R. R. Reno

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The Journal of Medical Ethics recently published are article justifying the killing of newborn infants, ” After-birth abortion: why should the baby live? ” Here is the abstract: Abortion is largely accepted even for reasons that do not have anything to do with the fetus’ health. . . . . Continue Reading »

In an important new book, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960–2010, Charles Murray observes that America has become increasingly divided. Once largely united by a common middle-class culture, we’re now trending in different directions, one up and toward a new elite class, the other . . . . Continue Reading »

The Huffington Post featured a particularly ugly screed by Frank Schaeffer. He claims to be providing a service to the Republic by exposing “the loony Reconstructionist/Theonomist” agenda of people like Robert George and Richard John Neuhaus. Schaeffer is a great exaggerator, what . . . . Continue Reading »

Can we sustain a vibrant, free, pluralistic society without the liberal dogmas of neutrality and diversity? Is there a vision of justice and international cooperation that does not lead us toward a thin and shallow cosmopolitanism? Are we able to defend the dignity of the individual without liberalism’s commitment to the isolated, autonomous, and atomized self? … Continue Reading »

The indispensable Peter Berger has posted a helpful discussion of the implications of the recent and ongoing controversy over the contraceptive mandate, the main one of which, to his mind, is the further clarification of the common interests of religious people over and against the secularist . . . . Continue Reading »

The good folks at the Pew Research Center recently released the results of a survey that gives us some insight into the public reaction to the contraceptive mandate. Conservatives are more likely to think that religious organizations should be exempted, while liberals favor requiring contraceptive . . . . Continue Reading »

Rick Santorum was impossible thirty years ago. If Rip van Winkle woke up today he would be dumbfounded. How could such an overtly religious and socially conservative politician have so much traction on the national scene? The answer comes from the Left. Since the Sixties our liberal elites have become increasingly anti-religious, increasingly opposed to traditional moral norms, and increasingly aggressive. As a result they have made our national politics much more extreme. … Continue Reading »

I’ve taken a look at the supposed concessions made by the Obama administration about required insurance coverage for contraceptives. Here’s what the White House fact sheet says: The President will also announce that his Administration will propose and finalize a new regulation during . . . . Continue Reading »

Our colleagues and fellow laborers in the Lord’s vineyard, Timothy George and Chuck Colson, have written a powerful and effective open letter to their evangelical brethren. It’s a powerful testimony of Christian unity that, however divided we may be on matter of theology and church . . . . Continue Reading »