Brad Williams

A recent statement by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez illuminates the Marxist ideology which continues to take hold of American politicians. Here are my thoughts.

I was impressed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio's speech at the Munich Security Conference. He indeed addressed a number of particular political issues, but what most grabbed my attention was his stress on the common culture that unites Europe and America. He cited Dante, Shakespeare, the Sistine Chapel, Cologne Cathedral—even the Beatles as expressions of basic cultural intuitions that still inform the West. But he pressed the matter further, insisting, in the spirit of both Christopher Dawson and Pope Benedict XVI, that that culture is grounded ultimately in the Christian faith. It is simply the case that reverence for the dignity of the individual, for human rights, for political freedom, and for equality comes, in the final analysis, from the Christian Gospel. Basic to his presentation was the conviction that Europe and America will truly flourish when each re-discovers its spiritual mooring.

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I don’t care what is animating or annoying you, I don’t care what your political persuasion might be, invading a church is unacceptable and is a violation of religious liberty.

Past societies produced so much beauty because they knew that math and beauty are deeply connected. It all started when Pythagoras discovered something mind-blowing about reality: the universe is not made of matter, but music... When walking past a blacksmith’s forge, Pythagoras noticed a strange harmony in the clanging of hammers. He realized that two hammers make a harmonious sound if one is exactly twice as heavy as the other. He worked out that this 2:1 weight ratio produces an octave (notes separated by an octave sound alike). Likewise, a 3:2 ratio creates a perfect fifth, and 4:3 a perfect fourth. This evolved into our musical scale of today. But it wasn't just weight — a note's pitch is also inversely proportional to the length of the string that produces it. Pythagoras had discovered that sounds can be harmonious together because of a mathematical relationship between them. This got him thinking: if music is essentially math, perhaps the universe itself is also governed by mathematical patterns? Eventually, Pythagoras came to the idea that the universe and everything in it could be understood in those same terms. As math and music are interconnected, the universe too is musical, and physical matter is merely music solidified. He developed a theory called the "music of spheres," intuiting that celestial bodies "hum" a kind of music as they move, unheard by human ears: "There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres." Followers of Pythagoras mapped the sun and planets, assigning each a unique tone based on their orbits and distances from Earth. We cannot hear this music with our ears, but it's heard by the soul. Pythagorean thinking carried into the Middle Ages, with Boethius explaining the 3 kinds of music: 1. Musica mundana: unheard music of the cosmos 2. Musica humana: harmony between body and soul 3. Musica instrumentalis: audible music of instruments and voices These weren't just radical, isolated theories. This worldview permeated society for centuries. People believed the universe was bound by a mathematical, musical harmony. For example, if you went to university in the Middle Ages, you learned music as one of four sciences of the quadrivium: arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy. The idea was that music, math, and the cosmos were inextricably linked. The universe was deeply mathematical and God must himself be a divine geometer. So, if the universe is one great musical composition, how do you live your life to be in tune with it? Well, by making music that connects you to that divine order for one; but you can do it in visual art, too. Art from antiquity to the Renaissance and beyond tapped into that mathematical order. The Golden Ratio fascinated artists from Da Vinci to William Blake, who knew mathematical harmony touches us with a sense of otherworldly calm. In architecture, cathedral builders wove Gothic facades with immensely complex geometry. As Pythagoras had found harmony in the mathematical order of music, geometry could produce visual harmony. Music and visual beauty were bound by the same divine forces — notice the similarity of vibrations of musical notes in water and rose windows, for example. In the words of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: "Music is liquid architecture; architecture is frozen music." Medieval people's obsession with math might seem strange or unnecessary to the modern-day architect, but the results speak for themselves…

@HuskersX Three games accounted for 21 of 30 sacks allowed. They weren’t all on OL nor were they all on Raiola. Mobility, quicker reads, better routes would all help, but so would better line play. And EJ didn’t have enough carries in those games

Still maintain Nebraska’s OL wasn’t the problem in pass pro this year. The facts back that up.

@DerrickEvans4WV Sure hope those people are found soon.

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@MikelSevere Pursuit angles, run fits, tackling, making plays…Fundamentals were solid AND you had dudes

I think the biggest differences between Nebraska and several of those teams you watched yesterday was the aggressiveness of the DLs. WRs making contested catches (QB being willing to throw those balls). TE contribution (in line and receiving). Speed/Anticipation at LB spot.

@HuskGuys More than Oregon and Indiana, and only 2 fewer than Ohio State. Unbelievable.

Rutgers put up 36 on Penn State? Cool. Sick.

@dfsupdates @RJC31860769 @JohnBishop71 @HawkeyeFootball 9-10 wins (his worst record was 9-4)

@RJC31860769 @JohnBishop71 @HawkeyeFootball Pelini was Ferentz with a temper. Always gonna get you 7-8 wins but always lose to the better teams and never gonna sniff a title. NE had a choice to try and win big or stay that way. Obviously hasn’t worked out for them but at least they tried.

Sometimes, obsession over an opponent can be unhealthy. But it is obvious Iowa has channeled theirs in an effective way. Nebraska just has never brought the same blood-lust to this series, in addition to not being the better team stuff.

@JohnBishop71 Worked for McCartney at CU.

@celestialbe1ng Prioritize and execute @jockowillink

I can’t lie to you guys, I’ve been barely coping with the workload lately. Being hormonally healthy helps a ton, sure, but I could honestly use some advice from someone who’s also juggling a million hats and an insane to-do list. Any and all tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you 💙

@SickosCommittee Nebraska clearly wore them out last week

@ChrisLoesch @RepDonBacon Maybe he’s struggling with one or more of the very things you’ve listed. Either way, he could use our prayers for the gifts of faith, hope, and charity

Can we please get better spiritual advisors around our president? This makes me very sad. All you have to do is hear, believe, repent and be baptized for the remission of your sins! Heaven can be anyone’s forever home. You can’t earn it but you can accept His Grace!

@ErwanLeCorre Anti-social construct 😉

Mental health is a social construct too, I guess...

@Husker247BC Nebraska pretty much dominated the game against Cincinnati. Score was close, but game didn’t seem close

#Huskers are the equivalent of 30th in the AP poll with 60 points. Cincinnati, which did beat ranked Iowa State, is 26th. Nebraska is 35th in the coaches’ poll.

@GarySharp1620 Most teams that did left with two Ls. 🤞🏻

Michigan football has played in Norman, will play in Lincoln, LA Memorial Coliseum and Wrigley Field this year. Rare list of non-Big 8/12 teams that have played in Norman and Lincoln in the same season.

As society becomes unmoored, the reverence for life disintegrates. We must pray, fast, and turn away from sin. Lord, have mercy on us all.

I’d like to respond to a disturbing contention from Senator Tim Kaine, during a recent confirmation hearing.