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Was it a coup; are they conspiracy theories; conversations at home; Willa Cather; two movies!
Show notes:Is Kamala Harris the presumptive nominee? How the Bet on an 81-Year-Old Joe Biden Turned into an Epic MiscalculationWilla Cather, One of Ours (affiliate link)We talk about the movies Boys on the Boat and Sully!To receive new posts and podcasts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Thank you for listening to The Home Front! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Happy Despite Them at leilamarielawler.substack.com/subscribe
The Republican Party ditches Lincoln for Douglas on abortion; Female active agents are not fitting; Phil's connection with Trump's immunity case
IS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY BECOMING PRO-CHOICE?Troublingly, Republicans brush pro-life support aside and removed pro-life planks from the platform, replacing them with support for IVF and birth control — and recent convert to Catholicism J.D. Vance pivots towards unprincipled rhetoric on abortion. J.D. Vance: “I have said, repeatedly, that that girl [10-year-old Ohio girl having to leave the state for an abortion, according to a one-source story] should be able to get an abortion if she and her family so choose.” Phil and I discuss the difference between acknowledging political realities that may require pragmatic adjustment and relinquishing principle entirely.Immunity for Trump—or for everyone? Phil is named as a plaintiff in one of the precedents cited in the Trump immunity case dismissal.Thank you for listening! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Happy Despite Them at leilamarielawler.substack.com/subscribe
++Viganò's excommunication; the working document for the synod on synodality; media coverage of Biden's decline; and more!
Archbishop Viganò excommunicated; other prelates get a passRhetoric vs. reality in the Synod’s working documentEntirely excluded from the synod!WSJ: How Biden’s Inner Circle Worked to Keep Signs of Aging Under WrapsMarine Corps Band supplies walk-on music for Jill Biden - how fabulousDiversity Was Supposed to Make Us Rich. Not So Much. “Since 2015, the approach has been tested in the fire of the marketplace and failed. Academics have tried to repeat McKinsey’s findings and failed, concluding that there is in fact no link between profitability and executive diversity. And the methodology of McKinsey’s early studies, which helped create the widespread belief that diversity is good for profits, is being questioned.” This shouldn’t come as a surprise. If companies could boost their profits as easily as McKinsey suggested—the most-diverse firms had a 39 percentage point higher chance of higher-than-average profit margins than the least-diverse—then surely companies would have rushed to promote more women and minority racial groups.The Sound of Silence by Karen HallThank you for reading Happy Despite Them and listening to The Home Front. This post is public so please share it with everyone you know! Get full access to Happy Despite Them at leilamarielawler.substack.com/subscribe
Vatican defends Rupnik's "art"; Vatican "trial of the century" countersuit; USCCB cuts staff; Louisiana's 10 Commandments law; books, and more!
Show notes: Vatican prefect doubles down in defense of use of Rupnik’s artVatican ‘trial of the century’ defendant opens countersuit in London courtUS bishops’ conference cuts justice-and-peace staffIs It Time to Abolish the USCCB? by Leila Marie LawlerNew law requires all Louisiana public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro (affiliate link)The Door in the Wall: (Newbery Medal Winner) by Marguerite De Angeli (affiliate link)The Liturgy, the Family, and the Crisis of Modernity: Essays of a Traditional Catholic (Os Justi Studies in Catholic Tradition) by Joseph Shaw Thank you for reading Happy Despite Them. This post is public so feel free to share it.Happy Despite Them is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber, and please share with your friends! Get full access to Happy Despite Them at leilamarielawler.substack.com/subscribe
Scientific American tries to resurrect the ill-fated Harvard Law attack on homeschooling; Prof. Andrea Grillo, papal influencer, exerts raw power; and much more!
Show notes:Scientific American: Children Deserve Uniform Standards in HomeschoolingThe Harvard Gazette: A warning on homeschoolingHSLDA: Harvard Summit to Discuss Regulating HomeschoolingHSLDA Responds to the Summit (good info on who the players are)Interview with Andrea Grillo on the Traditional Liturgy: The Church isn’t a “high-society club” or “sect that experiences infidelity as salvation”Phil: A new offensive in the war on traditional liturgyWillie Mays, the Giant’s electrifying ’Say Hey Kid,’ dies at 93Willie Mays will be foreverWillie Mays: “The Catch"In the First Circle by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (affiliate link)We would love you to receive Happy Despite Them in your inbox! Please consider becoming a subscriber!Thank you for reading Happy Despite Them. This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Happy Despite Them at leilamarielawler.substack.com/subscribe
European elections shake things up; 9th Circuit rules on Covid shot mandates; Elderly peacefully praying woman is sentenced to 2 years in prison -- and more!
Show notes:Europe’s Elections: Right, But Not Far — Robert RoyalThe Modern State Will Become Very Religious — Sebastian Morello Justice Alito’s wife vows revenge for flag controversy in secret recordingThis will not be 1968.’ Chicago police prepare for DNC as whole world watches once again.9th Circuit Court Decision in Health Freedom Defense Fund v. Carvalho (thread on Twitter from Julie Hamell)Text of the decisionLocked Up: Meet the Elderly and Infirm Women Now in Prison for Pro-Life ActivismWe would love you to receive Happy Despite Them in your inbox! Please consider becoming a subscriber!Find more from Phil here: Catholic CultureFind more from Leila here: Like Mother, Like Daughter Get full access to Happy Despite Them at leilamarielawler.substack.com/subscribe
The implications of the Fauci hearings for politics and culture; what the Founders thought; cloth diapers and the culture wars; and more!
Show notes:The Fauci narrative, undermining science and democracy: Phil Lawler on Catholic CultureA Little Mother Prevents Big Brother, by Stella MorabitoThe Genius of America, by Janos Zoltan Csak; Angelico Press, 2024The Everlasting Man, by G.K. Chesterton Get full access to Happy Despite Them at leilamarielawler.substack.com/subscribe
A strange week for Pope Francis, a thought about approach Pride Month, and more!
Podcast notes:Progressive Catholicism losing hope: A rare candid acknowledgment that this pontificate is a failureThe myth of progressive Catholicism: Not even the will of God can keep the culture wars out of the VaticanSomething is very wrong in an Argentine dioceseDid Pope say seminaries should not admit homosexuals?Pope Francis never intended to offend: 'Room for everyone in the Church'The title of my Substack (Leila’s) — and why we chose it as our family motto (and no, ‘them’ is not the kids!)We would love you to receive Happy Despite Them in your inbox! Please consider becoming a subscriber!Find more from Phil here: Catholic CultureFind more from Leila here: Like Mother, Like Daughter Get full access to Happy Despite Them at leilamarielawler.substack.com/subscribe
Of babies: Too many? Too few? How to feed them?
Notes:U.S. Birth Rate Drops To New Low After Pandemic ‘Baby Bump’ - ForbesSuddenly There Aren’t Enough Babies. The Whole World Is Alarmed - Wall Street JournalAddress of the Holy Father to participants in the General States of Natality, 10.05.2024The Ultimate Resource by Julian Simon (affiliate link)Down the Garden Path by Beverley Nichols (affiliate link)Find more from Phil here: Catholic CultureFind more from Leila here: Like Mother, Like Daughter Get full access to Happy Despite Them at leilamarielawler.substack.com/subscribe
(repost) Podcast: Is disruption the only kind of political discourse we have left?
Show notes:Russell Kirk (His book Decadence and Renewal in Higher Education is out of print — snatch it up if you ever see it!)William F. Buckley, God and Man at Yale (affiliate link)David Clayton, The Way of Beauty: Liturgy, Education, and Inspiration for Family, School, and College (affiliate link)AP: ‘A step back in time': America’s Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old waysDavid Mamet: State and Main (film)Connie Marshner, Monastery and High Cross: The Forgotten Eastern Roots of Irish Christianity (affiliate link)Find more from Phil here: Catholic CultureFind more from Leila here: Like Mother, Like Daughter Get full access to Happy Despite Them at leilamarielawler.substack.com/subscribe
Leila and Phil Lawler discuss the growth of the Catholic Church in Africa, the debacle of Title IX in the US, Joseph Lawler's analysis of urban planning in Austin, and more.
Here are the show notes for our first episode!Please pray for Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo of Kinshasa, as Phil discusses in the podcast! He’s standing firm against immorality and the corruption of the government in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Title IX: Biden’s new rules on Title IX gut protection for women and girls, but is that regulation good in the first place? George Roche, The Price of IndependenceJoseph Lawler: If You Build It, Will They Come? Austin’s I-35 expansion is a test case for cars v. urbanism: The New Atlantis, A Journal of Technology & SocietyThe Rev. John Ensor’s work can be found here.Find more from Phil here: Catholic CultureFind more from Leila here: Like Mother, Like Daughter Get full access to Happy Despite Them at leilamarielawler.substack.com/subscribe