Joe Carter

Joe Hargrave argues that John Locke and Pope Leo XIII have more in common than you might imagine: It isn’t often that John Locke is mentioned in discussions of Catholic social teaching, unless it is to set him up as an example of all that the Church supposedly rejects. After all, Locke is . . . . Continue Reading »

Physicists are once again trying to use the LHC to  accidentally destroy the world : The Large Hadron Collider has successfully created a “mini-Big Bang” by smashing together lead ions instead of protons. The scientists working at the enormous machine on Franco-Swiss border . . . . Continue Reading »

Forget the unemployment rate or level of GNP, if you want one statistic that reflects the level of decline in our country you have to look no further than the percentage of out-of-wedlock births : As the issue of black unwed parenthood inches into public discourse, Carroll is . . . . Continue Reading »

As a member of the Wet Blanket movement , I’m obviously excited about the prospect of government gridlock resulting from divided government. Here are two other perpectives on why we should be enthusiastic about Congressional inactivity. First, Ilya Somin: [D]ivided government tends to . . . . Continue Reading »

[Note: This is the part seven of a debate concerning the nature and existence of God and his proper relation to the state.] This is my response to Mr. Brown’s opening argument: Before I respond to Mr. Brown’s opening argument, it might be helpful to make an adjustment in form to this . . . . Continue Reading »

[Note: This is the part six of a debate concerning the nature and existence of God and his proper relation to the state.] This is Mr. Brown’s opening argument: Before this debate began I introduced a quotation from the Emperor Theodosius I, who reigned at the end of a long and telling . . . . Continue Reading »

[Note: This is the part five of a debate concerning the nature and existence of God and his proper relation to the state.] This is Mr. Brown’s response to my extended opening argument: Apologies for the delay; I’ve been obligated to work on some other projects over the past few days but . . . . Continue Reading »

1. The Gettysburg Address Animated (Via: Open Culture ) °°°°°° 2. Worldometer - World statistics updated in real time °°°°°° 3. Disunion is a new NY Times blog that will be covering the events of the Civil War in “real-time” as it happened . . . . Continue Reading »

Thabiti Anyabwile has a good post explaining why the comparison of abortion to slavery can be more hurtful than helpful : You see, I’m firmly pro-life and anti-abortion.  And I’m also one of those persons who responds, “How dare you compare abortion to slavery?!”  You . . . . Continue Reading »

[Note: This is the part four of a debate concerning the nature and existence of God and his proper relation to the state.] This is my first follow-up, a clarification and inquiry based on Mr. Brown’s reply to my initial post: Mr. Brown says that he doesn’t believe atheism can provide the . . . . Continue Reading »