Paper Clippings The Blog of The Crossroads Cultural Center

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Entries from February 1, 2007 - February 28, 2007

Wednesday
Feb282007

Children of the state

Apparently there is no freedom of education whatsoever in Germany.

Sunday
Feb252007

Familiar pattern

It is remarkable how certain phenomena start popping up in similar forms more or less at the same time in the most disparate corners of the world.

Saturday
Feb242007

They are back

A few months after the gospel of Judas, here comes the tumb of Jesua. The only interesting question is: why would anybody think that this is interesting?

Saturday
Feb242007

Confusion

The British government is divided about whether it is better to have two parents in a family.

Thursday
Feb222007

Big problem

Giuliani's Catholic problem. The real problem is that his whole persona embodies the cultural meltdown of east-coast "ethnic" cultural Catholicism. Does faith have any relevance to real life?

Monday
Feb192007

Cultural poverty

It seems reasonable that if a society fails to educate the young, the result will be a new kind of
underclass. But the origin of the problem is not globalization; it is a neglect of humanity.

Monday
Feb192007

Work of mercy

On Catholic education in Jordan.

Saturday
Feb172007

Ironic

England is experiencing massive Catholic immigration.

Wednesday
Feb142007

Survival of the fittest

Many people are not aware that the US had its own age of eugenics.

Saturday
Feb102007

Self-hatred

Another depressing but brilliant Dalrymple column.

Friday
Feb092007

Illiberal

An interesting discussion regarding the growing intolerance of religion among certain "liberal" figures in the US.


"A left-liberal commitment to religious freedom is not something that can be counted
on any more"

That has been one of the most impressive and under-reported cultural shifts in this country over the last decade.

Friday
Feb092007

Hegemony

Given that the Atlantic Monthly is a serious magazine not given to right-wing conspiracy theories, it is remarkable they published this.

Tuesday
Feb062007

The road to slavery

It is undeniable that the New York Times stands out today as the media outlet where news are most thoroughly shaped by radical ideology.

Friday
Feb022007

Totalitarianism III

From Canada


traditional religious groups essentially must either abandon any religious beliefs that conflict with the ideologies of the state, notably that of radical feminism, or cease to make any claims to special financial considerations for their charitable, non-profit works for the community.

Thursday
Feb012007

Delusional

Mark Davis on motherhood without fatherhood.