George Weigel on coalition for religious freedom : All of these factors conspire (in the sense of “work together”) to make it very difficult to re-assemble the bipartisan coalition that passed RFRA. Given the positions that the Democratic Party espouses on abortion and same-sex marriage, . . . . Continue Reading »
They must be so proud—the ghouls who give people moral permission to kill themselves and then teach them how to do it with helium. Now, enough people are doing themselves in with this method that the increase is reflected in UK death statistics. From the Guardian story:Inert gas . . . . Continue Reading »
In a recent Big Think video titled ” Creationism Is Not Appropriate for Children ” the beloved “Science Guy” strictly denounces creationism and its dangers to children and society as a whole. Nye states: I say to the grownups, if you want to deny evolution and live in . . . . Continue Reading »
Our friend and former colleague David Goldman reviews the new book by the Israeli scholar Horam Yazony and has his doubts. He writes in Judaism’s Central Sacrifice that Yoram Hazony has sought a bridge between secular nationalism and Jewish religion. His latest [book] The Philosophy of . . . . Continue Reading »
Last week, Kimberly Hyatt of Patheos asked why Christians are mean in “Look at the Christians: See How Mean They Are” . “Perhaps it is past time for us to stop focusing on what others are doing or trying to do and start taking responsibility for our own actions and their . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, it was just a conference that didn’t go, and these things have their annoying and ugly aspects, which David Brooks once described accurately in his Bourgeois Bohemians book; nor, I am having to go through a tropical storm/hurricane, as the residents of New Orleans currently are, but . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, lots more. This new report about a civil union between three people (a man and two women) in Brazil suggests that those of us worried about the slippery slope aren’t out of our minds. I should say that Brazil and South America in general has a much stronger political tradition on the . . . . Continue Reading »
The European Court of Human Rights has a point about Italy’s policy that outlaws only implanting healthy embryos. From the Yahoo story:The European rights court Tuesday condemned Italy for its ban on screening embryos for genetic conditions, saying its laws leave couples wanting to . . . . Continue Reading »
The Problem of Place: A Local and Universal Church James Matthew Wilson, Front Porch Republic The Scriptural Roots of Augustine’s Spirituality Stephen N. Filippo, Ignatius Insight The Decline of the American Political Convention Geoffrey Kabaservice, Oxford University Press . . . . Continue Reading »
In a time of economic slowdown, social unrest, and high unemployment, what should the government do for the poor and jobless? Should the state guarantee a job for every citizen and give money to the poor, or let the free market move as it will? Can the government provide for the needy while . . . . Continue Reading »
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