Author: Deal Hudson
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Julian Green — A Turbulent Passage — from Crisis Magazine, Feb. 1, 1996.
https://www.crisismagazine.com/1996/julian-green-a-turbulent-passage The penultimate volume of Julian Green’s four-part autobiography, anglicized as Love In America, borrows its haunting epigraph from Francois Villon, “In my own country I am in a distant land.” Certainly, no writer’s personal situation was ever more appropriately limned by this striking verse than that of Julian Green. Born ninety-five years ago in…
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Catholics and the GOP: an Uneasy Fit — my op-ed from the Los Angeles Times — January 23, 2000.
Catholics make up the largest single religious denomination–65 million–of any kind in this country. They also make up one-third of the electorate in a presidential election, approximately 30 million. Yet in more than 200 years, a Catholic priest has never served as chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives. In December, an 18-member bipartisan committee…
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The Bishop’s and Pope’s concern for immigrants is bogged down in politics
At NEWSMAX, I discuss how unintelligible it is when Pope France says the rights of immigrants “always” override national security concerns. That makes no sense at all if you read the Catechism of the Catholic Church. https://www.newsmax.com/dealhudson/alitalia-chartered-children-holy/2018/07/06/id/870296/
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Prof. Francis O’Gorman talks about John Ruskin’s life, writings, and devotion to beauty, July 14, 2018, hour 1
Prof. Francis O’Gorman, chairmen of the Ruskin Society, talks about John Ruskin, the Evangelical art critic who considered the art of the Italian Renaissance, and Venice in particular, as the idea of beauty. Ruskin, as O’Gorman explains, didn’t remain in Evangelical in later life. Prof. O’Gorman teaches at the University of Edinburgh. https://avemariaradio.net/audio-archive/church-and-culture-july-14-2018-hour-1/
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Music critic Jens F. Laurson plays and discusses of the late romantic composer, Othmar Schoeck, July 28, 2018, hour 1
Jens F. Laurson is one of the most respected music critics in the world. I was privileged to have him join me on ‘Church and Culture’ to discuss the music of the late romantic composer, Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957). Schoeck, who was Swiss, stands at the border between romantic and modern, but he never loses touch…
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Bob Reilly discusses the Trump/Putin meeting and the real threat posed by Jinping’s China — July 28, 2018, hour 2
Bob Reilly returns to ‘Church and Culture’ to explain why the focus on Trump and Putin in Helsinki draws attention away from the far more serious threat posed by China under the leadership of Xi Jinping. https://avemariaradio.net/audio-archive/church-and-culture-july-28-2018-hour-2/
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Review of ‘Surprised by Beauty: A Listener’s Guide to the Recovery of Modern Music’ by Robert Reilly and Jens Laurson
The Claremont Review asked me for a review of Surprised by Beauty: A Listener’s Guide to the Recovery of Modern Music by Robert R. Reilly and Jens F. Laurson (Ignatius Press, 2016). A Baedeker to Beauty Deal W. Hudson January 8, 2018 As a Baedeker for the musically literate, Robert Reilly’s Surprised by Beauty: A Listener’s…
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The podcast of my interview with Patricia Oedy-Murray on Annunciation Radio’s “The Virtuous Life” program.
Patricia and I talked extensively about happiness and its misunderstandings. http://www.annunciationradio.com/the-virtuous-life1.html
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Stephanie Mann talks about the passionate life and gruesome death of Mary Queen of Scots – July 7, 2018
https://avemariaradio.net/audio-archive/church-and-culture-july-7-2018-hour-2/
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