Islamic Integralism: A Subtle Difference
In Christian political integralism the idea of order has great importance. The primary intrinsic common good of the political community is, I have argued, the good of the order of peace. This comes...
View ArticleCharlie Hebdo and the Secularist Long Game
‘Ah birbone! ah dannato! ah assassino! Villain! Wretch! Murderer!’ shouted Renzo, striding up and down the room, and grasping the hilt of his dagger every so often…. He stopped suddenly in front of...
View Article“The poor and the despised: this is who we must defend ourselves against?”
In my Charlie Hebdo piece I tried to understand how the anti-bourgeois left will use the affair to promote it’s agenda. Obviously, I have little sympathy for the positive ideals of the heirs of...
View ArticleFanaticism vs. Devotion
In a comment on my last post Michael Bolin does a good job of defending the Newman passage that I used to show that one should not be for moderation in religion, even in false religion. Nevertheless, I...
View ArticleMy Review of Houellebecq’s Soummision
As promised, I have now completed a review of Michel Houellebecq’s latest novel: Michel Houellebecq’s latest novel Soumission has generated so much commentary since its publication on the day of the...
View ArticleShiite Catholic
Google informs me that an American comedian likes to refer to his wife as a “Shiite Catholic.” If I understand the term correctly, I think I could apply it to myself given my religious...
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