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Hypocritical Puritanism and the Media Attack on Donald Trump
Deal W. Hudson October 18, 2016 It began with Fox News anchor, Megyn Kelly, seen above, whose opening salvo at Donald Trump in the first presidential debate which set the tone, and content, for the remainder of the campaign. The tone would be self-righteously moralistic and the content would be sex, sex, and more sex. Kelly: “You’ve…
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Dear Aiden, About That Picture You Saw, Let Me Try to Explain….
Deal W. Hudson October 24, 2016 Dear Aiden, Your mother told me you were recently confused by a picture and asked her some questions about it. She has asked me to attempt answering your questions because she knows I am very interested in the subject of clothing and how people dress these days. It’s wonderful…
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An Open Letter to Catholics on Election Eve
Deal W. Hudson and Rev. Mr. Keith Fournier November 7, 2016 Tomorrow is Election Day. There’s no need to elaborate on what’s at stake, beyond asking: Will our nation choose to ratify a Culture of Death? We appeal to all Catholics to set aside personal misgivings about Mr. Trump, many of which are justified and consider…
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A Cultural Outcast Asks: Who Can I Turn To, When Nobody Loves Me?
Deal W. Hudson. November 15, 2016 I’m a regular reader of various cultural blogs and magazines, especially those devoted to books, film, and classical music. Some of them have fed my mind and soul since college days. But over the past six months, I have watched as many of them bash Donald Trump and his “deplorable”…
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10 Recommended Audiobooks From the Past Year
Deal W. Hudson December 3, 2016 This kind of lists are normally entitled “The Best,” but since I can only vouch for the ones I’ve heard I will stay with “Recommended.” One thing I have learned from my years of listening is that narrators ‘make or break’ a book. Many of books that I would like…
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Marion Montgomery’s Prophetic Critique of the American “Popular Spirit”
Deal W. Hudson December 5, 2016 Readers of The Christian Review may already be familiar with the name Marion Montgomery (1925-2011). During his 30 years as a professor at the University of Georgia, Montgomery published articles regularly in Modern Age, Hillsdale Review, This World, Chronicles, and Crisis Magazine. But the growth of Montgomery’s reputation was spurred greatly by the publication in the early…
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Vatican Helps the Catholic Left Create a Non-Negotiable — Climate Change
Deal W. Hudson December 15, 2016 The Catholic Left has been at a political disadvantage for decades. As a result, the Democratic Party has suffered the same disadvantage. As proponents of abortion on demand, the Catholic Left has struggled to influence Catholic voters, in spite of their dissent. In fact, transgressing the non-negotiable issues of the Church has…
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Elgar’s “Dream of Gerontius” — A Video Recording That Takes One’s Breath Away
Deal W. Hudson December 19, 2016 I hardly know what to say, but I will try: This DVD recording of Sir Edward Elgar’s “The Dream of Gerontius” is one of the most magnificent presentations of any piece of music I know. Taped in color by the BBC inside the Worchester Cathedral in 1968, the performance is…
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Bishop Robert McElroy Urges Catholics to “All Become Disrupters”
Deal W. Hudson February 20, 2017 In the column written for NEWSMAX, I report on the U.S. Regional World Meeting of Popular Movements, held February 16-19 in Modesto, CA. Towards the end I call upon the USCCB, a sponsor of the conference, to publicly distance itself from the call of Bishop McElroy towards the violence of “disruption.”…
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Why I’m Watching “The Thin Man” Rather Than the Oscars
Deal W. Hudson February 21, 2018 The title above may appear to be of trivial importance, or of no importance at all. But to me, as a lifelong film buff, it’s akin to declaring a change in sexual orientation. All of my adult life, I have placed the date of the Academy Awards on my…
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