[BeardFisher-King]

http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2018/01/modernity-souls-alexander-zubatov.html

"How to save our souls from the modern world"

[BeardFisher-King]

http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2014/06/what-is-distributism.html

Distributism, the original "small is beautiful" movement.

[BeardFisher-King]

http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2018/01/read-write-poetry-dwight-longenecker.html

"Why You Should Read And Write Poetry"

Why? Emotions, language, imagination.

[BeardFisher-King]

http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2016/12/greatness-mozart-robert-reilly.html
Happy Birthday, W. A. Mozart!

[BeardFisher-King]

http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2013/11/ten-beautiful-classical-symphonies.html

[BeardFisher-King]

http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2014/11/ethical-failure-philosophical-skepticism.html

Philosophical skepticism is a problem that must be solved, not a position that can be maintained indefinitely.

That said, I think the author conflates skepticism with relativism, which is not quite fair. While skepticism, untreated, can lead to radical relativism, I think a conscientious skeptic can accept the possibility of objective truth.

Imho.

[BeardFisher-King]

http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2014/12/ten-greatest-violin-concertos.html

I had the good fortune to see Gil Shaham play with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra a few years ago. I don't remember which concerto was being played, but it was an amazing experience. My seat was in the front row, just slightly stage left of the conductor, David Robertson, who happens to be Gil Shaham's brother-in-law. (Robertson is married to Orli Shaham, a noted concert pianist.)

[TaoHorror]

http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2014/12/ten-greatest-violin-concertos.html

I had the good fortune to see Gil Shaham play with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra a few years ago. I don't remember which concerto was being played, but it was an amazing experience. My seat was in the front row, just slightly stage left of the conductor, David Robertson, who happens to be Gil Shaham's brother-in-law. (Robertson is married to Orli Shaham, a noted concert pianist.)

You're not in the top 10, BFK, that's bullshit.

[BeardFisher-King]

http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2015/06/guide-dystopian-literature-12.html

[TaoHorror]

http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2015/06/guide-dystopian-literature-12.html

Small typo: He references "Frank Knight", he means "Frank Miller" - writer of The Dark Knight. The first 2 Nolan Batman movies were based on Miller's interpretation.

At their best, dystopias allow us—through the faculty of imagination—to see not only inhumanity, but the motives behind inhumanity. They allow us to understand, analyze, and warn the world of nightmares, deaths, grit, ideologies, and fundamentalisms. Through their own horrors, they might very well allow us to hold off the abyss for another generation or more.

I agree with the above and brought similar up before here in TSA - that these kinds of stories are not predictive as much as they are preventative. Since we're conscious of losing our liberties, we won't lose them - it's when we're not aware of losing them is when we're in trouble.

[BeardFisher-King]

Nice catch, Tao! Perhaps you're right about the preventative properties of fictional dystopias. I certainly hope so.

[BeardFisher-King]

http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2016/07/calling-all-young-fogies.html

From an old fogie (or is it "fogey"?).

Edited to add: "Fogey" is correct.

[BeardFisher-King]

http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2018/07/mind-god-cosmic-music-michio-kaku-jon-miltimore.html

"The mind of God is cosmic music, the music of strings resonating through eleven-dimensional hyperspace..."

I was tempted to post this in BFK's Music Corner, but....he gets so cranky sometimes. 😉