Daily Archives: November 7, 2012

G. K. Chesterton on Mystic Light

In a brilliant analogy, G. K. Chesterton (in the conclusion to his second chapter of Orthodoxy ) likens the Absolute—what I’d call the ontological mystery, the Mystery of Being—to the sun. The sun is something that one feels and sees by, but when you … Continue reading

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The American Experiment and Barack Obama

In the wee-hours of this morning, around 3 am, Andrew Sullivan was dazzlingly eloquent about Barack Obama’s reelection. I’m especially struck by this sentence: What he reminded me of was how deeply American he actually is – how this country’s … Continue reading

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Hercules, Strangled Snakes, Nate Silver, and Karl Rove

In 1860, Thomas Henry Huxley wrote an essay titled, “The Origin of Species,” and a sentence from it seems apt to what happened last night with Barack Obama’s reelection: Extinguished theologians lie about the cradle of every science as the … Continue reading

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Obama’s Late Night Victory Speech Soared

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Twilight of the White Establishment?

Bill O’Reilly was pissed last night, blaming President Obama’s reelection on the old and tired chestnut that the poorer half of the voting public is parasitic on the richer half, and so voted for the guy promising the most free … Continue reading

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