I haven’t followed the distraction wars very closely. That’s not a joke, I really haven’t paid close attention. I gather that a bunch of people of varying degrees of seriousness have expressed concerns about the effect the Internet has had on the way people think. A listicle of their worries . . . . Continue Reading »
I can’t say enough good things about this speech on family-friendly tax reform by Utah Senator Mike Lee. It is a beautifully written argument for a Republican tax agenda that prioritizes the interests of middle-class and struggling working parents. Lee’s speech also contains some . . . . Continue Reading »
Advance notice for next January’s New York Encounter , a three-day conference sponsored by the Catholic group Communion and Liberation. It will be held in New York January 17th to 19th and is, very nicely, free. Among the highlights are a talk on alienated youth by Christian Smith, the Notre Dame . . . . Continue Reading »
For readers in the New York City area: This coming Sunday, September 22, the Dominicans at St. Catherine’s are hosting Fr. Thomas Joseph White from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., for a lecture titled ” Faith and Intelligence: Why it is wise to . . . . Continue Reading »
“How are we supposed to reconcile the Apostle Paul’s rather low opinion of himself with the high esteem others had for him?” asks Stephen H. Webb. The answer, provided in today’s On the Square , is stage fright: If Paul suffered from stage fright, then the incongruities . . . . Continue Reading »
What some call “irrational contrarianism,” James R. Rogers points out, might also be “the true belief that the government perhaps ought be smaller.” From today’s On the Square : Mann and Ornstein, as well as other GOP critics in the media, miss the deep frustration . . . . Continue Reading »
On J. M. Coetzee’s The Childhood of Jesus Michael Duffy, The Millions Animal Sacrifice Powered Ancient Jerusalem’s Economy Tia Ghose, Live Science This Man Moved to a Desert Island to Disappear. Here’s What Happened. Kent Russell, New Republic Do Young Catholics Even Understand . . . . Continue Reading »
First off (notice than I using that instead of SO now and again), let me call attention to the very favorable attention our Carl, our Jean, and our Jim have received from PowerLine’s Scott Johnson . Our Jim has always claimed to be a FEDERALIST 49 constitutionalist, which means he believes . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve been talking recently with an Episcopal priest about the ongoing agonies of the Anglican Communion. Although he and I find ourselves in different places on the questions of the hour, he and I were also a bit surprised to see each other struggling to articulate a very similar posture . . . . Continue Reading »
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