The Queue

Two words that describe Liberal Fascism: terrifying, irrefutable. The last chapter, titled "The New Age: We're All Fascists Now," & the afterward, "The Tempting of Conservatism," are sobering, making a compelling case that it is not just the American Left but also the American Right that is enthralled with "nice" fascism. I would urge you all, treasured readers, to read Liberal Fascism; don't dismiss out of hand a straw-man version of Goldberg's argument, but engage with his evidence & reasoning as presented.

Recently
Helene Wecker, The Golem and the Jinni
Pope Francis, Lumen Fidei (The Light of Faith)
Jonah Goldberg, Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning

Currently
Matthew Kelly, Rediscover Catholicism: A Spiritual Guide to Living with Passion & Purpose
Father Michael E. Gaitley, 33 Days to Morning Glory: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat in Preparation for Marian Consecration

Presently
Christopher Moore, Practical Demonkeeping: A Comedy of Horrors
Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel according to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
Timothy Keller, The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Swords of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Synthetic Men of Mars
Sir Ernest Shackleton, South: A Memoir of the Endurance Voyage
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Llana of Gathol
Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter of Mars
Richard Price, Clockers
Sir Richard Francis Burton, translator, "Sinbad the Sailor" from The Arabian Nights

Lately Neglected
Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill
Edmund Burke, The Evils of Revolution
F. J. Sheed, Theology for Beginners

The Rebel Black Dot Sea Shanty of the Day
Great Big Sea, "Jolly Roving Tar" from Play (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary:

'Come along, come along, you jolly brave boys,
There's lots of grog in the jar,
We'll plow the briny ocean
With the jolly roving tar…"