Taking a Chance on Love
In the Church calender, this past Monday was celebrated as the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. In his homily at that Mass, the celebrant mentioned…
It’s Not the Money, Dummy!
No. It's a second reality. Something terrible has happened and the US Government and the establishment media are pretending it hasn't happened. A lot of rice bowls…
A Visit to the Apple Store
I went into the Apple Store last Friday. My PC hard drive had gone silent, although it was still new and the warranty was fresh. My wife…
Eric Voegelin Society Meeting in Toronto
Political Correctness, Parliament, and Princeton The Eric Voegelin Society annual meeting in Toronto featured no fewer than thirteen panels, some of which this observer found noteworthy. First…
A Poet Remembered: Ernest Sandeen
Ernest Sandeen (1908-1997) Ernest Emmanuel Sandeen wrote a half dozen or so volumes of poetry in his long life. He earned his first fame with this very…
The Collected Works: Selected Correspondence 1950-1984 (Volume 30)
Selected Correspondence 1950-1984 (The Collected Works of Eric Voegelin, Volume 30). Thomas Hollweck, ed. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2007. This big volume is one…
Liberal Fascism
Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning. Jonah Goldberg. Doubleday, 2007. Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Fascism finds that…
The Kafka-esque Kommando of Kanada
With respect to Mark Steyn and McLean's magazine and Canadian hate law I have done some digging and what follows might be of interest to those not…
Notre Dame, Farewell
I asked my son, a lawyer and theologian, to comment on Obama's appearance at Notre Dame. He replied promptly and his comments are below. We who graduated…
The Collected Works: The Drama of Humanity (Volume 33)
The Drama of Humanity and Other Miscellaneous Papers: 1939-1985 (Collected Works of Eric Voegelin, Volume 33). Gilbert Weiss and William Petropulous, eds. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri…
New Political Religions, or An Analysis of Modern Terrorism
New Political Religions, or an Analysis of Modern Terrorism. Barry Cooper. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2004. Barry Cooper's New Political Religions, or an Analysis…
What Enlightenment, Exactly?
How Lucky we are to be Free of Obscurantism! The term "Enlightenment" is an ideological term with no utility in studying the structures of reality. But it…