- Frankenfood Failure.
- Benedict XVI on economics.
- A Distributist success story.
- Marriage in New York.
- Assaulted by Prayer?
Category: Distributism
Tasty Tidbits 8/27/11
- World’s strongest hallucinogen is 152 (million?) years old today.
- Hurricane Irene.
- Fed Jackboot report.
- On a more hopeful note.
- Weighing money versus counting it.
- Steve Jobs on succeeding.
Tasty Tidbits 8/16/11
- Self-medication comparisons.
- God’s best.
- Buffet deserved better artwork.
- Right position, opaque reasons.
- Plutonomy.
- Religious freedom today.
- Dwelling in unity.
- Who’s your physician?
Tasteless (but Timely) Tidbits 8/7/11
- Mene mene tekel upharsin.
- Our most conservative President.
- Safety in time of turmoil.
Tasty Tidbits 7/24/11
- Dear Zeitgeist:
- Crony capitalism items.
- “No, thank you” on Viagra
- “AMAC is Rising!” Who!?
Tasty Tidbits 7/7/11
Here’s today’s Tasty Tidbits I’ve thought worth memorializing. Orthodoxen in particular might want to read item 6, which links to a post at the Orthodoxy at Purdue blog (which also appears on the St. Alexis website’s homepage):
- I’m ballast (but please don’t throw me over if it gets stormy).
- “… it’s probably you.”
- Cecilia Bartoli.
- Debut of the Journal of Christian Legal Thought.
- The Strong One(s).
- Three excellent AFR Podcasts.
- A perceptive Orthodox podcast on economics.
- A different take on Mormon electoral odds Continue reading “Tasty Tidbits 7/7/11”
Tasty Tidbits 7/5/11
Here’s some Tasty Tidbits for the day:
- Conservative conservatism calls out liberal conservatism.
- Crony capitalism and the complicit commentariat.
- James Howard Kunstler’s birthday card to America.
- Are we really free?
- John’s Curmudgeonly thoughts on our history.
- Who’s really totalitarian?
- Are we “defining” or “banning”?
- What does barbecue tell us about race?
An interesting interview about Distributist economics
From Backyard RadTrad, a Traditionalist Catholic website, an mp3 interview on Distributist Economic thought with this sidebar: Continue reading “An interesting interview about Distributist economics”
Prophets, dissident intellectuals, and a world free of merde
My blog title is based on a quote from G.K. Chesterton, one of my favorite essayists. Reading Chesterton, and noting how “prophetic” he is, reminds me of Noam Chomsky’s claim that the Old Testament prophets were that day’s version of “dissident intellectuals.” Continue reading “Prophets, dissident intellectuals, and a world free of merde”
Orthodox Economics (with a shame-faced eucharistic postscript)
I’m unlikely for years, if ever, to compose a better introductionto Distributism for Orthodox Christians (or others) than this article from the Orthodox Peace Fellowship . All the following quotes, accordingly, are from it unless otherwise noted.
“Capitalism immediately appeals to Americans, who value freedom above just about everything,” the article acknowledges But don’t expect me to bite my tongue about what I see of Emperor Capital’s new clothes. Continue reading “Orthodox Economics (with a shame-faced eucharistic postscript)”
Tipsy Teetotaler ن 