BY SEAN WALSH Did the Mob “Wise Guy” Bring it Home for Trump? I knew that he was going to win when he secured the endorsement of the respected and much-loved former Mafia hit-man Sammy “the bull” Gravano (pictured). These embraces are always the result of a negotiation. No doubt a shadowy Trump consigliere had met for a “sit down” with Gravano’s people in … Continue reading On Celebrity Endorsements
BY SEAN WALSH “A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes” – Ludwig Wittgenstein. * “Man is the only animal that laughs…for he is the only animal that is struck by the difference between what things are and what they ought to be” – William Hazlitt. We have been told that it would be unfair to take any pleasure in … Continue reading Why The Left Hates Laughter
BY SEAN WALSH “When people feel at home, they allow themselves freedoms, hobbies and eccentricities.” – Sir Roger Scruton Occasionally, the broiling cesspit that is social media stills itself for just long enough to reveal a gem. Here’s an example, a tribute to the conservative academic Michael Oakeshott, posted on Twitter by the philosopher Ferenc Horcher: Oakeshott’s style was enchanting. Here was a man … Continue reading Why conservatives Should Prize Eccentricity
BY SEAN WALSH We live in Devizes, a town which nudges the contours of Salisbury Plain: an army redoubt devoted to the prevention of significant war, and home not just to military training exercises but to strange goings on. Ghostly goings on, actually, and there is a supernatural component to life here which is pretty undeniable. It is a weird but wonderful place, bifurcated by … Continue reading My Hometown. And Water
BY SEAN WALSH “Then Jesus said to Simon: don’t be afraid. From now on you will catch men. So, they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything, and followed Him” (Luke 5) I think this song is a beautiful recuperation of the Gospel message. He walked the shore of Galilee and invited Peter and Andrew into Mission. Not that they could refuse. And then … Continue reading Always Be The Fisherman
BY SEAN WALSH Olivia Pratt-Korbell, 9 years old, posed no threat to anybody outside the normal, trivial, transactions of decent and loving family life. And that is no threat at all. 9 years old. Let us remember that bit. What does a 9 year old child wonder about? The only thing a 9 year old should be thinking about is what it is like to … Continue reading Yet Another Form of Wickedness
BY SEAN WALSH It’s not possible to have a “debate” about abortion The US Supreme Court has done what it’s charged to do and interrogated the Constitution of the United States in order to reach a majority decision. It’s X-factor on stilts, given the nonsense presented to it. Those of us who lack a familiarity with the legal fetishism which is the default jurisprudential rhythm … Continue reading Roe V Wade
