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Hobbits and Hogwarts
Ben Brown compares the literary value of the Harry Potter series with The Lord of the Rings, by focusing on the distinctive ethos of each. He argues that the manifest superiority of Tolkien's imaginative vision indicates why his trilogy is a classic, while Rowling's series is not.
Social credit: a distributist reform of the financial system
Taking a lead from the on-going discussion of distributism vs. capitalism, Oliver Heydorn focuses on the essential flaws of the capitalist financial system, and argues for a new examination of the notion of social credit.
Marriage and the use of Natural Family Planning
Thomas Storck responds to 'Abusing NFP,' agreeing with Kathleen van Schaijik's critique of theoretical providentialism, but from an Aristotelian/Thomistic philosophical perspective.
On the (Im)possibility of time travel
Patrick Toner minutely analyses Ben Brown's argument against time travel, and finds it lacking, though he agrees with its conclusion.
Short takes
Beware laxism, John F. Crosby
The logic of love, Michael Houser
NFP and peace of mind, TG


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