The Guild Review

The Guild Review is a blog of art, culture, faith and politics. We seek understanding, not conformity.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Singing the Creed

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Just the other day, I heard the Nicene Creed from Bach’s Mass in B Minor, and asked myself the question: How often is the creed sung at an A...
Saturday, February 21, 2009

On the Subversive Use of Language - Part II

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Continued from Part I Machiavelli’s ability to take “control of the language of the discussion” and change “the terms in which people think,...
Thursday, February 19, 2009

On the Subversive Use of Language - Part I

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Machiavelli has given his name to a certain style of cut-throat politics characterized by intrigue, backstabbing and the unbridled pursuit o...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Political Consciousness

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What is it about the term “political consciousness” that I dislike so much? I think I first noticed that I hated the term when I realized t...
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Saturday, February 14, 2009

Why Invent Tradition?

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Yesterday, while biking to school, I took up singing one of my favorite songs, Gaudeamus igitur , the alma mater of the University of Dallas...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Words Inspire Action

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This past Friday I had the opportunity to attend a performance of Beaumarchais’s The Marriage of Figaro , in the U street section of D.C. Be...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Vonnegut's Reality vs. God's Presence

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I recently managed to recover some damaged files off of my pen drive and thought I would share a short essay I wrote on Vonnegut... As we ro...
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