Echoes on the Road
“It was a merry journey with Tom Bombadil trotting gaily beside them, or before them, on Fatty Lumpkin, who could move much faster than his girth promised. Tom sang most of the time, but...
Author: Kyle Cupp
In Romney They Trust
Not to my surprise, several pro-life leaders and organizations have endorsed the once questionable Mitt Romney quickly following Rick Santorum’s unceremonious departure from the field. The National Right to Life Committee, Susan B. Anthony...
The Fellowship of the Text
A Tale of Philosophy In the lightless land of France, the doors to the Dark Lord’s tower opened, and the undead minions of Jacques Derrida, dressed as riders in black, went forth into the...
What Is Philosophy?
When asked this question, philosophers themselves are known to pause or even stumble around a bit before venturing an answer, and when one does propose an answer, you can bet your collected works of...
What Should Rick Santorum Do Next?
Now that Rick Santorum has acknowledged the inevitability of his not being president, but says he plans to continue the fight, what should he do next? Compose his magnum opus on theological-politics? Focus on...
Healthcare and Tyranny
The editors of Commonweal see nothing tyrannical about the Affordable Care Act’s mandate, which doesn’t surprise me, but I was taken aback by their concluding sentences: There’s nothing tyrannical about it, and even if...
A Pause to Listen: Yasunori Mitsuda
Part II of an orchestral medley of themes from Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross. Listen to Part I here.
Relativism and Value Hierarchies
Will Truman makes two astute observations concerning the philosophical differences between liberals and conservatives: while both camps may at times use the same words and express the same sort of values, they regularly differ...
Echoes on the Road
“Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love upon earth: the Blessed Sacrament…..There you will find romance, glory, honor, fidelity, and the...
The Cloister of the Universe
Orthodoxy has it that God is all powerful–omnipotent–and yet the story remembered and retold in the Paschal Triduum that begins this evening–Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday–speaks of a weak God, a figure...
