Monthly Archives: July 2020

Book Review: Luxembourg (Heinrichs)

Posted on July 14, 2020 by nathanalbright

Luxembourg:  Enchantment Of The World, by Ann Heinrichs What does Scholastic want people to think of Luxembourg?  This book title was so interesting to the publisher that two separate authors wrote two versions of this book for the market of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Luxembourg (Enchantment Of The World)

Posted on July 14, 2020 by nathanalbright

Luxembourg (Enchantment Of The World), by Emilie U. Lupthien It is interesting to read several books about the same country or the same thing and to compare what they have to say and what elements they choose to emphasize.  By … Continue reading →

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On Works Of The Law

Posted on July 13, 2020 by nathanalbright

Yesterday, as I write this, our pastor gave a sermon in which he described an aspect of the hostility that many people have to the law because of the mistaken idea that an affirmation of the continuing worth of the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Thomism: The Philosophy Of Thomas Aquinas

Posted on July 13, 2020 by nathanalbright

Thomism:  The Philosophy Of Thomas Aquinas, by Etienne Gilson, translated by Lawrence K. Shook and Armand Maurer By and large, I think this book gives the reader a fair understanding of Thomism and its views on a wide variety of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Philosophy Of Thomas Aquinas: Introductory Readings

Posted on July 13, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Philosophy Of Thomas Aquinas:  Introductory Readings, edited by Christopher Martin Thomas Aquinas is the sort of thinker it is easier to know about than it is to know, and there are a variety of reasons for that.  For one, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Unborn Persons

Posted on July 13, 2020 by nathanalbright

Unborn Persons:  Pope John Paul II And The Abortion Debate, by Peter Lang What this book does in its relatively short length is to demonstrate the complexity of the pro-life debate (particularly among Catholics) and to demonstrate the way that … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The News From Paraguay

Posted on July 12, 2020 by nathanalbright

The News From Paraguay, by Lily Tuck This novel is a pretty compelling one if you like dark material.  For a variety of reasons, Eliza Lynch (here consistently called Ella), has been a popular figure for novelists to write about … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Pleasure Of Eliza Lynch

Posted on July 12, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Pleasure Of Eliza Lynch, by Anne Enright This is an odd book, but there are at least two elements of this book that stand out to me in making it less enjoyable to read than it could have been.  … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Invisible Country

Posted on July 12, 2020 by nathanalbright

Invisible Country, by Annamaria Alfieri As far as mysteries go, this is a reasonably compelling one although it does not appear to be the sort of mystery that leads to a series.  At the core of this story we have … Continue reading →

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Take Up The Woke Man’s Burden

Posted on July 11, 2020 by nathanalbright

This morning as I was getting ready for work I found that an online acquaintance of mine had written an article dealing with the sacramental aspects of the plague to mankind known as wokeness.  It is often helpful when we … Continue reading →

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