tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post5212663949578912994..comments2023-10-02T01:11:04.783-07:00Comments on Mahound's <br>Paradise: Dear FIRST THINGS: Please Cancel My AscriptionOakes Spaldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08078500142758654392noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-20367285168251729632015-10-30T08:07:02.897-07:002015-10-30T08:07:02.897-07:00I'm just figuring out who is in what camp now....I'm just figuring out who is in what camp now. As a faithful Catholic I never thought that this would be necessary. It is not straightforward, and some people or blogs who seem orthodox are not, as in, First Things. I will cross them off my list post haste. <br />God bless you all. Viva Christo Rey!Kathleen1031https://www.blogger.com/profile/10201084623185206141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-26683328501431982172015-10-02T06:46:59.317-07:002015-10-02T06:46:59.317-07:00Thanks. I linked to the wrong article. But the &qu...Thanks. I linked to the wrong article. But the "right" article--which while not pro-Burke per se is pro-"let Burke speak"--was not written by Mullarkey. So I took that part out. It was probably just a stupid mistake on my part. I ascribe it to the pungent beverage I had been drinking.Oakes Spaldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08078500142758654392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-50918090568953352462015-10-02T05:43:49.263-07:002015-10-02T05:43:49.263-07:00What a great post! (I'm confused about the Co...What a great post! (I'm confused about the Commonweal link, though. The article is not by Mullarkey and actually is quite critical of Burke.)Brother Asshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01743538023268812952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-2953961856011474532015-10-01T21:45:25.921-07:002015-10-01T21:45:25.921-07:00Thanks for the informative article. I love Mauree...Thanks for the informative article. I love Maureen's take on Francis. She assessed him so very well.. If only more could see through the 'bishop of Rome' as she does. The adulation of so many is scary.Barbara Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16566610653008240239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-52162009648118979182015-10-01T19:59:37.657-07:002015-10-01T19:59:37.657-07:00Excellent, as always. Were it not for my strong fa...Excellent, as always. Were it not for my strong faith and writers like you, Maureen Mullarkey and some others, I fear I'd be 'round the bend by now. Even my own extended family members recite the platitudes, make the excuses & justifications. Then again, I shouldn't be surprised since I heard a lot of the same pap leading up to the 2008 presidential election. <br /><br />Now, back to trying to recover from the Papal visit (live just outside Philly) without drugs or (a lot of of) alcohol. Then I can relax until...The Synod!<br /><br />Thanks for your work, always enlightening and engaging to read.Jeanne Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08214081669265679010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-1922674932147719792015-10-01T17:41:47.510-07:002015-10-01T17:41:47.510-07:00See the 5th paragraph in the above. The Damon Link...See the 5th paragraph in the above. The Damon Linker thing was really quite amazing. I've never heard of anything quite like it. Bottum wrote some great stuff--one of the most important defenses of Pius XII against the "Nazi Pope" accusations for example--but his pro-gay marriage "coming out" was weird, not so much because he did it but because of how he did it with that interminably long essay. It gave him a certain 15 minutes of fame, but I think he subsequently faded.Oakes Spaldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08078500142758654392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-74418156529388245392015-10-01T15:42:23.042-07:002015-10-01T15:42:23.042-07:00Hilary already writes for the Remnant. Link here
...Hilary already writes for the Remnant. Link here <br /><br /><br />http://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/fetzen-fliegen/item/2024-episcopal-mental-abuse-and-papal-parental-neglect-how-to-make-a-neurotic-churchChloehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05938814790482289950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-42233239337196365422015-10-01T13:32:52.212-07:002015-10-01T13:32:52.212-07:00I want a "hurrah" button at the end of ...I want a "hurrah" button at the end of this article which I can hit fifty times. Someone invent it, please. This is brilliant and Mullarkey's post was brilliant. There is an interview with R. R. Reno making the rounds in which he "clarifies" Pope Francis. It is Jesuitical. (Oh yes, I said it.)Marihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02725146310683217030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-18438302021030223112015-10-01T11:30:13.811-07:002015-10-01T11:30:13.811-07:00Because it has to be said: that was a very pungent...Because it has to be said: that was a very pungent article.Karen Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356920204375649672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-60672642540960602542015-10-01T10:36:35.721-07:002015-10-01T10:36:35.721-07:00Now, if the Remnant and 1P5 would hire Hillary Whi...Now, if the Remnant and 1P5 would hire Hillary White too, we'd be cookin'.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15742800352247658277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-76948509536456936042015-10-01T09:07:01.394-07:002015-10-01T09:07:01.394-07:00You're right, my friend. These times are &quo...You're right, my friend. These times are "more-interesting" than I have ever lived through before. It's funny how one step in the wrong direction will get you thrown off a cliff by some people.<br />I have to ask though, who are Damon Linker and Joseph Bottum whom you speak of in the First Things Combox?Netmilsmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16100626389916221972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-38627570032409794242015-10-01T08:09:39.333-07:002015-10-01T08:09:39.333-07:00Yes, I had a long time subscription to FT, and sti...Yes, I had a long time subscription to FT, and still have a couple boxes of all the back issues in the basement; but I bailed out sometime in the Jody Bottum era. And it wasn't just because Fr. Neuhaus was gone.Athelstanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07346012062816580296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-82179993143480721582015-10-01T07:46:07.907-07:002015-10-01T07:46:07.907-07:00Quite a pungent analysis here. Time to double down...Quite a pungent analysis here. Time to double down. The "Road Show" slight of hand is over and the next three weeks will be trying. ..... St. Joseph, Ora Pro NobisP. Maximushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05473017739763144416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-57053139125203370832015-10-01T07:37:37.971-07:002015-10-01T07:37:37.971-07:00I love that you write in a way that makes it easy ...I love that you write in a way that makes it easy to "hear you" saying these things. fellowship1https://www.blogger.com/profile/03945612346571337655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-19127453652729053642015-10-01T07:31:51.470-07:002015-10-01T07:31:51.470-07:00Firs things, for me, ended when Fr. Neuhaus died....Firs things, for me, ended when Fr. Neuhaus died.gracemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14095192110021084317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-88234912574445947952015-10-01T07:11:09.765-07:002015-10-01T07:11:09.765-07:00Great post Oakes. Great post Oakes. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-88619108077372028792015-10-01T04:14:17.329-07:002015-10-01T04:14:17.329-07:00I stopped reading First Things when Fr.Neuhaus die...I stopped reading First Things when Fr.Neuhaus died. It became duller version of National review. Then they hired Maureen. Now that she's been fired I can happily forget them again.Dymphnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01469622835449220113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-22186258953846296562015-10-01T02:14:41.576-07:002015-10-01T02:14:41.576-07:00Excellent commentary. The war is surely here and i...Excellent commentary. The war is surely here and it is a war that is waging on all fronts, both secular and religious. Battle On!Dave Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14125219877561369565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-2418442974715336742015-09-30T21:14:47.111-07:002015-09-30T21:14:47.111-07:00Agree/Disagree. I love Ayn Rand and Atlas Shrugged...Agree/Disagree. I love Ayn Rand and Atlas Shrugged. Take a three-week vacation and give it another chance.Oakes Spaldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08078500142758654392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-17804038923707928202015-09-30T21:11:18.962-07:002015-09-30T21:11:18.962-07:00>>...and I've never yet met someone who ...>>...and I've never yet met someone who made it all the way to the end of his essay to find out where he actually ended up (though the title does help).<<<br /><br />I'm so glad to learn this. Now I don't feel guilty for not making it to the end of the essay despite two or three attempts.<br /><br />The experience reminded me of my attempts to finally slog all the way through Ayn Rand's exemplar of turgid writing, "Atlas Shrugged".<br />Phineas T. Chamberpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08097537213539611821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-70336845352225055972015-09-30T20:51:48.151-07:002015-09-30T20:51:48.151-07:00Thanks, "friendly observer". Someone onc...Thanks, "friendly observer". Someone once attacked me for being a "tweedy Catholic." Turnabout is fair play.Oakes Spaldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08078500142758654392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-80191762122013727152015-09-30T20:49:33.151-07:002015-09-30T20:49:33.151-07:00The reiterated "tweedy." How delicious. ...The reiterated "tweedy." How delicious. Masterful analysis.Terrye Newkirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06418957236459508998noreply@blogger.com