Category Archives: politics

God and Mr. Putin

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Pat Buchanan, writing in Human Events, appears to suggest that Vladimir Putin may, so to speak, be on the side of the angels: In his Kremlin defense of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Vladimir Putin, even before he began listing the … Continue reading →

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Cult Watch

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Priceless.

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O’Malley’s Photo Opportunity

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Boston’s “Cardinal Sean” pulls a cheap stunt: NOGALES, Ariz. — At a Mass held under the shadow of the border fence this morning, Cardinal Sean O’Malley, the archbishop of Boston called on Congress for comprehensive immigration reform this year. “The … Continue reading →

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Connect the Dots

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

From The Economist: Together with a general migration from the north-east and Midwest towards the sunbelt, the number of people leaving the faith has led to a shrinking of Catholicism in its former heartlands…. This shrinking has been offset by … Continue reading →

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Don’t cancel Colbert, Asian Americans should accept a double standard in regards to sensitivity

Posted on March 30, 2014 by David Hume

So apparently there’s a big controversy now about some things that Comedy Central tweeted out in the voice of Stephen Colbert’s character on his show on that network. As it is the age of Twitter activism, there is now a … Continue reading →

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Dana Rohrabacher, Again

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Dana Rohrabacher, Republican congressman and scourge of Pussy Riot, is at it again. The New York Times: …Then came Russia’s takeover of Crimea, and Mr. Rohrabacher had to draw the line — in favor of Mr. Putin. “There have been … Continue reading →

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The Pope and Peron

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

In the course of a lengthy piece on Pope Francis, The Economist looks at the pontiff’s political and economic opinions and (correctly, in my view) finds them rooted in the history of the country of his birth: The political landscape … Continue reading →

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“Black Cassock, Gold Epaulettes”

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

The latest issue of the British magazine, Standpoint, has a fine profile of Pussy Rioter Nadezhda Tolonnikova by Rachel Polonsky. The whole piece is well worth reading, but this, in particular, caught my attention: The dissident priest Gleb Yakunin regards … Continue reading →

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Atheists, CPAC and Conservatism

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on Ricochet: Writing in response to the uninviting of American Atheists to CPAC, Charlie Cooke has a very fine article over on NRO on the topic of whether atheism and conservatism are compatible. As an atheist and a conservative … Continue reading →

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Orthodoxy, Nationality, Autocracy (Again)

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on Ricochet. Having long lost out in his efforts to woo Russia’s liberals, and increasingly struggling with opposition in Russia’s metropolitan centers, Vladimir Putin has instead being appealing to Russia’s ‘silent majority’. I wrote about this for National Review … Continue reading →

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