In the secular world, Lechery and Acedia are endemic.

Beware of the leaven. Beware of those who add to the gospel, who seek extra things, who move to bring secular philosophy into the church and call it Christian. Far better these things remain secular. Including our poets. This is Oliver describing… Read More

Pain, Tears, Shame, Duty, Love, weirdness

Some people will see a contradiction between these two passages. One talks about if you live rightly, your life will be of ease. The other is quite clear that the world will hate you: some would be stronger. They would say that if you are being… Read More

Linkage… (avoid folly, folks)

Vanessa argues that school hours should be short. She's right. We always have had an aristocracy, and they always get away with crimes that others are convicted for. Anonymous is annoyed by this, and is going to take down the US prosecution servicesRead More

Vile linkage.

One of the few pleasures left in this over legislated world is enjoying good prose, particularly when vicious. I blame the PC, who are ably skewered by Jim Goad. Go there. Taki's wants the traffic. While you are there, read Pat Buchanan's discussion of how the two Americas are not even talking to each other -- as the elite preach… Read More

Why the left has lost.

I note that today, in a period when the PM is being challenged on his negotiations with a casino to build a convention centre in Auckland (It revolves around poker machines) the most recent poll shows... despite being hosed in the media... his ratings have gone up. I wrote thisRead More