- Jul 27, 2016
- 4 min
Facing The Entertainment of Chaos; or Spreading Guilt As Loaves and Fish
“The sight of hell torments will exalt the happiness of the saints forever. . .Can the believing father in Heaven be happy with his unbelieving children in Hell. . . I tell you, yea! Such will be his sense of justice that it will increase rather than diminish his bliss.” -Jonathan Edwards, Discourses on Various Important Subjects. The embarrassing joys of the aloof. It's a strange form of privilege to be able to watch with sincere interest and excitement an event which one is
- Jul 12, 2016
- 4 min
May Day and The United States
Following the United Kingdom's irresolute resolution to leave the EU, commentators from either extremes of the Atlantic were sure to include, at some point or other, the assurance that all this European melodrama was in fact relevant to Americans. One writer from the New Republic called it a “screaming warning from the gods” to not underestimate Trump's chances this November. CNN, weirdly faithful to our native tradition of self-absorption, suggested that Britain was having “
