(urth) Chesterton'a "lunar virescence"

[David Stockhoff]

On 6/1/2012 3:48 PM, entonio at gmail.com wrote:
> I think you have to be a catholic or a 'paleoconservative' in order not to be offended by Chesterton, unless you are very well read (quality more than quantity), in which case you may choose to enjoy his genius past anything else.
>
> Maybe Wolfe can afford to be soft spoken because Chesterton took upon himself the dirty work that needed done. The man was a Maccabee.

Interesting. What should I be offended by? His politics, or his 
religion? I especially appreciate his disdain for imperialism and its 
expression in the press.