Book Review: Papal Teaching on Private Property – 1891 to 1981
Woke up laughing this morning, but can’t remember the dream. Today must be a good day. Here are some notables I have mined out of my 300 bookmarks this week.
- I have long been a fan of Dr. Walter E. Williams. In today’s WSJ, he was the feature of a column called State Against Blacks (which happens to be the title of his ever-relevant 1980-something documentary) that shows exactly where he is coming from and why. Good stuff. It is about time the mainstream realized the treasure that this man is…
- College is a total waste of time. Or is it? I think it might be at certain state colleges, but it is almost requisite to getting a job these days. At the same time, for all of the time one spends in college, it is clear to me that you could educate yourself much better by coming up with a good plan…
- Someone at AmericanThinker asks of politicians a question that they should have to answer to stay in office: Why do we have a debt ceiling if it means nothing to have and we simply will raise it whenever we see fit? The fiscal mismanagement in Washington is abhorrent. Now let me ask you a question: Would you invest in a company that constantly spent beyond its means and declared bankruptcy every few years? I hope you said yes, because you have no choice. It is the U.S. Government.
- There is one answer on the morality of the death penalty, and the Church has it: It is morally irreconcilable with Catholicism (and therefore, reality itself). Take it up with the Guy who structured human morality, and stop with the attachment to party lines before honest spiritual reflection…
- WolframAlpha takes on the Drake Equation, with your help…
- The Sexual Revolution wasn’t a revolution, it was a reversion back to our most animalistic tendencies. It is Christ who revolutionized sex, what it means, and how it should fit into our spiritual destiny. Peter Kreeft is on it, stylish and well-stated as usual…
- Tachyons are confusing, but knowing about them is REALLY IMPORTANT. Ish.
The 21st century is AWESOME:
In fairness, the waster-of-time in college is said to be the first two years. In some cases, even at Catholic colleges such as GU and Portland, I've seen LIMITED evidence of this. Now, at Central back in the '80s, I think all four years might have been a waste.
As for the death penalty, Mark is careful to state that it is not morally equivalent to abortion, and there may be some cases where it might be called for.
Just not in the United States at any time since the 1870s.
Re: Death penalty…
You are right, in principle. But in practice, I don't know if we don't have the ability to incapacitate even the worst murderers to the point that execution is unwarranted. Right?
In the US, and most if not all industrialized states, the death penalty is morally illicit, given our capacities to render murderers as no longer a threat.