Sunday, February 01, 2009
Moving
The Crossroads Cultural Center has a new website and blog location. Please visit the NEW location for Paper Clippings at www.crossroadsculturalcenter.org/blog. See you there.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Spoiled
Peggy Noonan recognizes a lack of seriousness in our elites. Bringing some people back to the basic realities of life could be one positive effect of the current economic disaster.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Means of un-Production
Interesting statistics about Britain. It is true that what is needed is more private enterpreneurship, not just complaining about the oversized role of the state. But the ability of a people to work and produce is affected very much by politics and culture, and clearly at some point something must have gone wrong.
Nice idea
As a matter of fact, Pres. Obama visiting a inner city Catholic school would give an interesting message.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Stimulating
A hilarious statement by Nancy Pelosi.
But, seriously, the most worrisome thing in the current crisis is that the politicians often seem not to be under pressure from a competent intellectual class. Politicians can be changed at the next election, but if the technocrats turn out to be incompetent what do you do? Wait until somebody reforms the graduate schools?
But, seriously, the most worrisome thing in the current crisis is that the politicians often seem not to be under pressure from a competent intellectual class. Politicians can be changed at the next election, but if the technocrats turn out to be incompetent what do you do? Wait until somebody reforms the graduate schools?
Friday, January 23, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Our world-soul
What Spengler neglects to say is that Obama's themes (inclusion without identity, pragmatism as a value, hope without reason, emotion without experience and so on) are deeply reflective of contemporary culture. The way he embodies our softly-nihilistic age is so remarkable it makes you think of that famous letter by Hegel after he saw Napoleon on his horse.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Collective narcissism
One wishes he had something intelligent to say about Obama, but the truth is that so far Obama is all about...Obama. And the desire of millions of people to feel good about themselves by contemplating their own wonderful selves reflected in Obama, the mirror-man.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Reason and freedom
An excellent point by David Brooks:
Mechanistic thinkers on the right and left pose as rigorous empiricists. But empiricism built on an inaccurate view of human nature is just a prison.More precisely, it is an ideology.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Please send some money to Saudi Arabia
Somebody said that the last Marxist in the world will be a Jesuit, like the editors of America who simply cannot believe, deep down, that somebody could have cultural, non-economic motives. The Catholic contribution, of course, consists in having an unshakeable faith in moralistic platitudes like
That will certainly eliminate poverty! And thus terrorism! Why didn't we think of it before? It's easy!!
"sustainable development, renegotiation of lopsided trade agreements, a rethinking of the economics of globalization and an end to military and political unilateralism on the part of the United States."
That will certainly eliminate poverty! And thus terrorism! Why didn't we think of it before? It's easy!!
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
A matter of faith
That's the conclusion drawn by this Pakistani physicist. Here, as is often the case, the word "faith" is used to describe an arbitrary belief without much basis in experience.
Monday, January 12, 2009
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