Category Archives: Daily Links and Notes

Misreading Putin and History

http://morganguyton.us/2014/03/03/why-english-majors-make-lousy-fundamentalists/

http://www.christianitytoday.com/women/2014/february/what-god-teaches-us-about-broken-marriage-vows.html

Richard Beck

http://www.vqronline.org/way-all-flesh-tolstoy-and-mortality And so the great man searched. Schopenhauer, Solomon, and Buddha offered no solace.Scientific rationalism was a coffin for his soul. Others of his own class and education had no clue. Then, in a suicidal stupor, he began to see … Continue reading →

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/02/opinion/sunday/the-terms-of-our-surrender.html Dreher responds to Douthat

Secularism is pervasive but not inevitable To say that these are pervasive concerns in the modern West is an understatement, and they filter all the way down—and are perhaps felt most acutely—in religious communities that still live in enchanted worlds. … Continue reading →

Reviving extinct species

A woman nicely tells her story about shame and her nicotine addiction.

Good news for the Bushs, Clintons and Kennedys. Bad news for Mary’s Song. Link When you look across centuries, and at social status broadly measured — not just income and wealth, but also occupation, education and longevity — social mobility … Continue reading →