Ever since the election of Donald Trump, the putative rise of “white supremacy” or “white nationalism” has been a perennial worry among mainstream …The feebleness of white nationalists
Will conservatism survive 2023?
For the Right, 2022 was a year to forget. In Canada, Australia and New Zealand, it is out of power. In the States, the Republicans hold just one …Will conservatism survive 2023?
The torment of Pope Benedict — UnHerd
It might seem perverse to describe the death of a painfully frail 95-year-old man as a uniquely sad event. But in the case of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI we have to consider the poignant and unsettling circumstances in which he died. I was in St Peter’s Square on 10 April, 2005, when the words “Josephum… The …
The Country Where Merit is Run Down, Part IV: High Schools Take it Literally
Well, at least one did: Last fall, along with about 1.5 million U.S. high school juniors, the Yashar teen took the PSAT, which determines whether a student qualifies as a prestigious National Merit scholar. When it came time to submit his college applications this fall, he didn’t have a National Merit honor to report—but it …
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Humanism is a heresy
“There is nothing particular about man. He is but a part of this world.” This observation on the pretensions of humanity — cool, disillusioned, …Humanism is a heresy
Christmas: The Beginning of the Gospel
Again from Bossuet's Elevations on the Mysteries: The beginning of the Gospel is in these words of the Angel to the shepherds: I announce to you, word for word, I evangelize you, I bring you the good news, which will be the subject of great joy, and it is is that of the birth of …
The Song of the Angels
From Bossuet's Elevations on the Mysteries: Glory to God, the highest of the heavens, and peace on earth to men of good will. Peace is proclaimed throughout the earth: the peace of man with God through the remission of sins; the peace of men among themselves; the peace of man with himself, by the concurrence …
Britain is haunted by Dickensian ghosts — UnHerd
In the Celtic fringes of Europe, the idea of “thin places” persists — locations where the boundary between this reality and others is claimed to be at its most fragile, even permeable. 1,952 more words Britain is haunted by Dickensian ghosts — UnHerd
The Baptism of John and the Baptism of Jesus Christ
In the Communion Gospel this Sunday from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer, we have this in part: And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom …
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Georg Cantor and infinity
On 03 March 1845, the German mathematician Georg Cantor was born in St. Petersburg. In 1862, he entered the Federal Polytechnic Institute in Zurich, eventually becoming a member of the mathematics department. At the death of his father, he left Zurich for Berlin where, in addition to his mathematical interests, he began to study philosophy …
Positive Infinity 