Book Reviews
“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” C.S. Lewis
Re-Thinking the Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was actually the "Endarkenment" right? The supernatural faith was undermined by reliance on human reason. Science supplanted sacraments and "I think therefore I am" replaced the great "I AM". The dogma of [...]
A Congenial Genocide
I always enjoy the chance to link C.S.Lewis to the American South because a contrary part of me thinks he would have enjoyed the sharp, sometimes sardonic wit and wry observation of Southern gentlemen [...]
Huck and Pip: The Tale of Two Orphans
“Give your hero family problems!” demanded my screenwriting tutor. “For the film to have depth and meaning, the outward storyline needs to reflect the hero’s inward journey to grow up, overcome his faults, find [...]
Slubgrip Welcomes His Reptilian Students
The first two days of Slubgrip's course Popular Culture 101 in Bowelbages University--from Slubgrip Instructs Door opening. A deep cultured voice is heard. It is Slubgrip. Ah, Knobswart you old reptile, come in, come [...]
Esolen and Dreher – Two Noahs Facing the Flood
Worried about the breakneck pace of change, overwhelming social upheaval, the breakdown of the family, the sexual revolution, the disintegration of Christianity and the tsunami of technology? Like a pair of Noahs, Rod Dreher [...]
Militant Michael Voris
At the Tampa Mens's Conference last week one of Church Militant's supporters kindly gave me copies of Michael Voris' two books Militant-Resurrecting Authentic Catholicism and Resistance-Fighting the Devil Within. For those who are not [...]