This will be my last post on this small series that has developed on various types of conservatives. As you notice, I have posted both from the Crunchy Cons and from David Frum of the American Enterprise Institute and his interview by CNN. But, let me now quote directly from the FrumForum, a conservative forum […]
My, how our thinking has changed!
The article below is a reprint from a post by David Frum, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Though the post is on the current climate debate crisis, read it carefully. The point he is making is actually significantly more important than just the climate debate. They key phrase is, “It used to […]
Daily Show on Denialism
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Michael Specter www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis In the USA we have been going through many years of illogical thinking that is completely unrelated to political leanings. The common denominator is not politics, or education, or socio-economic level, or […]
On decisions and memories
We have a tendency, when we talk about decisions, to talk mostly about bad decisions and mistaken decisions. Rarely do we talk about good decisions. And, even more rarely do we talk about good decisions that are very difficult to make. What do I mean by good, but incredibly difficult decisions? Yesterday, I was talking […]
A Crunchy Con Manifesto by Rod Dreher
I happen to be enjoying a new granddaughter, Rachel. So, I am simply going to post a review of a book from 2006 and a manifesto that came from that book. This is 2009, and little (yet) has come of the manifesto. But, I post it to say that many of the things that Rod […]
New granddaughter
Here is the photograph of our youngest granddaughter, Rachel Aufhammer. Ahh, you may very well not see either I or Father Orthoduck posting for a day or two. GRIN. We are off to hug a baby, a mama, and a papa!!! Well, the papa may have some reservations about hugging, but I am sure that […]
On honor among soldiers
Bad news for some of you. We are taking a one day break from Nixon and China. [Somehow I doubt that it is bad news for many of you.] I saw a show last night that portrayed a reality that many non-soldiers have trouble understanding. The show portrayed an encounter between an American veteran of […]
Answers to various questions
This seemed like a good time to answer some miscellaneous questions from several people. Not all of them are totally serious, but I wanted to “clean up” my inbox. “… Father Orthohippo.” What is with you Orthodox blogging priests and having orthodox animals? 😉 Well, actually, not all Orthodox priests do that. 😎 For instance, […]
Thanksgiving comics
Shifting gears to become Orthodox
Yesterday I received a note from someone thinking about Orthodoxy. In the note he asked about what it means when so many of us say that in order to become Orthodox you have to be willing to “shift gears” or to “change the way you think” in order to become Orthodox. I must admit that […]
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