Liberal vs. conservative flavors of purity, and more

• Liberal vs. conservative flavors of purity as a moral intuition.
• Impending end of civilization?
• Steve Sailer: The Catholic hierarchy demands more Latin American immigration, but they ought to keep in mind that Mexicans don’t send their kids to Catholic schools much. The future of the American church won't be Hispanic, contra some pundits.
• From Radix Journal. Not buying into making an idol of my race (if you behave, everybody's welcome), but they make me think:
  • The hope of Europeanization. There's the American myth, but then again the mother country (an anointed Queen and a coped and mitred state church) and the rest of Europe should be more conservative than we are, but aren't.
  • The real class war. The problem comes when recognizing the sides of the war — and it's not just elites versus everyone else. It's elites allied with the non-white underclass waging a war against working-class and middle-class whites.
  • Perpetuating the narrative. Excusing race riots.
• We're losing another piece of the golden era. I've lost Walt's in Clifton Heights (used to walk there for burgers; won't set foot in the new one) and now this. Final frame: Papp's Bowling Center closes after 50 years in Bordentown. Mr. Papp drilled the holes in one of my bowling balls. Last time I was there I watched what was probably the high-school team practice. Scoring was still by pencil and paper. Like the book Bowling Alone says, this is about the decline of family and of community as well as of the sport. I don't play well; got a 156 once.

Walt's.