Nat Hentoff on the abuse question

Nat Hentoff, a writer of great integrity, has been writing a great series this week about Terri Schiavo. He takes up the abuse question in this piece: Was Terri Schiavo Beaten in 1990?

De bloggibus

Welcome to…. Bettnet Sancta Sanctis is the only blog I know with contact info for a Guardian Angel. Southern Appeal lays on that Southern charm by numbering two sleepy Yankee mommies among the Belles…. Vociferous Yawpings Thanks to all these bloggers for the links. I’ve also updated our link to Amy’s blog, which has moved… Continue reading De bloggibus

Race, Liberalism, and the Catholic Response

Jeff Culbreath presents Mr. Matt Anger’s commentary on leftism, racism, paleo-conservatism, slavery, throwing babies out with bathwater…. oh, just go read the essay, it’s good: Catholics don’t defend something on the basis of whether it is “old” or “new,” but right or wrong. Mr. [Sam] Francis, however, believing that whatever the left hates must be… Continue reading Race, Liberalism, and the Catholic Response

Literary Valentines

Elinor Dashwood has a delightful thread going on on Literary Loves: What fictional character or characters have you ever fallen in love with? Now this is how much of a plunker I am: Elinor first floated this idea in an email to me. Not only have I not come up with any literary loves, I… Continue reading Literary Valentines

So when did things really start going to pot?

From Cella’s Review: “For the average person, all problems date to World War II; for the more informed, to World War I; for the genuine historian, to the French Revolution.” — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Leftism Revisited