One common rhetorical reflex of progressives is the idea that conservatives, and only conservatives, wage culture war. What they mean — whether they realize it or not — is that conservatives have the nerve to say “no” to whatever progressives propose today. If conservatives wage culture war, it is usually (but not always) a defensive one.
Kursk Root icon, in Starhill (Photo by Rod Dreher)
Amazing time tonight at our mission parish. The Kursk Root icon visited. It dates to the 13th century, and has an incredible history. It is one of the great treasures of Russian Christianity, and it is here in the United States because an Orthodox bishop smuggled it out in 1920 to keep it safe from the Bolsheviks.
Let joy be unconfined! Villanova’s Katie Grimes, America’s Theological Sweetheart™, has pronounced that Our Lord is kinda transgender. Excerpt:
Reader Anna Salyi, a Catholic in Hungary, sends two great e-mails. I publish them with her permission:
When we reported yesterday, in our daily novelty humor post about the relentless flipflopping of "world-renowned" commodity guru...
... and CNBC Fast Money staple Dennis Gartman, that the newsletter seller said he was "quietly, but steadily, in our own account… our retirement funds here at TGL and the only money we manage but money that is really rather important to us, obviously!... we are turning bearish of equities", we warned "beware the squeeze."
The market proceeded to explode higher.