERTON — PART 1
I am in the process of reading HERETICS by Gilbert K. Chesterton. Who was he? Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) cannot be summed up in one sentence. Nor in one paragraph. In fact, in spite of the fine biographies that have been written of him, he has never been captured between the covers of one book.... Continue Reading →
RERUN: WHAT DO THE WORD “GAY” AND THE REBEL FLAG HAVE IN COMMON WITH HERESY?
Note: I originally published this post on April 8, 2014. Due to current events, the post has been getting quite a few hits. So, to make it easy, here it is. A Book Review I just finished reading A World on Fire: Britain’s Crucial Role in the American Civil War by Amanda Foreman. The book ended... Continue Reading →
MOURNING THE WEAKENING OF THE FAMILY, THE FRACTURING OF COMMUNITIES, AND THE LOST OF DIVERSITY
The Prince William-Manassas Family Alliance's blog has run a series of posts on Heretics by G. K. Chesterton. When I was reading Chesterton's work, I experienced something of a revelation I think worth sharing. In Chapter 12, Chesterton writes On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family. He asks us to think about the family as a small community.... Continue Reading →
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