Far be it from us to forbid people to derive comfort from tacky but innocent art. But far be it also to hold persons and their works above criticism because we like their politics.
Sexual indifference inevitably leads to a toxic ingratitude and a severance of the sexes, a celebration of women as apart from and against their brothers.
Will we be left with the worst of all worlds: moralism without morality, socialism without sociality, children without childhood, and humor without humor?
Because of our technology, the shallowness of the cast of “The View” will be on display for anyone to see, for 1,000 years. But they do not tremble. I would, in their shoes.
The licensers in Milton’s time feared the bad examples that the untrained mind might derive from bad books. But they were veritable champions of a free press compared to what we have now.
Russia waits, no longer ideological, but moving slowly and gingerly toward the Christian heritage that once made her a nation, even as we stupidly toss our own culture away.