Culture

Relevant Rock: The Avett Brothers’ The Carpenter

by Dan Hart October 11, 2012

The Avett Brothers are a band that exude positivity. They have an unmistakable bounce in their step, as if they can barely contain their joy at being able to make music for a living.
And a nice living at that.…

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Is Inequality the Cause of Our Worst Social Ills?

by Carson Holloway October 10, 2012

Contemporary American liberalism suffers from a serious self-delusion that hampers it both as a governing philosophy and a political movement. Liberals tend to present themselves as pragmatic problem solvers, identifying and correcting social ills by the pure light of reason.…

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Vatican Police: Pope’s Butler a Secret Agent?

by Dr. Robert Moynihan October 4, 2012

Yesterday the Vatican police testified about what they found when they raided Paolo Gabriele’s apartment on May 23.

What did they find?
Among other things, papers from the Pope’s private desk marked, in German, “destroy.” In other words, Pope Benedict,…

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Lemmings, Unite! Be True to Yourself?

by Anthony Esolen October 3, 2012

“This above all,” says the old counselor to his son, advising the lad before his departure for France to play the young aristocrat on tour, “to thine own self be true.” Maintain that truth, he says, and then it will…

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“VatiLeaks” Trial Begins Today

by Dr. Robert Moynihan October 2, 2012

Today is the the first day of actual testimony in the the trial of the Pope’s former butler, part of the perplexing “VatiLeaks” case. An “iconic moment” will occur in a tiny Vatican courtroom this morning, if all goes according…

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The End of Men–and Women

by Carolyn Moynihan September 27, 2012

It would be easy to misunderstand the meaning of Hanna Rosin’s now celebrated theme “the end of men”. The title of the American writer’s 2010 Atlantic magazine article, and now of a full-blown book, signifies not the total redundancy of…

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Relevant Rock: The Religion of Dylan’s Tempest

by Dan Hart September 25, 2012

Seemingly by sheer force of will, Bob Dylan keeps putting out records. It’s staggering, really – the man is 71 years old. Starting with 1997′s resurgent Time Out of Mind, he has released six studio albums in the last 15…

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The Irreconcilable Conflict

by Pat Buchanan September 18, 2012

“Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
“Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat.”
Thus did Kipling, the Poet of Empire, caution the British about the Eastern world the…

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Relevant Rock: A Review of Beach House’s Bloom

by Dan Hart September 18, 2012

Editor’s Note: Welcome to the first installment of Relevant Rock, a new series of insightful reviews of rock music releases for those Catholic Exchange readers who are discerning fans of the genre. Yes, we all know that the world of…

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The Sad Facts of Another Scandal

by Russell Shaw September 10, 2012

Thanks to the media, American Catholics will soon be treated to another sad chapter in the story of clergy sex abuse. In fact, that may already have happened. Without little advance notice, the trial of Bishop Robert W. Finn of…

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