The subject of the natural law came up in a talk with a friend a while back. She is very passionate about the rights of illegal aliens, border issues, etc. I happened to know prior to the conversation that she considers herself a “nontheist.” If I understand correctly, the word nontheist . . . . Continue Reading »
Now I will admit, having been a Christian for a somewhat short time as an adult, I’ve some unfamiliarity with the ins and outs of Christian controversy. Jared points tangentially to one which has puzzled me quite a bit. So I thought I’d put the question to the chorus here.Protestants and . . . . Continue Reading »
Something to watch, when considering fame: a Jeopardy category titled “Economists.” The look on the leading woman’s face is priceless. (Via Megan Mcardle ) . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . picks up the rice in a church where a wedding has been. / Lives in a dream, / wearing a face that he keeps just for Vanity Fair. Ah, me. Christopher is an old acquaintance, and the most fluid writer around today, but some years ago he oddly decided to take the hackneyed pose of the . . . . Continue Reading »
My essay “Sacred Music, Sacred Time” in the November issue of First Things stirred up a hornets’ nest at the MusicaSacra Forum. I joined the discussion and the hornets reverted to a discourse that, at the conclusion, was almost amiable. The issue of contention was my passing . . . . Continue Reading »
When I lived in New Orleans, I knew a retired advertising executive, Phil Preddy, who travelled the world volunteering to paint murals in church baptisteries. For those of you who aren’t low-church Baptists, it is common in churches that practice believer’s baptism to decorate the . . . . Continue Reading »
There is a significant constitutional question hanging over the entire Obamacare project: Is it constitutional to require citizens to buy health insurance? This is no minor question, but Obamacare pushers have generally refused to engage.The Administration has been asked about the matter for . . . . Continue Reading »
Unlike Joe Black, the Angel of Death in a dreadful 1998 Brad Pitt vehicle, Prof. Bill Black is a real rather than a figurative Grim Reaper, at least where white-collar criminals are concerned. The former bank regulator, now a University of Missouri Professor, was the main narrator of this . . . . Continue Reading »
Does anyone—anybody? somebody?—have back issues of This World ? You remember This World : It was the journal from which Richard John Neuhaus was fired, in the infamous Rockford Raid —which led him to found First Things in 1990. We seem to be missing two copies, here in our office . . . . Continue Reading »
Pro lifers have long asserted that the ultrasound could make a profound change in the way people view abortion. Strong support for that view came in a story today of a Texas Planned Parenthood executive changing sides after watching an abortion via ultrasound. More details over at Secondhand . . . . Continue Reading »
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