We will appeal. Were fighting it. This is not dead. This is a place where religion destroyed American lives. -American Atheists President Dave Silverman protesting a ruling allowing the display of the “9/11 cross” via @yair_rosenberg . . . . Continue Reading »
1. There’s a dispute on another FIRST THINGS blog on where the word “Easter” came from. No matter who’s right, I have to admit that, unlike “Christmas,” it has no distinctively Christian connotation. Still, “He is risen . . . ,” and let’s hope . . . . Continue Reading »
Googles decision to display the visage of Cesar Chavez on Easter Sunday has provoked immediate fury from many corners. The decision indeed is difficult to justify. Yet Google’s odd choice should remind us that whatever one thinks of Chavez’s politics, they are impossible to . . . . Continue Reading »
Just follow me here. On immigration, Rand Paul says: The main part of my plan is trust but verify that says we have to have border security. The Wall Street Journal reported about Rand Paul’s proposal for a huge new guest worker program: Kentucky Senator Rand Paul recently made a splash when . . . . Continue Reading »
In many Christian churches, Easter begins tonight with the Easter Vigil. And so I thought it would be appropriate to share one of the greatest Easter poems, written five hundred years ago by Edmund Spenser to his wife. To all who celebrate, a very joyous Easter. Christ is Risen. Most glorious Lord . . . . Continue Reading »
The American Copy Editors Society is organizing a National Summit on Plagiarism and Fabrication , which will take place on April 5, and this has led a number of people to start thinking about plagiarism issues in advance of the event. One of the more interesting contributions to the discussion has . . . . Continue Reading »
Tania M. Geist on Pope Benedict’s theology of Holy Saturday : On Holy Saturday, God incarnate entered the absolute and extreme solitude of mankind. Here Benedict pointed out that we have all experienced that terrifying feeling of abandonment, which is why we fear . . . . Continue Reading »
In his book The Crucified God , Jürgen Moltmann famously suggested that Marks Gospel, with its recording of Jesus cry of derelictionMy God, my God, why have you forsaken me?provides us with the only theology that can speak to protest . . . . Continue Reading »
Felices Pascuas , Joyeuses Pâques , Buona Pasqua , Glad Påsk . . . Around the world, Christians use very similar words to wish each other a happy Easter , and with a couple of glaring exceptions, they call the feast by a variant of pascha , Passover. Even . . . . Continue Reading »