The Hedgehog’s Array: November 14, 2014
Noteworthy reads from last week.
Catholic Responses to Poverty
Shuttling between economics and political philosophy, public policy and theology, literature and ethics—the conference paraded the unique strength of the intellectual Catholicism today—no discipline out of bounds, no perspective non grata.
Honoring a Vet
Returning to base, Davis and the other pilots heard their orders for the next day: Attack Kiska Harbor with everything they had regardless of the weather.
Feeding the Homeless, and Other Crimes
Erasing every ugly reality from view might make life a little more pleasant for the currently fortunate, but it makes for irresponsible governance and cold-hearted citizens.
The Hedgehog's Array: November 7, 2014
Posted on November 7, 2014
Ecce Homo
Posted on November 6, 2014
Image: Portrait of Friedrich Nietzsche (detail), c. 1906, by Edvard Munch (1863–1944); Munch-museet, Oslo, Norway; De Agostini
Picture Library/Bridgeman Images.
That Edvard Munch never met Friedrich Nietzsche is one of the great missed encounters of the modern age.