Crossing a line

Mr. Johnson is not exactly Dan Brown's greatest fan. Nor am I. To make money spreading falsehood and promoting bigotry, if not outright hate, is a sad pathetic existence. But I'll publicly declare that I don't believe even Mr. Brown capable of this. Click here for background. I'm interested in your thoughts.

Who is this guy, and why haven't you heard of him?

His name was Alexander Solzhenitsyn, one of the most important minds of the 20th century. Yet, upon his death on August 3rd, hardly any attention was given to him in the mass media. Why was he important? The first essay I link, here, will give you a good idea. What is he forgotten? Aside from the general lack of history that we sandflies have I also think he doesn't jive well with liberal smugness. For more on that, read his 1978 address at Harvard. It's pretty cool, and well before any of the problems we're experiencing today with Islam and the like.

Have a gander and tell me what you think. I think the man was brilliant, a prophet.

I'll be away the next two weeks, visiting family on Vancouver Island. I MIGHT get a chance to toss a post up while I'm there, and I'll certainly be reading the com-boxes. Until I'm back, however, farewell.

A Post for an Anonymous "Someone"

Sorry it's taken so long to mention good books to read to help explore the Church and all that. You could do far worse than start with C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity. Good reading, well-considered, and easy to get hold of.

And yeah, I'll mention more books as we go. Feel free to ask questions. And yeah, others might benefit from the books I drop here. So go forth and read! Oh, and trying to get to Mass wouldn't hurt. :) I'll dig up some info on the liturgy though, since I know not everyone is familiar with it.

Ok, book #2 already (since I'm thinking about it.) Scott Hahn, A Father Who Keeps His Promises will more or less show you how the Christian story unfolds (you'll like this one... it's epic.) I'll post over the next few weeks about it, thoughts on the Catholic world-view, how Christ is necessary to the world-view we all think of as Modern and Western.

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IOC "surprised" by Games web censorship

Really? How could this possibly be a surprise?