Homosexuality and Natural Law

this materiel is a bit dated (late 1980's) but it doesn't pull any punches.

here is the comment from belmont that lead me to it:

"There’s a discussion by Harry Jaffa from Clairmont McKenna College about Homosexuality and Natural Law (that’s OT but bear with me ). The pamphlet, which is a series of essays and letters, makes the point that we have lost a moral vocabulary that used to be part of our culture. I think that is a result of making education a major function of Government, coupled with the elevation of hostility to a common understanding of the divine to a major civic principle. We now (even in Belmont Club) speak of “values” instead of Virtues. The former being transitory the latter timeless. Schools cant teach Virtues without encountering the transcendental. Once encountered, it must be explained. The explanation requires the explaining teacher to express a position that may be politically unacceptable."

"The power of negative thinking"

This article was linked in a comment thread about the cash for clunkers program over at BC (link to post).

here is an excerpt:

"Chapter 4 should be titled “You’re Not So Special.” For two generations we’ve been telling children that they are special. Now we have an emerging generation of depressed adults who need constant affirmation. The demanding, impertinent and entitled individual is a weak and emotionally unstable neurotic who clings to false optimism because truth and reality are too frightening and difficult. One ought to ask: What makes all these “special” people so special? There’s nothing special about a narcissistic crybaby, and nobody likes self-pity, blubbering or whining."

Read the whole thing.