Tag Archives: Politically Correct

The Force of Scepticism Grows

Posted on Thursday, 18 February, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have already written on this subject, and I remind the reader that for me, scepticism means having an open mind because truth, which is transcendent, cannot always be perfectly known. You are most welcome to peruse my old articles … Continue reading →

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Optimism and Christian Humanism

Posted on Friday, 22 May, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is not an easy time for either optimism or humanism when considering the depths of depravity to which human nature can plunge (with a thought of Calvin’s complete pessimism and that of Jansenism). I came across a very interesting … Continue reading →

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Scepticism and Freedom of Thought

Posted on Tuesday, 11 February, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

We begin to breathe at the end of Storm Ciara, a particularly vast and nasty one that has caused a considerable amount of damage in the British Isles and northern Europe. My house just suffered a loose tile that I … Continue reading →

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Populism

Posted on Friday, 23 November, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

As events unfold in England, I find my comments columns becoming very symptomatic of the polarisation now occurring all over Europe. Most of us are too parochially-minded to see things clearly, not that I have any pretensions. We are sucked … Continue reading →

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Some Trumpish Levity

Posted on Sunday, 7 January, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I really do try to stay off politics on this blog, but I found this amazing cartoon on Facebook. The political correctness obviously refers to the notion expressed by Orwell in Nineteen Eighty-Four, whereby conformity to an ideology takes precedence … Continue reading →

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The Power of Introverts

Posted on Thursday, 15 December, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Whilst going through some blogs and sites on solitude and different human temperaments, I came across this video of a young lady who expresses herself beautifully. It is significant how things have changed in the world in such wise as … Continue reading →

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Scathing the Political Left

Posted on Saturday, 12 November, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This has come up from an English journalist by the name of Jonathan Pie. He cusses and swears, really foul language (the reader is warned), and is clearly livid with anger, but the point is made. I am getting a … Continue reading →

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