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August 1st, 2012When Virtue Pays II: The Right Thing and the Wrong Reasonby Sophia Mason
If it is an acknowledged truth that virtue does pay, it is equally true that to become virtuous for the sake of the payment is practically speaking impossible. Indeed, it is worse than impossible: it is dangerous.
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Rome Versus Romance in “Romeo and Juliet”by Joseph Pearce
Yesterday morning I was interviewed on "Morning Air" on Relevant Radio about my new book, Shakespeare On Love: Seeing the Catholic Presence in Romeo and Juliet. The radio station has now posted the interview on-line:
http://relevantradio.streamguys.us/MA%20Archive/MA20130520c.mp3
Belloc, Chesterton, and the French Revolutionby Joseph Pearce
In my post on Friday (True Democrats are Not Democrats), I mentioned that I would aim to say a little more about the Chesterbelloc's misguided support for the French Revolution. For the time being, though much more could be said, I'd like to restrict my comments to my brief discussion of it in my forthcoming book, "Race With the Devil: A Journey from Racial Hatred to Rational Love", which I finished writing yesterday and which should be published in August.
Frankenstein: The Monster and the Criticsby Joseph Pearce
I was delighted and heartened to see a good review of the Ignatius Critical Edition of Frankenstein in Crisis Magazine. Here's the link:
http://www.crisismagazine.com/2013/frankenstein-by-mary-shelly