Where have all the gentlemen gone? In honor of President’s Day, CNN.com has an article on Tips from President Washington’s Self-help Manual. It’s enlightening to read just how hardcore some of these tips are, especially in today’s culture. There is, however, some insight for us today. The underlying question that guides these tips is: How [...]
Tagged gentlemanners, George Washington, President's Day, respect, self-help tipsAnthony Esolen has done it again. His latest blog post is on how the world has lost its soul, its culture, because it has lost in its music any resemblance or building up on the music of the past. Esolen defines culture as that which you have when “you cultivate those beliefs, customs, celebrations, and [...]
Tagged Anthony Esolen, culture, Touchstone, traditionAre you a young man stuck in adolescence? Then check out this article on the phenomenon of boys who never grow up. Why should you bother to read it? Because you’re an adult now, even if you don’t realize it, and it’s time to face the music.
Sure. It’s rough growing up. After all, it’s fun [...]
Here is a blog post worth a serious read. And I mean, read it and consider how it speaks to you. Much of the stagnation of thought and practice, which in all reality is a decline, is due to the things that Esolen brings to light in his blog post. [...]
Tagged aesthetics, CTS, LCMS, Music, religion, worship“Imagine that the natural sciences were to suffer the effects of a catastrophe. A series of environmental disasters are blamed by the general public on the scientists. Widespread riots occur, labratories are burnt down, physicists are lynched, books and instruments are destroyed. Finally, a Know-Nothing political movement takes power and successfully abolishes [...]
Tagged Alasdair MacIntyre, Ethics, Moral Philosophy, VirtureHere’s a fun article from the Wall Street Journal on cutting and felling your own Christmas tree. It’s about a father and his two sons who are beginning a tradition together. It’s a bit romantic, but it’s good to see fathers and sons doing dangerous and (dare I say it) manly things with each other.
It [...]
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