In today’s On the Square Gerald R. McDermott weighs with his own contribution to the Paul-and-performance-anxiety discussion : In these pages recently Stephen Webb suggested that the apostle Paul had stage fright. This would be remarkable, given his history of traveling throughout the Roman . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s On the Square , Pete Spiliakos says: If you want to be the party of Reagan, you need to master the Reagan art of storytelling: I recently had a conversation with an acquaintance and I asked them what Romney was for. This person was stuck and finally said that Romney was for cutting . . . . Continue Reading »
The Council on Casinos recently released a report titled “Why Casinos Matter” which highlights, among other things, the now pervasive presence of gambling in American life. Regional casinos, rather than resort casinos, are the norm: “In the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states, nearly . . . . Continue Reading »
Making Parenthood Pay W. Bradford Wilcox, Atlantic Reconciling Modern Biblical Scholarship With Orthodox Belief Yair Rosenberg, Tablet How Evil Should a Video Game Allow You to Be? Simon Parkin, New Yorker Nurturing the Sounds of the Orthodox Church Vivien Schweitzer, New York Times Fred . . . . Continue Reading »
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Three On the Square posts for you today! I hope you have an extra-long lunch break ( and don’t forget about Helen Rittelmeyer ). First, we’ve got George Weigel’s continued meditations on Poland : John Paul II had a keen insight into the way in which the two totalitarianisms of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Helen Rittelmeyer’s back! Here she is on “Winning the Distraction War, Losing the Distraction Peace” : In the last six months I’ve eliminated from my reading life everything that felt like empty carbs. The rule of thumb was: In a year, will I look back and think that this was . . . . Continue Reading »
Let There Be a Linguistic Construct Carl Trueman, Reformation21 Could Emergence Be Hylemorphic? James Chastek, Just Thomism A Bad Bargain George McKenna, Human Life Review Work and Dignity: A Conversation Mike Rose and Matthew Crawford, Hedgehog Review The Coptic Church: Decline, Survival, . . . . Continue Reading »
First off, here are my BIG THOUGHTS on that way of dividing American opinion. It goes without saying that it’s not the only way, and all such bloggy divisions are analytic schemes to clarify the real issues. Senator Lee, as Pete explains, is trying to situate the Republicans as the more . . . . Continue Reading »
Offered as a celebration of C. S. Lewis’ work on the fiftieth anniversary of his death, C. S. Lewis: In Memoriam promises to be a very good conference. Sponsored by the New York C. S. Lewis Society and the new Sheen Center , it features Lewis biographer William Griffin, French Lewis . . . . Continue Reading »
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