G.K. Chesterton on Christmas: It is in the old Christmas carols, the carols which date from the Middle Ages, that we find not only what makes Christmas poetic and soothing and stately, but first and foremost what makes Christmas exciting. The exciting quality of Christmas rests, as do all the other examples I have mentioned, [...]
Archive for December 2007
Merry Christmas, 2007
December 23, 2007Eliot Spitzer is Reading the Wrong Book – By George J. Marlin
December 16, 2007Governor Spitzer’s handlers have been hyping his reading of Robert Wesser’s 1967 book, Charles Evans Hughes: Politics and Reform in New York, 1905-1910. The Wesser work was referred to in The New Yorker profile, “The Humbling of Eliot Spitzer” and in the December 2 edition of the Times, their resident New York historian, Sam Roberts, [...]
Democrats Appealing to the “Common Good”: A Tactic to Deceive Catholics? By George J. Marlin
December 9, 2007Democratic presidential hopefuls frequently refer to the “common good” when describing their approach to governing. The November 22 edition of The Wall Street Journal pointed out that John Edwards defines “common good” as a “leveling the economic playing field.” For Barack Obama it means “shared duties and responsibilities not only among classes but between the [...]
Sandy Treadwell and Bill Weld: Two Liberal “Peas in a Pod” – by George J. Marlin
December 2, 2007Treadwell for Congress, Inc. paid for the printing and mailing of a fundraising letter signed by the former governor of Massachusetts, extreme liberal Bill Weld. In the letter, Mr. Weld gushes over Treadwell: “In truth, I had the honor of getting to know Sandy during my campaign for Governor of New York. He was one [...]
