by Publius | Jan 22, 2020 | Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Deion A. Kathawa | (Source) What’s striking about this election cycle’s Democratic presidential primary debates is how much they’ve been absolutely dominated by a man who’s been dead for 90 years. That man is Herbert Croly, the intellectual godfather of the...
by Publius | Jan 15, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Anthony Esolen | (Source) I often file things that I read in my growing collection of 100-year-old magazines—in bound volumes, six months apiece, 1,000 large pages in small font—under the category, “Different World.” Such is an article from The Century...
by Publius | Jan 8, 2020 | Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Amanda Patchin | (Source) We wade through a torrent of words and images every day, and yet we mostly lack a clear understanding of what language is and can be for the human. The Catholic philosopher Josef Pieper’s slender little pamphlet Abuse of Language, Abuse...
by Publius | Jan 1, 2020 | Grey Matter, History and Tradition
By Mike Gonzalez | (Source) This is adapted from a talk Mike Gonzalez gave at The Heritage Foundation’s December event “The Problem of Nationalism.” One of the best enunciations of the theme of the creed that we have is from 1921. Having embarked on his first visit...
by Publius | Dec 18, 2019 | Contemporary Culture, Critical Thinking, Grey Matter
By John Stonestreet | (Source) Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan is known for trolling the art world. One his projects featured an 18-karat-gold toilet. The toilet, valued at $6 million, was stolen in September. His newest project sold for $120,000 but didn’t fare...
by Publius | Dec 11, 2019 | Grey Matter, Religion and Theology
By Annie Holmquist | (Source) During the holiday season I usually come across at least one social media picture of families seeking to give back. This can be through serving a meal at a homeless shelter, volunteering at Feed My Starving Children, or even packing a...
