tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37222179.post3765482103183862664..comments2023-06-20T07:19:44.412-04:00Comments on The Four Mass'keteers: Stemming the tide by Doing the Lord's WorkDavid Nybakkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172189118334371454noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37222179.post-28742819754157191872009-02-10T10:54:00.000-04:002009-02-10T10:54:00.000-04:00BTW, Aramis, the tide doesn't seem very stemmed to...BTW, Aramis, the tide doesn't seem very stemmed to date; a bit more like an attempt to sweep it back.Athoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09158421880497827083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37222179.post-49331937990913970632009-02-09T20:11:00.000-04:002009-02-09T20:11:00.000-04:00My point in Simon’s Fate is this: Alexander had A...My point in <A HREF="http://3massketeers.blogspot.com/2009/02/simons-fate.html" REL="nofollow">Simon’s Fate</A> is this: Alexander had Achilles in The Iliad; Don Quixote had Amadis DeGaul. <EM>Of course</EM> we have Our Lord's <A HREF="http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/2932146.html" REL="nofollow">”shining example”</A> as well as the communion of saints. <BR/><BR/>You do the perfect thing in lifting up Archbishop Chaput's words of encouragement - the very reason I did before you at Chronicles.<BR/><BR/>The point, again, is this: I am waiting for the literary figure who will embody the "answer" to the plight of the man of the West. It <STRONG>ISN'T</STRONG> a man of science - Simon. It must be a man of faith and hope and charity, and one who can if only fictionally present true hope vs. the false hope of, say the "yes we can" idiocy of progressive liberalism.<BR/><BR/>Can't wait to read it! CheersAthoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09158421880497827083noreply@blogger.com