I’ve long admired Anthony Esolen as a Catholic scholar of the first order. He has published essays in several of the Ignatius Critical Editions, of which I am series editor (www.ignatiuscriticaleditions.com), and his translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy is a tour de force. In more recent months, however, largely due to his excellent articles in Crisis Magazine, he has emerged as an irrepressible and witty commentator on contemporary politics and culture from a Catholic perspective. His essay in today’s Crisis Magazine displays his wit and wisdom to great effect:

 

http://www.crisismagazine.com/2012/catholic-social-teaching-its-time-to-end-the-misrepresentations