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Last Friday the New York Times ran a profile of blogger Eve Tushnet, a “celibate, gay, conservative, Catholic writer”: While gay sex should not be criminalized, she said, gay men and lesbians should abstain. They might instead have passionate friendships, or sublimate their urges into . . . . Continue Reading »

A study by the University of Michigan finds that today’s college students are not as empathetic as college students of the 1980s and 1990s. Yet their is also evidence that this younger generation is more civic-minded than Generation X. Ross Douthat considers why this may not be as paradoxical . . . . Continue Reading »

At the Catholic literary journal Dappled Things , Hugo-nominated sci-fi writer Michael Flynn puts to rest the myth that Christianity held back science during medieval times, and shows how it was rather the opposite that was true : The philosophers of the “Age of Reason” called the Middle . . . . Continue Reading »

A recent poll conducted by Findlaw shows that two thirds of Americans cannot name even one Supreme Court justice. Here are the percentages who can name each of the nine current justices: * Clarence Thomas – 19% * John Roberts – 16% * Sonia Sotomayor – 15% * Ruth Bader Ginsburg – . . . . Continue Reading »

For the upcoming revision of the the upcoming fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Diseases (DSM-5)—the psychiatry profession’s main diagnostic manual—the American Psychiatric Association asked for public comments on proposed changes. As economist Steve . . . . Continue Reading »

In a pastoral letter to the Anglican Communion , Episcopal Church presiding bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori seems to be saying that the Holy Spirit is either a moral and cultural relativist or a “colonialist”: The Spirit does seem to be saying to many within The Episcopal Church that . . . . Continue Reading »

Since a lot of readers of this blog are pro-space travel, I thought they might be interested in the answer to the question, “How long can a human live unprotected in space? ” The most fascinating part is how NASA found out this deadly information: At NASA’s Manned Spacecraft . . . . Continue Reading »

[Note: Since it’s a slow news day and there’s not much else to write about, I thought I’d offer some unsolicited career advice to new high school and college graduates. Admittedly, its not ground-breaking guidance. But I thought someone might benefit from hearing that they . . . . Continue Reading »

Advocates of same-sex marriage often justify their radical position by claiming that homosexual matrimony is akin to interracial marriage. Frank Beckwith explains why the analogy fails : While doing research for an academic paper on the topic of same-sex marriage and political liberalism, I was . . . . Continue Reading »

Returning from seeing the devastation near his hometown of Biloxi, Mississippi, Russell Moore reflects on the failures of Christians to give due consideration to environmental protection : For too long, we evangelical Christians have maintained an uneasy ecological conscience. I include myself in . . . . Continue Reading »