• Bacon's "The New Atlantis" reconsidered

    Updated: 2009-10-19 23:25:29
    I found myself with nothing to read and 45 minutes to wait. Momentarily panicked, I was relieved to discover, in the glove compartment of my car, an old copy of The New Atlantis, from Fall 2005. I settled on a long essay entitled, “Francis Bacon’s God,” adapted from a book by a Gator political philosopher named Stephen A. McKnight. In it he performs a riveting exegesis of Bacon’s mythological work from which this fine journal takes its name. The burden of his subtle argument is that the current consensus about Bacon and Christianity presents him in a far too cynical light; presents him, indeed, as a full-on subversive of the Christian faith. McKnight does not deny that Bacon opposed with great firmness the Aristotelian-Thomist philosophical tradition, which so often formed the foil for various project of modern extravagance, but he does dispute that this opposition to antiquity extended into theology or scriptural authority. Well worth a read.

  • The Thomistic tradition

    Updated: 2009-10-19 07:40:35
    Ever thought you needed a scorecard to keep up with intra-Thomistic debates? Well here it is: A brief survey of the history of Thomism from John Capreolus to John Haldane, with a summary of the main schools of thought, in two posts over at my own blog (here and here).

  • Beating Cancer with Lemonade

    Updated: 2009-10-16 21:49:45
    Alex’s Lemonade Stand is an organization that is helping to help beat childhood cancer. The foundation operates on the philosophy that “when life hands you lemons, make lemonade.” The inspiration for the foundation is a young girl, Alexandra “Alex” Scott, who began raising money to help cure cancer through a lemonade stand in her neighborhood [...]

  • Harry Reid: Gov’t Healthcare Take Over to Cost $2 Trillion

    Updated: 2009-10-16 18:16:15
    -Scott Miller Don’t buy Pravda’s figure that Obamacare will “only” cost $900 BILLION… Harry Reid in a moment of weakness (he actually didn’t lie) says the cost will be $2 TRILLION! Watch here: Seeing that Congress is usually off on their cost estimates by a factor of 10, the real cost could be upwards of $20 Trillion…

  • Afghanistan Unravels as Obama Parties It Up…

    Updated: 2009-10-15 17:56:06
    - Scott Miller I’m sorry, but the contrast can not be more clear. The brave troops pictured to the left are now all dead. Killed in a Taliban attack on their Afghanistan outpost, while Obama weights the political implications of General McChrystal’s request for at least another 40,000 troops… a request that has been sitting on Obama’s desk [...]

  • Chris Klicka--RIP

    Updated: 2009-10-14 21:13:51
    Chris Klicka, the first full-time employee of the Home School Legal Defense Association, ended his long battle with multiple sclerosis yesterday at the age of forty-eight. Those of us who are members of HSLDA will find his name very familiar. Right up into this last year one would read of Chris's continued work for home schooling, and he died after attending his last home schooling conference. We bless the name of the Lord for all His servants departed this life in His faith and fear, especially Christopher, beseeching Him that they may continually grow in His love and service and that we may have grace to follow their good example. Amen

  • The Olympic Selection Committee is Obviously Racist

    Updated: 2009-10-05 14:40:06
    - Scott Miller  Personal Note: As I mentioned in earlier posts, what started as a normal end of August summer vacation at the Outer Banks of NC quickly turned into an event that has turned our lives upside down for a bit. While it is all good, we are about 3/4 through the relocation process. While the sale [...]

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