The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (No. 83)

Untimely Thoughts on a World in Transition

THE GOOD

I’M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT MY COLLEAGUES AT THE SNOW INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CAPITALISM AND THE LYCEUM PROGRAM HAVE LAUNCHED A FANTASTIC NEW SUBSTACK CALLED “THE LYCEUM @CLEMSON.” Check it out and subscribe. The Lyceum @Clemson will focus on reading, interpreting, and teaching the great works of Western civilization. It’s a Substack about ideas, culture, books, movies, music, art, and lots of other good stuff. Come visit with my colleagues as they think out loud.

IN CASE YOU DIDN’T SEE IT LAST WEEK, HERE’S MY MODEST ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND THINGS: Nihilism and the Crisis of the West. And for my efforts, I received this not-so-veiled threat from Mr. John Jacob:

THE REDNECK INTELLECTUAL ENDORSES: How Kipling foresaw our present downfall – more than a century ago.

MUST READ: Reviving the Study of Western Civilization

MEDICINE/HEALTH ROUND-UP

• Gene-editing therapy shows early success in fighting advanced gastrointestinal cancers.

• “Unprecedented Recovery” – Gene Therapy Reverses Heart Failure in Breakthrough Study.

• Scientists May Have Found a Natural Alternative to Ozempic.

• Heart Mystery Solved: Scientists Discover Unexpected Source of Cardiac Inflammation.

• American woman had terminal stage 4 cancer — until a drug trial saved her life

ARCHEOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY ROUND UP

• Biblical bombshell unearthed in Israel reveals ancient society's 'exceptional' skills

• Enemy warship lost for centuries among shipwrecks likely found in North Carolina river

• Archaeologists find 1,600-year-old churches and mural of Jesus in Egyptian desert settlement

• Scientists Found a 520-Million-Year-Old Miracle: a Fossil With Brains and Guts Intact.

• Ancient fortune hidden for centuries found in 'sumptuous' home destroyed by fire

NEVER THOUGHT I’D SEE THE DAY. Rednecks of the world unite! THANK A REDNECK DAY!

THE BAD

A FEW THOUGHTS FROM AROUND THE WEB ON THE MEANING OF THE CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION:

• The Anti-Civilization Left Has Become a ‘Death Cult’.

• WHAT KILLED CHARLIE KIRK:

• Oft Evil Will Shall Evil Mar: Charlie Kirk’s Assassination and a New Great Awakening.

• Western Civilization Has Reached Its Turning Point After Charlie Kirk’s Death

EVENTS OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS HAVE REMINDED ME OF THE BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD SONG, “FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH.”

There's something happening here
But what it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware

I think it's time we stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look - what's going down?

There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking' their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind

IT’S WHAT THEY DO; IT’S WHO THEY ARE: Tyler Robinson Latest Example Of Transgender Ideology Promoting Violence

OH YES “THEY” DID. “They” created an ideology of violence, and “they” certainly sanctioned and celebrated it. This weak essay by Karl Rove is a good example of philosophic nominalism: ‘They’ Didn’t Kill Charlie Kirk

FROM A RECENTLY GRADUATED COLLEGE STUDENT ON THE STATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION:

YOU’RE NEXT: Okay, Now Leftists Are Posting Hit Lists of the People They Want to Murder Next.

THE LEFT IS DEFINED BY REALLY NICE PEOPLE:

ARE WE WATCHING THE DEATH OF GREAT BRITAIN IN SLOW MOTION?

• Can anyone save Britain from self-destruction?

• Unmerrie England.

THE REDNECK INTELLECTUAL WILL ADMIT TO ACTUALLY CARING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN GREAT BRITAIN: America’s obsession with British decline.

#BOYCOTT_UK. We could forgive you for the Stamp Act, but not this: WEIMAR BRITAIN: lessons from history in radical times.

DECLINE OR FALL? Tragically, those are the options for Great Britain. Important essay: Mind the Gap.

CHINA WATCH:

• China's Richest Man Buying Water Supply of New Hampshire Town Sparks Alarm

• China conducts structural tests for Long March 10 human spaceflight rocket.

• China not just economic competitor, now adversary engaged in ‘soft’ warfare, House intel member says.

• China’s Invasion Has Begun. (Video)

• Beijing Pays Influencers in Africa to Spread Anti-US Messaging.

NOT GOOD: US National Debt Tops $37 Trillion

THE UGLY

BRITISH ELITES ARE PATHETIC: A government that blames the children deserves to fall.

THIS IS ENGLAND: I was arrested for insulting the trans mob.

• England’s Arrest of Graham Linehan Was an Act of Calculated Tyranny.

PURE NIHILISM: ‘Destroy the Idea of America’: Shocking Rhetoric at Pro-Palestine Conference.

NO, IT’S THE REVERSE: NIHILISM ENDS IN TRANSGENDERISM: Transgenderism Ends in Nihilism.

. . . and THE BEAUTIFUL

In a world of much ugliness, sometime we need to go to a hidden place and just listen to something beautiful. Gregori Allegri (1582-1652) was an Italian Catholic priest and composer. He is best known for his Miserere mei, Deus, which I have included here before. Here are his "Miserere /Messe Motets" A Sei Voci.

Have a great week! Let’s turn things around.