Category Archives: culture

Halloweaster

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Halloween is even more splendidly syncretic than I thought: Yes, Halloween Peeps made an appearance at a supermarket near me. Adweek explains: More sweet. Less scary. That’s the promotional campaign, not the ingredient list. The perennial Easter favorite Peeps continue … Continue reading →

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“Pre-Traumatic Stress Disorder”

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner Just when you think that the misery that climate change is bringing in its wake can get no worse, there is this. Grist reports: …From depression to substance abuse to suicide and post-traumatic stress disorder, growing … Continue reading →

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The Culture of ‘Offense’ (Halloween Edition)

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

National Catholic Reporter: BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS Every October, many look forward to Halloween — the trick-or-treating, the parties and especially the costumes. Every Halloween, however, many also mock religious figures with their costume choices. Costumes for badly behaved nuns, rabbis, Muslims, … Continue reading →

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Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Halloween is, with Christmas, one of the more enjoyable of our syncretic, splendidly commercialized festivals, so in the spirit of the evening here is a link to The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens, the greatest chronicler of Christmas who does, I … Continue reading →

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‘Religious Freedom’, Dogs and Taxis

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

CBC: A Saskatoon man who is blind and uses a service animal has launched a complaint to the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, alleging a local taxi company is not providing service because of his guide dog. Mike Simmonds claims he’s … Continue reading →

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God and Guest Speaker at Yale

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

There’s much more about this over at NRO, but the response of some people at Yale to the invitation extended by the Buckley Program to Ayaan Hirsi Ali is worth noting here too. The Yale Daily News has some of … Continue reading →

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Marx and the Millennium

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Over at Mises, they have posted a long (very long) examination by the late (and, in my view, often profoundly misguided) Murray Rothbard demonstrating how Marxism fits into a much older millennialist tradition. The piece is something of a struggle … Continue reading →

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Marx as Prophet

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

From Alexander Gray’s The Socialist Tradition (1946): “Marx, it has been said, was a prophet … and perhaps this suggestion provides the best approach. One does not apply to Jeremiah or Ezekiel the tests to which less-inspired men are subjected. … Continue reading →

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Bacon: “Offensive” Apparently

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

From WPTZ, Vermont: WINOOSKI, Vt. —A sign on a lamp post at the bottom of the Winooski Circle displayed the words “Yield Sneakers Bacon” until Friday morning. The bistro owners took it down. A city program put it in place … Continue reading →

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Gideons, Trumped

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Well, this is a piece of stupidity. The Daily Mail (of course!) has the details (my emphasis added): One of Britain’s biggest hotel chains has removed Bibles from its rooms to avoid upsetting non-Christians. The decision by Travelodge has been … Continue reading →

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