The Sound of Silence

Folks, last September 9 Anthony Esolen wrote a piece called "A Lot of Sound, No Music," for InsideCatholic.com that was picked up by the Catholic Education Resource Center and I think you ought to read. Esolen wonders the following:

Recently my family and I watched The Sound of Music for perhaps the twelfth time -- probably the last great musical that Hollywood ever produced. It made me wonder if I could list the reasons why such a movie could not now be made.

And these are the reasons why not:

The movie takes for granted that some things are holy.

There is such a thing as innocence -- and it is not the same as ignorance.

There are such things as children, thank God.

There are such things as boys and girls, and men and women.

Today, no one can sing. No one knows why people ever sang.

A good, solid piece. Read it all here.