Author Archives: Andrew Stuttaford

Orthodoxy, Autocracy, Nationality (Yet Again)

Posted on June 28, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: Here’s Radio Free Europe with a reminder of how “traditional” values are playing out in today’s Russia: The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has awarded Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov with an order for “glory … Continue reading →

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Papal Economics, Again

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

A week or so ago (yes, I’ve been away) Pope Francis’s views on economics took an even deeper turn into the swamplands of conspiracy theory. Business Insider reports: The 77-year-old leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics said some … Continue reading →

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Can Water Weep?

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: The Independent: In the latest episode of ‘Gwyneth Paltrow states the absolute ridiculous’, the actress has claimed that saying negative things to water can hurt its feelings. What? Well, that’s a little bit of a stretch … Continue reading →

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Wenski Demands Action: Please Fill My Pews

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Here’s Miami’s Roman Catholic archbishop Wenski writing from, so to speak, his tax-exempt pulpit, with an attack on the position that the Republican-controlled House has taken on immigration ‘reform’: As the Archbishop of Miami, a region with more than one … Continue reading →

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Fire, Brimstone, Free Speech and English Law

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Here’s just another reminder that there’s not much in the way of free speech left in David Cameron’s Britain. The Daily Mail has the details: A baptist church was at the centre of a police probe after a sign which … Continue reading →

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“Nostalgia for the Absolute”

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

In the course of an article triggered by the bullying of climatologist Lennart Bengtsson, Mark Steyn digs up this extract from a tremendous “imaginary address” by Yale law professor Stephen Carter to America’s Class of 2014, currently so busy, as … Continue reading →

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Populist Pope, Populist Religion

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

The Washington Post reports: VATICAN CITY — A darling of liberal Catholics and an advocate of inclusion and forgiveness, Pope Francis is hardly known for fire and brimstone. Well, if that is what he is “hardly known for”, people have … Continue reading →

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Now St. Vladimir?

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

After Saint Josef, Saint Vladimir?

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St. Josef?

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Modern Russia: Estonia’s president Toomas Hendrik Ilves tweets: Syncretism: the amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought. Pause to consider the outrage if a similar icon, but bearing the picture of Hitler, had been included … Continue reading →

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“Western Education Forbidden”

Posted on May 3, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: An atrocity now turns out to be even worse than previously thought. The Sydney Morning Herald: Kano: Nigerian police say Boko Haram militants are holding 223 girls of the 276 seized from their school in the … Continue reading →

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