COVID: What would Solzhenitsyn do?
Joseph Pearce2021-01-11T17:53:06-05:00Rod Dreher referencing me quoting Shakespeare... https://jpearce.co/covid-what-would-solzhenitsyn-say/ ReplyReply allForward
Reading History with Casper Gutman
Daniel J. Heisey2021-01-11T06:58:53-05:00A leaden sky shielded London from the winter sun as I kept my appointment with Casper Gutman Antiques. Still in business after more than a century, it sits tucked away on one of those dead-end side streets not far from the Diogenes Club. With their customary courtesy they were letting me consult their founder’s private collection [...]
Uncle Sam’s Good Servant but God’s First
Winston Elliott2021-01-09T14:00:56-05:00Making sense of patriotism in these crazy times: https://jpearce.co/uncle-sams-good-servant-but-gods-first-2/
In This Week’s Inner Sanctum
Winston Elliott2021-01-09T13:57:57-05:00Here is what's new in Joseph Pearce's Inner Sanctum this week: https://jpearce.co/in-this-weeks-inner-sanctum-2/
The Strangeness of Intolerance
Dena Hunt2021-01-08T15:06:44-05:00I got sucked into a quarrel yesterday. I hate to admit that, but there it is. The only value such an experience has is the self-examination it evokes, not just to determine whether I was truly “right” but more importantly, to determine what made me lose my cool. I raised my voice—something I never do—then realized too late [...]
Give the Devil Enough Rope
Winston Elliott2021-01-08T14:59:55-05:00As the American Republic seems intent on ripping itself apart, the editors of The Imaginative Conservative have decided to publish an old essay of mine which they feel to be pertinent to the dark days in which we find ourselves: https://jpearce.co/give-the-devil-enough-rope-2/
Belloc and Eliot on the Epiphany
Joseph Pearce2021-01-08T14:58:41-05:00As a way of celebrating the Epiphany, here are my musings on Belloc's "Twelfth Night" and T. S. Eliot's "Journey of the Magi": https://jpearce.co/on-the-twelfth-day-of-christmas/
Understanding The Everlasting Man
Joseph Pearce2021-01-08T14:57:17-05:00I'm giving two online lectures for the Institute of Catholic Culture on Chesterton's classic, The Everlasting Man. Please join me: https://jpearce.co/understanding-the-everlasting-man/
Some Covidious Thoughts for the New Year
Joseph Pearce2021-01-05T17:23:41-05:00As we begin a second plague-ridden year, I offer some New Year musings on a world gone viral: https://jpearce.co/some-covidious-thoughts-for-the-new-year/
Shooting Your Eye Out for Christmas
Joseph Pearce2020-12-30T20:39:34-05:00In this week's Inner Sanctum: Joseph Pearce waxes whimsical on how his wife is promoting the noble tradition of shooting your eye out for Christmas. He also vents his spleen dogmatically on the hierarchical necessity of singing "The Twelve Days of Christmas" in the correct order, condemning those who place drummers drumming and pipers piping above [...]