Marc Roscoe Loustau
@attheedges.bsky.social
Official BlueSky account of Substack newsletter "At the edges, with Marc Loustau." https://marcroscoeloustau.substack.com/
"In a world on fire, hopeful storytelling about global politics, culture, and the edges of faith."
"In a world on fire, hopeful storytelling about global politics, culture, and the edges of faith."
Listening to Mahler 9, the first movement. This feels accurate: "But Mahler's movements, in their entirety, are streams on which is borne whatever is caught in them, yet without its particularity being entirely absorbed." Theodor Adorno, Mahler: A Musical Physiognomy.
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Listening to Mahler 9, the first movement. This feels accurate: "But Mahler's movements, in their entirety, are streams on which is borne whatever is caught in them, yet without its particularity being entirely absorbed." Theodor Adorno, Mahler: A Musical Physiognomy.
"Here we go again..." Ukrainian Catholics react to Pope Leo's interview with Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse. It's for the best, they say, that Ukrainian media mostly ignored the interview. In "At the Edges, with Marc Loustau" on Substack.
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November 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"Here we go again..." Ukrainian Catholics react to Pope Leo's interview with Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse. It's for the best, they say, that Ukrainian media mostly ignored the interview. In "At the Edges, with Marc Loustau" on Substack.
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marcroscoeloustau.substack.com/p/do-you-kno...
My friend and former Ukrainian teacher Maria Kosiychuk is organizing this exciting program. It'll be fun as well as educational. For anyone even just a little bit curious about Ukrainian, I highly recommend!
www.instagram.com/soft.sign.ua/
www.instagram.com/soft.sign.ua/
October 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
My friend and former Ukrainian teacher Maria Kosiychuk is organizing this exciting program. It'll be fun as well as educational. For anyone even just a little bit curious about Ukrainian, I highly recommend!
www.instagram.com/soft.sign.ua/
www.instagram.com/soft.sign.ua/
I was on TV last night commenting about the Trump-Putin Budapest Summit and why the EU needs to show some backbone in response.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I was on TV last night commenting about the Trump-Putin Budapest Summit and why the EU needs to show some backbone in response.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fzz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fzz...
Ukrainian pastors, who fled cities now occupied by Russia, still keep in touch with church members who stayed behind. But why, when Russian police have threatened to arrest worshippers? From “At the Edges”: “Where Mother Mary is on the terror list.”
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September 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Ukrainian pastors, who fled cities now occupied by Russia, still keep in touch with church members who stayed behind. But why, when Russian police have threatened to arrest worshippers? From “At the Edges”: “Where Mother Mary is on the terror list.”
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This New York Times article about Charlie Kirk is bad. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
“At the Edges” newsletter today: "Political violence isn't uniquely American." Let's look outside our borders to understand what’s at stake in political violence.
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“At the Edges” newsletter today: "Political violence isn't uniquely American." Let's look outside our borders to understand what’s at stake in political violence.
marcroscoeloustau.substack.com/p/political-...
September 14, 2025 at 7:52 AM
This New York Times article about Charlie Kirk is bad. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
“At the Edges” newsletter today: "Political violence isn't uniquely American." Let's look outside our borders to understand what’s at stake in political violence.
marcroscoeloustau.substack.com/p/political-...
“At the Edges” newsletter today: "Political violence isn't uniquely American." Let's look outside our borders to understand what’s at stake in political violence.
marcroscoeloustau.substack.com/p/political-...
"But to look at it from another angle - one can’t forget everything, however great one’s wish to do so; the plague was bound to leave traces, anyhow, in people’s hearts."
A. Camus, The Plague, p. 227
A. Camus, The Plague, p. 227
September 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"But to look at it from another angle - one can’t forget everything, however great one’s wish to do so; the plague was bound to leave traces, anyhow, in people’s hearts."
A. Camus, The Plague, p. 227
A. Camus, The Plague, p. 227
Why does a self-reflexive, anti-imperial leftist sign up for a foreign war that, if we’re completely honest, he doesn’t really understand? The author George Orwell (Animal Farm, 1984) posed this question to himself in 1938. I ask myself the same question today.
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September 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Why does a self-reflexive, anti-imperial leftist sign up for a foreign war that, if we’re completely honest, he doesn’t really understand? The author George Orwell (Animal Farm, 1984) posed this question to himself in 1938. I ask myself the same question today.
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I am grateful for all the paying subscribers to “At the Edges, with Marc Loustau.”
August 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I am grateful for all the paying subscribers to “At the Edges, with Marc Loustau.”
Orbán’s annual summer speech, usually full of controversial content, was surprisingly boring. Every listless appearance makes Hungary’s opposition stronger in next year’s elections. But I actually harbor a worry about what may happen if the opposition wins.
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July 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Orbán’s annual summer speech, usually full of controversial content, was surprisingly boring. Every listless appearance makes Hungary’s opposition stronger in next year’s elections. But I actually harbor a worry about what may happen if the opposition wins.
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There are curious ambiguities in Applebaum’s account of her role in an influential slice of the conservative intellectual elite, many of whom are now shilling for the world's autocrats. We should value our morally tainted narrators.
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July 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
There are curious ambiguities in Applebaum’s account of her role in an influential slice of the conservative intellectual elite, many of whom are now shilling for the world's autocrats. We should value our morally tainted narrators.
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The tragic case of religious freedom in Hungary, an allegory for how churches cooperate with authoritarian regimes. The Rev. Dr. Colin Bossen interviews me for his Minister’s Forum podcast.
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July 15, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The tragic case of religious freedom in Hungary, an allegory for how churches cooperate with authoritarian regimes. The Rev. Dr. Colin Bossen interviews me for his Minister’s Forum podcast.
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What do rubber bones have to do with #authoritarianism and #hungary? A whole lot, it turns out. Read about it in my latest Balkan Insight article: balkaninsight.com/2025/07/09/r...
July 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
What do rubber bones have to do with #authoritarianism and #hungary? A whole lot, it turns out. Read about it in my latest Balkan Insight article: balkaninsight.com/2025/07/09/r...
On a train from Kyiv, I met Nastya, whose mother grew up in Chernobyl and escaped the nuclear catastrophe. This is what Nastya taught me about dark tourism, the strange industry that tours visitors around disaster sites. My latest on Substack:
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July 2, 2025 at 7:41 AM
On a train from Kyiv, I met Nastya, whose mother grew up in Chernobyl and escaped the nuclear catastrophe. This is what Nastya taught me about dark tourism, the strange industry that tours visitors around disaster sites. My latest on Substack:
marcroscoeloustau.substack.com/p/the-part-c...
marcroscoeloustau.substack.com/p/the-part-c...
I was hopeful about the #Mets this year. I have no idea what I'm feeling right now after giving up 9 runs in two straight games to the Pirates.
June 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I was hopeful about the #Mets this year. I have no idea what I'm feeling right now after giving up 9 runs in two straight games to the Pirates.
What is fascism, according to Jesus? Today in "At the Edges, with Marc Loustau."
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June 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
What is fascism, according to Jesus? Today in "At the Edges, with Marc Loustau."
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I reported for @ncronline.bsky.social from Ukraine's frontline: www.ncronline.org/news/greek-c...
This will be a normal school," Vovk told NCR, "it's just that there are also underground classrooms."
This will be a normal school," Vovk told NCR, "it's just that there are also underground classrooms."
June 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I reported for @ncronline.bsky.social from Ukraine's frontline: www.ncronline.org/news/greek-c...
This will be a normal school," Vovk told NCR, "it's just that there are also underground classrooms."
This will be a normal school," Vovk told NCR, "it's just that there are also underground classrooms."
Hungary's Viktor Orbán is stepping up attacks on the LGBTQ+ community. How are Jewish groups responding? And what to LGBTQ+ Jews say about it? My latest "At the Edges" newsletter on Substack.
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June 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Hungary's Viktor Orbán is stepping up attacks on the LGBTQ+ community. How are Jewish groups responding? And what to LGBTQ+ Jews say about it? My latest "At the Edges" newsletter on Substack.
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Viktor Orbán is holding a referendum asking Hungarians to say whether Ukraine should join the EU. But Hungarians who actually live in Ukraine are upset. Is Orbán just trying to score political points at home? My latest article for Balkan Insight.
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June 13, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Viktor Orbán is holding a referendum asking Hungarians to say whether Ukraine should join the EU. But Hungarians who actually live in Ukraine are upset. Is Orbán just trying to score political points at home? My latest article for Balkan Insight.
balkaninsight.com/2025/06/09/o...
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"America is not like Hungary. It's like occupied Ukraine."
My latest Substack newsletter, "Praying in our enemies' presence." marcroscoeloustau.substack.com/p/praying-in...
My latest Substack newsletter, "Praying in our enemies' presence." marcroscoeloustau.substack.com/p/praying-in...
June 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
"America is not like Hungary. It's like occupied Ukraine."
My latest Substack newsletter, "Praying in our enemies' presence." marcroscoeloustau.substack.com/p/praying-in...
My latest Substack newsletter, "Praying in our enemies' presence." marcroscoeloustau.substack.com/p/praying-in...
Nadia Bolz-Weber's Red State Revivals say, "Bring a friend. Or an enemy. All are welcome." But who is our enemy? And what will God accomplish when we worship in the presence of our enemies?
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June 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Nadia Bolz-Weber's Red State Revivals say, "Bring a friend. Or an enemy. All are welcome." But who is our enemy? And what will God accomplish when we worship in the presence of our enemies?
marcroscoeloustau.substack.com/p/i-invited-...
marcroscoeloustau.substack.com/p/i-invited-...
Last week, Pope Leo XIV said he wants to host Ukraine and Russia for peace talks at the Vatican. I asked leaders in Ukraine's Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, and Protestant communities what they think.
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May 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Last week, Pope Leo XIV said he wants to host Ukraine and Russia for peace talks at the Vatican. I asked leaders in Ukraine's Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, and Protestant communities what they think.
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The big loser in Romania's presidential election is...Hungary's Viktor Orbán. No one has been able to break the spell Viktor Orbán has cast over Transylvania's Hungarian minority. But did he finally break it himself? Read my latest Substack newsletter.
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May 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The big loser in Romania's presidential election is...Hungary's Viktor Orbán. No one has been able to break the spell Viktor Orbán has cast over Transylvania's Hungarian minority. But did he finally break it himself? Read my latest Substack newsletter.
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The Hungarian government is considering legislation to penalize online influencers who pose a national security threat. My report on free speech protests in Hungary: This is what it looks like when the people are angry and unafraid. My latest on Substack.
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May 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The Hungarian government is considering legislation to penalize online influencers who pose a national security threat. My report on free speech protests in Hungary: This is what it looks like when the people are angry and unafraid. My latest on Substack.
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As the conclave begins, we should remember Francis's flaws as well as his virtues. He suffered from hubris and met his nemesis in Russia's Orthodox Church. It's important to consider the vices and virtues of leadership as the Catholic Church awaits a new leader. marcroscoeloustau.substack.com
May 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
As the conclave begins, we should remember Francis's flaws as well as his virtues. He suffered from hubris and met his nemesis in Russia's Orthodox Church. It's important to consider the vices and virtues of leadership as the Catholic Church awaits a new leader. marcroscoeloustau.substack.com