Monday, May 21, 2007
Do you work for the Remnant?
If you are one of my children, you are required to read Bill Whittle's latest essay, in which he proposes that Western civilization can avoid the fate of every other civilization before it. Part I. Part II. Everybody else only ought to read it.
CWCID: Glenn Reynolds.
7 Comments:
By 
Miss Ladybug, at
Mon May 21, 09:34:00 PM:
I was just over there this afternoon, and those weren't there... I'll be reading them as soon as possible (after I check to see if they are typical Whittle-sized posts....).
By 
, at
Mon May 21, 10:29:00 PM:
Just sent the article to my son and his grandkids. Also sent it to a couple of my friends. I truly believe he is on to something.
By Miss Ladybug, at
Tue May 22, 01:03:00 AM:
I've read them both, made a few comments over there, and will be distributing links as widely as possible...
By , at
Tue May 22, 02:27:00 AM:
I think in the second half of his second essay he goes off into lala land
By Dawnfire82, at
Tue May 22, 08:47:00 PM:
I hardly think that an Internet forum consisting of like minded people counts as 'la la land.'
The bit on virtues struck a chord with me. When I was raised, hard work was a virtue. So was honesty and perseverence.
But what about courage, generosity, or duty? I never heard anything about those, at home, at school, or elsewhere.
I learned two of those from the Army, and one of them from my wife. And I'm better for them. But many people don't learn them anywhere. And our society shows it.
By Miss Ladybug, at
Wed May 23, 01:03:00 AM:
I know I learned about hard work, honesty, perseverance and generosity at home, and I guess I learned about courage and duty there, too, since my father was in the Army. Also learned to respect others, how to share, the expectation that I would do my best...
By joated, at
Wed May 23, 01:57:00 PM:
Whittle is a genius. I wish everyone could/would read all his stuff.
I further wish I had a tenth of his skill with thought-to-paper craft.
