G.R. Elliott on Irving Babbitt and P.E. More, 1937
SOURCE: G.R. Elliott, “The Religious Dissension of Babbitt and More,” AMERICAN REVIEW 9 (1937): 252-265.
Aron, “Totalitarianism and Freedom,” 1953
Source: Raymond Aron, “Totalitarianism and Freedom,” CONFLUENCE 2 (1953): 3-20.
Raymond Aron, “The Diffusion of Ideologies,” 1953
Source: Raymond Aron, “The Diffusion of Ideologies,” CONFLUENCE 2 (1953): 3-12.
Dawson, American and the Secularization of Modern Culture, 1960
America and the Secularization of Modern Culture
One of Dawson’s most important speeches. Given at the University of St. Thomas in Houston.
Dorothy Thompson, “The Dilemma of a Liberal,” 1937
Dorothy Thompson, “The Dilemma of a Liberal,” STORY 9 (January 1937).
Barzun, “The Great Books,” 1949
Source: Jacques Barzun, “The Great Books,” Atlantic Monthly 190 (1949): 79-81.
Allen Tate on Oswald Spengler
Source: Allen Tate, “Spengler’s Tract Against Liberalism,” AMERICAN REVIEW 3 (1934): 41-47.
Hilaire Belloc, Hellish Twins
Source: Hilaire Belloc, “Capitalism and Communism: The Hellish Twins,” ENGLISH REVIEW 54 (1932): 122-134.
I don’t agree with Belloc, but who cares? He’s always worth reading.
Conversations with Paul Elmer More, 1943
Source: J. Duncan Spaeth, “Conversations with Paul Elmer More,” SEWANEE REVIEW 51 (Autumn 1943): 532-545.
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Loving Mike Portnoy
Let me just say: thank you, Mike. Your level of professionalism and integrity is nothing but an inspiration.
For what it’s worth, I’m amazed at the questioning of-and anger at-American drummer, Mike Portnoy. A controversy about him seems to be raging on Facebook with various members of the Neal Morse Band offering explanations and Mike offering an official apology.
First, I truly hope Mike is feeling better.
Second, I respect him immensely for playing despite being incredibly sick.
Third, his tweet yesterday came as he was INCREDIBLY SICK and trying his best to keep his composure. I pray for that kind of grace when I’m feeling so nasty. Looks like you did just fine to me, Mike.
I offer this post for no other reason than to say: Thank you, Mike. Your dedication to your craft and your fans is a sign of immense integrity. And, really, I hope you’re…
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Ursula K. Le Guinn: Fantasy is the New Realism
During her recent acceptance speech of the National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, Ursula K. Le Guinn, one of the most beloved writers of fantasy and science fiction alive today, stirred authors awake with her prophetic words: “We will need writers to remember freedom…the realists of a new reality.”
Fractals and Kindles
I just can’t help myself. Whenever I get a new gadget, I have to customize it. When my wife and daughters gave me a Kindle four years ago, I was thrilled. It’s a Kindle 3, and it opened to me the amazing world of ebooks. My library now includes collections of G. K. Chesterton, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and Shakespeare. I like the fact that the screen isn’t backlit, so there is no eye strain. It’s a wonderful device that has completely changed the way I purchase and read books.
However, I thought the screensavers that Amazon preloaded on the Kindle were really unattractive, so I tried to replace them with images more to my liking. Easier said than done! I assumed that all I had to do was locate the folder containing the screensaver files and dump my own in there. It turns out Amazon does not want…
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