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Some dramatic background music for those who like that sort
of thing.
I first made this site literally in the last days of 1999, first trying my hand at site-making with (gack) AOL’s 1-2-3 Publish. I looked at the results, said ‘Aagh!’ (actually something more colourful) and set out to do better, which I’ve been doing v-e-r-y slowly ever since. |
Not only has this site been an exercise in teaching myself HTML but then, as now (more successful than ever in blog form since January 2003), it has a message with several points:
• It is Catholic
in the sense explained here and not a diocesan or denominational house-organ.
Traditional religion in a post-modern, post-denominational world.
• It is liberal in the sense of classical
liberalism, or of individual rights and liberality versus modern
liberalism: pro-free market.
• It is
conservative in the sense of individual responsibility (of which
liberality is a part), small government, minimal spending, the importance of
local custom and non-intervention in foreign policy, like the American Old
Right before World War II.
• It is
libertarian, having been formed especially since 2001 by the writers and
thinkers of lewrockwell.com.
• It is
not
pacifist but is anti-war.
WARNING: May challenge and even demolish your pre-conceived notions of Christianity and conservatism.
• We’re not the Protestant Religious Right.
• We’re not the Republican Party.
A lot of these ideas of course aren’t my inventions. I’m standing on the shoulders of giants as Russell Kirk said.
This site’s message has been refined and more focused since 9/11, for which both my faith and my formation from LRC had prepared me.
But this blog isn’t all serious: as in many others there are jokes and info and opinions on what’s happening in other blogs, in television, at the cinema and even in literature now and then.
Thanks again for stopping by to find out more about the site. Enjoy!
Peace (Миръ вамъ!),
John (Serge) Beeler
‘The young
fogey’
Editor, A conservative blog
for peace
Traditional religion • Peace and social justice
Page created on 21st May 2005
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