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The Long View 2007-12-06: Progress after Modernity; Islam & Atheism; Secular Latin; Latin Mass Poster

Things have been quiet around the blog recently. Hopefully, things will pick up soon, and we can cruise into John J. Reilly’s 2008. Progress after Modernity; Islam & Atheism; Secular Latin; Latin Mass Poster Persons interested in the end of modernity should note this remark by G. K. Chesterton

The Long View 2007-09-11: September 11; Real Intelligence; True Fanatics; The Other Public; The Subterranean Reactionaries of Manhattan

John opines here that chant ought to be slow, but the priest who used to celebrate the old Mass for us always got annoyed if the choir was too slow. He liked a brisk pace. September 11; Real Intelligence; True Fanatics; The Other Public; The Subterranean Reactionaries of Manhattan Another

A Bitter Trial: Evelyn Waugh and John Cardinal Heenan on the Liturgical Changes Book Review

With my re-posting of John J. Reilly’s commentary on Summorum Pontificum yesterday, it seemed like a good time to review this book I read a couple of years ago. Evelyn Waugh is one of the most famous, perhaps the most famous English novelist of the twentieth century. Brideshead is

The Long View 2007-07-07: Summorum Pontificum

Whether Summorum Pontificum actually heralds the beginning of the Second Religiousness is, not clear, at present, but at the very least the SSPX has improved its status within the Catholic Church in the last decade. Summorum Pontificum Today is the official publication date of a document and cover letter from

The Long View 2005-06-01: Reinventing The Wheel

I seriously doubt the proto-clickbait article cited here about mutated super-intelligent children in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and surrounding areas, but I do find the unintentional wildlife reserve created in Ukraine fascinating. Reinventing The Wheel The fact that Stanley Fish, formerly the prince of postmodern criticism, is now teaching elementary

Lecture tomorrow on the Latin Mass

Tomorrow, 2009-04-16, I will be giving a talk at the Catholic Community Renewal Center, 319 N Beaver St., at 6:30 PM on the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, also known as the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM). Please stop by and learn about the Latin Mass. Refreshments will be