To thank Prof. Martin Grace of a tort et a travers for responding to my recent musing about conflicted Catholic Libertarians, I set out today to find a “cool coffee mug” for his hypothetical Catholic Libertarian Society. In doing so, I learned a lot and had some fun. [Except for curiosity about how ideas and actions jibe, I have no explanation for the interest of your Editor — an ex-Catholic and “thoughtful” liberal — in the relationship between the powerfully hierarchical Church and the empowering, free-market ideology.]
Here are a few things I learned [click to read and see more].p.s. I can’t leave without offering haiku from Kobayashi Issa,
translated as always by Prof. David G. Lanoue.
rice-planting song–
let everyone’s anger
be cured
in my sake cup
down the hatch!
Heaven’s River
Prof. Grace’s mug . . . “prof grace”
sticker
‘Scuse me, please, as I stand by and heckle:
I like the Galilei t-shirt, reminiscent as it is of the old spiritual (sing it if you know it): “Put your hand in the hand of the man from Galilei.”
Simple, but nonetheless it does move. . . .
Comment by George Wallace — October 5, 2004 @ 1:43 am
‘Scuse me, please, as I stand by and heckle:
I like the Galilei t-shirt, reminiscent as it is of the old spiritual (sing it if you know it): “Put your hand in the hand of the man from Galilei.”
Simple, but nonetheless it does move. . . .
Comment by George Wallace — October 5, 2004 @ 1:43 am
Did the Man from Galilee think the world was flat, or just the wine? And, what was his position on heliocentricity?
Trivia Buffs: Does “77” on the Galilei sweatshirt have any significance?
Comment by David Giacalone — October 5, 2004 @ 10:14 am
Did the Man from Galilee think the world was flat, or just the wine? And, what was his position on heliocentricity?
Trivia Buffs: Does “77” on the Galilei sweatshirt have any significance?
Comment by David Giacalone — October 5, 2004 @ 10:14 am