Tag Archives: New York Times

Why not all change is progress

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Jorge Costales

Want to know why 2,000 year-old institutions don’t change based on the advice of *bantamweight* intellectual advisers, like say a Fr. Cutie?  Ross Douthat provides one answer in his NYT op-ed column. Every word should be read, but here are … Continue reading →

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John Wooden and what’s important

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Jorge Costales

A man of great Christian faith and a great American passed in June of 2010, a few months shy of turning 100. The Christian in me was happy for his Judgment Day and much anticipated reunion wife his wife of … Continue reading →

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Apologists for repressive regimes

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Jorge Costales

In the thankless world of apologists for repressive regimes, the cradle to grave dedication of the New York Times to the Castro [Barabbas?] dictatorship is something to read [Behold the Apologists?]. Gray Lady meet Pontius Pilate, the most egregious example … Continue reading →

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Real poverty and those who fight it

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Jorge Costales

Hint: It would include no one advocating a greater role for government in the life of the poor. Those types may be well-intentioned, but the goal of eliminating poverty is fundamentally at odds with the need to establish constituencies — … Continue reading →

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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, RIP

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Jorge Costales

A great hero in the struggle against communism, or totalitarianism, has passed. I read Warning to the West, which was based on his speech at Harvard in 1978, and it had a great impact on me. Specifically, it sold me … Continue reading →

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