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Trotskyite Turned Catholic, Thomistic Theologian Dies at 97

Before his conversion, the prolific writer, Father Benedict Ashley, was a student at the University of  Chicago studying under Mortimer Adler, a Jewish Thomistic philosopher, who himself finally came into the Church at the eleventh hour, in 1999, at the age of ninety-seven. Adler was the one who introduced the young atheist/communist Ashley (I don’t know if he was born with the name Benedict, as … More →

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An Alternative American Culture III

Having stated the errors we hope to avoid and the goals we hope to accomplish, I would like to point out some good American traditions and cultural achievements upon which we hope to build. The categories I have chosen are military culture, thought, music, architecture, painting, crafts, and letters. This list makes no pretense at being complete, neither in the headings under which I am … More →

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