2012
Progressives Ditch the Disguise
Jewish ultranationalist (and founder of the Jewish Defense League) Meir Kahane, whose Kach party was disqualified on…
A Compendium of Seidman’s Errors
Georgetown Law Professor Michael Seidman says in the New York Times that we should conclude, “the American…
Republican Fantasies, the Constitution, and Other Stuff
1. I agree with Pete and Carl on the Seidman article. Nonetheless, it obviously has no legs.…
How Rush Limbaugh Is More Self-Aware Than Louis Michael Seidman
About fifteen years ago Rush Limbaugh did a skit about Montana. The joke was that when you…
Books of the Year 2012
There is more fiction than non-fiction on this list, but that’s only because my non-fiction reading this…
On the Square Today
William Doino Jr. on rediscovering Paul VI : When the Vatican recently announced its new candidates for…
Professor Seidman, Liberals, and the Constitution
Please, please, please, will someone at the next Obama press conference (surely there will be at least…
Archbishop Vigneron: Catholic Schools Crucial in New Evangelization
Detroit’s Archbishop Allen Vigneron recently spoke about the role of Catholic schools in the Church and the…
Celibacy and Friendship ‘After 30’
This was published last summer in the NYT, but it’s just now coming to my attention (via …
The Word of the Day: went
Why do we say, “John goes to the pawn shop today,” but “John went to the pawn…
Wilder the Critic
Robert Gottleib reviews Penelope Niven’s Thornton Wilder: A Life in the January 7 issue of The New…
On Microfame
I read Rob Horning’s New Inquiry essay on “Microfame” with over a decade’s worth of my own…
Rediscovering Paul VI
When the Vatican recently announced its new candidates for sainthood, there was a remarkable name on its…
Russia’s Cruel Adoption Ban
You may have read that Russian president Vladimir Putin recently signed a new law banning the adoption…
Django Unchained’s Moment of Moral Clarity
Two notes: First, the movie under discussion is violent and profane; don’t see it unless you’re comfortable…
