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The
Internet, with its host of links to independent bloggers, is said to be
fueling a resurgence of conservative values. Such analysis is
typical of today's fragmentary, hip-shot assessment of complex
issues. What thoughtful person eager to conserve the best elements
of the past would wish to spend most of his or her waking hours staring
into this box?
Literary Sites
Forgotten
Books
A site which gives the impression of being under a
highly ambitious program of construction--it already lists close to 2,000
titles of classics in world literature, which are offered at reasonable
prices. All texts appear to be in English, but links are offered to
other sites of interest to those who seek fluency in another language.
Matters Academic
Accuracy
in Academia
The now-classic source of general information about the
postmodern classroom's disruption by political correctness, feminist
extremism, "victim" ideology, and anti-literacy.
Russel
Henderson Campus Nonsense
As well as his own comments, Mr. Henderson offers a
useful list of links to campus newspapers which have not been commandeered
by political correctness and ideological intimidation.
Erin
O'Connor Critical Mass
A preeminent source, not just of information about the
campus's pedagogical and moral chaos, but of profound analysis thereof,
Professor O'Connor is an excellent starting point on these issues.
Virginia
Postrel The Scene
Midwestern journalist turned "blogger", Ms.
Postrel is delightful to read and has a particularly attractive awareness
of "the gray" where other people are childishly choosing up
sides.
Lisa
Snell Education Weak
This site provides useful information and links; Ms.
Snell is connected with the culturally conservative Reason Magazine, to which the
browser may proceed at will.
Kimberly
Swygert Number 2 Pencil
Professor Swygert is immersed in the many issues
surrounding academic testing these days. She provides a very clear
view into waters often muddied by careerist special interests.
Youth
for Western Civilization
Very much in its
infancy, this organization is for now largely devoted to sending speakers
to college campuses and mobilizing among the nation's student population a
kind of insurgency against the professoriate's anti-Western bias.
Such endeavor may strike the bookish visitor as
"cheerleading"... but these ARE young people, to whom membership
in something meaningful is critical, and the force they seek to resist IS
a heavily politicized phalanx.
Online Journals and
Web logs of
Cultural Commentary
Anthropoetics
Published out of Berkeley by Professor Eric Gans et
alii, this can be pretty dense reading for those whose standard fare
is message boards and "bloggers". Even for some of us at
The Center, topics of discussion can be rather far-fetched and suggested
causation rather far-out... but several pieces reward a careful reading.
Commonweal
A Catholic journal of a distinguished history produced
by educated but not pedantic minds, this source, if generally right of
center, has expressed opinions on both sides of the political spectrum.
Culture
Wars
E. Michael Jones is the inspiration of much of the
content here. His dissection of our cultural meltdown will strike
some as inflexible, but he applies his principles consistently and is well
informed.
First
Things
Among the best-known of culturally conservative organs,
Fr. Neuhaus's FT is not narrowly wedded to any religious
denomination, but rather to the "mere Christianity" of moral
reason and applied faith.
Gilbert
Magazine
A spirited literary journal devoted to English writer
G.K. Chesterton, Gilbert Magazine (edited by Sean Dailey) resides
at the Web site of the American Chesterton Society, which funds its
publication.
Mary
Grabar
Dr. Grabar, a Ph.D. in literature working in the Atlanta
area, knows a great deal first-hand about modern academe's absurdity, the
political scene's hypocrisy, and folk dancing's intricacies.
Caryl
Johnston
A private site, but very thoughtfully put together by a
professional writer cum scholar and long-time analyst of our
culture. Ms. Johnston is primarily engrossed in denouncing our
captivity to the automobile and in broadcasting avenues of
liberation. Her message is conservatory without being standard
conservatism and Christian without being standard biblicism.
Sites for the
Christian Intellectual
Stand
to Reason
The Internet appendage of George Koukl's radio show,
this site offers advice on Christian apologetics (i.e., how to present a
rational case for faith) and is friendly to moral reason in other ways, as
well.
The
Insight
This is actually a Christian (and predominantly
Catholic) Web directory: i.e., it leads the browser to sites of possible
interest rather than publishing texts and advancing views
explicitly. With the Internet's explosion, more discriminating
"search tools" such as this are much needed.
"A bad oarsman never
found a good oar"! If you don't
find links to your
liking, then help us out with suggestions.
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