National Review came out with the top 25 best conservatives movies made in the last 25 years. I have been scratching my head since reading the article. What in the world consititutes conservative? I guess the only critieria is that it cannot be directed by Michael Moore.
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Just Remember that 4 of the last 6 National Champions are SEC Baby! Oh, yeah and if Auburn got their shot in ’04 it would be 5 of the last 6.Date Opponent Time (CT)Sat, Sep 5 @ Washington 9:30 PMSat, Sep 12 Vanderbilt 6:00 PMSat, Sep 19 Louisiana-Lafayette 6:00 PMSat, Sep 26 @ Mississippi State…
A shout out to Jacob Douvier for directing me to this site, but you must check out this copy of the original screenplay written for Avatar. It is very revealing…. A side note: I was asked yesterday how the inmate at Angola who was in isolation became a Christian since he was, well, isolated. The…
An excerpt from C.S. Lewis’ The Horse and his Boy (chapter 11). “Who are you?” he said, scarcely above a whisper. “One who has waited long for you to speak,” said the Thing. Its voice was not loud, but very large and deep. “Are you – are you a giant?” asked Shasta. “You might call…
Well, my new “temporary” job has reminded me how hard it can be to lose weight as I am basically working out eight hours a day. I feel (and look) like I’m training for a marathon. Imagine my surprise when I wasn’t even close to the oldest man on the roster. But for the rest…
With Easter barely two months out I am excited! Despite my love for Christmas and all the romanticism our society throws at it there can be no doubt that Easter is the most significant, stupendous, important day in all of history (I can’t help but think I’m still understating it). Since most people like to…
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Russel Kirk, who was reference once or twice in that piece, has a book called The Conservative Mind in which he chronicles the rise of the contemporary conservative movement, going all the way back to Edmund Burke in the 18th Century. Kirk identifies some general principles about conservatism (as well as radicalism), which I laid out here: http://jdouvier.blogspot.com/2008/11/true-conservatism-thoughts-on-2008.htmlThe one film I was desperately hoping to see on that list is To End All Wars.
Russel Kirk, who was reference once or twice in that piece, has a book called The Conservative Mind in which he chronicles the rise of the contemporary conservative movement, going all the way back to Edmund Burke in the 18th Century. Kirk identifies some general principles about conservatism (as well as radicalism), which I laid out here: http://jdouvier.blogspot.com/2008/11/true-conservatism-thoughts-on-2008.htmlThe one film I was desperately hoping to see on that list is To End All Wars.
Jacob,Thanks for the link. I think that if the six principles listed by Russel Kirk were applied to this list it just raises more questions. I would love to know the criteria that makes 300 and The Incredibles conservative movies on the same list. iz
Jacob,Thanks for the link. I think that if the six principles listed by Russel Kirk were applied to this list it just raises more questions. I would love to know the criteria that makes 300 and The Incredibles conservative movies on the same list. iz