A really nice column from Peggy Noonan. She takes on four issues. Gets all four right–with her usual gift of a plainspoken eloquence.
‘Specially liked the last line. Zinger.
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The way Europe has been behaving lately has been really depressing me.
It’s a real shame how the secular/socialist elites won’t even acknowledge the existence of Christianity in Europe’s history, not to even mention its great contributions to European culture. Except for a few exceptions, Europe really seems like it has abandoned the Church.
Is there hope for a renewal of Faith in Europe again?
Jimmy,
She posted a new column, so the one I think you were referring to is in the archive; you may want to change the link (though the new one is good, too).
Fixed it. Thanks for the catch!
Yeah, I love Peggy’s columns too.
One of my favorites is this one, entitled “Them: The One Group for Whom Liberals Have No Tolerance at All”:
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110002624
“A short word on smokers. They are people who’ve made a deal. They are old-fashioned, and it’s an old-fashioned deal. Their sense of life is essentially conservative: They know it is short, they know part of how you say thank you for it is to really feel it and enjoy it, and they know this life isn’t the most transcendent and important one you’ll be living. Smokers are disproportionately Catholic, did you know that?”
Hee!