Here, for those who read French, is the Chief Rabbi’s site containing the open letter to which Benedict’s Christmas address referred. Those who don’t read French might want to revisit the Thirteen Theses . A sample: Que l’on ait l’une ou l’autre des . . . . Continue Reading »
Because that is how much the candidate we support got in an election with high unemployment, tepid growth, and high gas prices. Rerun the election with Romney as the incumbent and Obama as the challenger and how does it go? Sort of depressing isn’t it? Want to feel better? Reagan began his . . . . Continue Reading »
A recently unearthed letter from the seven-year-old Joseph Ratzinger to “Baby Jesus” reveals the future pope’s desire to be a priest and his devotion to the Sacred Heart: Dear Baby Jesus, Quickly come down to earth. You will bring joy to children. Also bring me joy. I would . . . . Continue Reading »
This cannot be good news: In Showtime’s first pilot order for 2013, the pay cable network has greenlighted a high-profile drama from Oscar nominees Paul Attanasio and Ridley Scott. Titled The Vatican, the project is described as a provocative contemporary genre thriller about spirituality, . . . . Continue Reading »
The wonderful Charlotte Allen has really stirred the pot at National Review Online. She posted a short essay about her reactions to Newtown and what she said has gone viral and vicious. They are up to 1000+ mostly hateful comments at National Review and even the Esquire blog has gone after her. And . . . . Continue Reading »
Several commenters on this post object to my characterization of C.S. Lewis’s views of modern science in The Abolition of Man . I wrote that Lewis “explicitly compared modern science to demonology” and then, at the end, reduced this to the more streamlined statement “science . . . . Continue Reading »
Though of course President Putin canceled the apocalypse yesterday, some Russians have nevertheless taken sensible precautions: Entrepreneurs at the company Paritel, whose tag line is “confidence in every day,” are selling tickets to spend Friday in a 65-meter-deep bunker near . . . . Continue Reading »
In his response to Ryan Anderson’s comments on marriage , David Blankenhorn explained: I changed my view on gay marriage for two reasons. The first is fairness. And the second is to get out of the very box that Ryan Anderson wants to put me and everyone else in — the little box inside of . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter J. Leithart on Christmas as heavenly economy : Since the early centuries of the Church, Christians have thought of giving and receiving gifts as a fitting way to celebrate the Incarnation. The logic is simple: God so loved the world that he gave; so should we. But this simple practice . . . . Continue Reading »
When the Institute for American Values asked me to write a short response to their new report on marriage, I was happy to oblige and am grateful they posted it. It turns out the president of IAV, David Blankenhorn, is decidedly unhappy with what I wrote, replying in his own piece: “No thank . . . . Continue Reading »
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