Secret crisis of infinite links

New Scientist magazine opines that metaphysics has much to contribute to the study of nature.  Part of a special issue on the theme.
On the other hand, at Nautilus, empiricist philosopher of science Bas van Fraassen tells scientists to steer clear of metaphysics.
As usual, Aristotle had the answer long before you thought of the question.  His little known treatise on internet trolling.
Slurpee cups.  Marvel Treasury Editions.  Gerber’s Howard the Duck.  Hostess fruit pie ads.  Claremont and Byrne’s X-Men.  Secret Wars.  Crisis on Infinite Earths…  If you’re of a certain age, you know what I’m talkin’ about.  At Forces of Geek, George Khoury discusses his new book Comic Book Fever: A Celebration of Comics 1976 to 1986 .At the Philosophy of Religion blog, atheist philosopher Keith Parsons offers his take on the question: What does philosophy of religion offer the modern university?

Conversations with Roger Scruton is reviewed by Richard Cocks at The University Bookman.
The Philosophy of Jazz.  It’s a thing.  But that’s old news at this blog.
At Crisis, philosopher Patrick Toner on Catholics, Chesterton, and concealed carry.
Raised to prominence by the Swinburne controversy, the new conservative philosophers’ group blog: Rightly Considered.
Hmm, he has posted a lot of crap at his blog over the years.  Daily Nous has the straight poop on this week’s controversy in academic philosophy.
Some scholars and writers plump for Trump, while contributors to the Claremont Review of Books debate the election.
Fred Barnes at The Weekly Standard on Reagan and Eisenhower.
St. Pius V pray for us.  At Crisis, Fr. George Rutler on the Battle of Lepanto.
At Public Discourse, Dylan Pahman on David Bentley Hart on Christianity and wealth.
New books reviewed at Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews: Howard Robinson’s From the Knowledge Argument to Mental Substance: Resurrecting the Mind , William Jaworski’s Structure and the Metaphysics of Mind: How Hylomorphism Solves the Mind-Body Problem , and Stephen R.L. Clark’s Plotinus: Myth, Metaphor, and Philosophical Practice.
Catholic scholars defend Pope Paul VI’s Humanae Vitae against the latest call to change unchangeable Church doctrine.  Interview about the controversy with theologian Janet Smith.
At the Claremont Review of Books, Mark Bauerlein on the current academic obsession with same-sex matters.
Paul Gottfried on the use and abuse of the term “fascism.”  His new book reviewed by David Gordon and Jerry Salyer.
Philosophers Dale Tuggy and Michael Rota discuss Christian apologetics.
At last it can be revealed.  The astounding mystery of the other forty-something college professor named Edward Feser.  (He’s my cousin.  Hi Ed!)
We’ve all wondered about it:  Why do Marvel movies have such lame music?  Polygon explains .  (On the other hand, Danny Elfman’s music for the first Spider-Man flicks was terrific.)
At The University Bookman, Daniel Mahoney reviews Ryszard Legutko’s The Demon in Democracy .
What’s the deal with Pope Francis’s Amoris Laetitia?  Commentary from Robert Royal, Edward Peters, E. Christian Brugger, Josef Seifert, Ross Douthat, John Lamont, Elliot Milco, Mary Jo Anderson, Maggie Gallagher, Jessica Murdoch, and Fr. Raymond de Souza.