Thursday, December 2, 2021

Fear as a Means of Control

’Tis the Season to Be Guilty

’Tis the Season to Be Guilty: British polemicist Thomas Macaulay said, in criticism of the Puritans, that they “hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.” The Puritans were practically a comedy club next to any contemporary “Progressive.” As we enter the season of “winter holidays” (can’t say “Thanksgiving” and especially …

The Attempt to Harmonize Chinese Communism with Catholicism

The Attempt to Harmonize Chinese Communism with Catholicism: An interview with Martin Mosebach about the state of the Catholic Church in China.