Joe Carter

Andy Crouch, in an interview with World Magazine : Pursuing being elite is a terrible idea. I partly say this because I worked at Harvard for 10 years, and most people who pursue being elite end up being shaped solely by that: They become nothing but elite. I’d much rather have everyone, . . . . Continue Reading »

From a recent report by the British organization Aid to the Church in Need : In two-thirds of the countries where persecution of Christians is most severe, there are strong indications that the problem has worsened, the report claims. It also goes on to underline the severe threat to the Christian . . . . Continue Reading »

Sign of the Times of the Day: A lesbian couple are to open Britain’s first gay-only fertility centre. Natalie Drew and Ashling Phillips, who have two children by a sperm donor, said they decided to set up a centre exclusively for gay people after their own experiences in trying to start a . . . . Continue Reading »

Thaddeus Kozinski considers the recent debate between Hadley Arkes and Matthew O’Brien—which he views as presenting competing eudaimonistic and deontological theories of moral philosophy—and offers an alternate theological-traditionalist account of ethics : As I said at the outset, . . . . Continue Reading »

And the winner is . . .   Pride and Prejudice By a margin of 55 to 44 percent, Pride and Prejudice beat The Hobbit —and 62 other contenders—to win the second annual Tournament of Novels. Thanks to everyone that participated. Beginning next March we’ll once again take . . . . Continue Reading »

The CIA’s invention of Facebook has saved the government millions of dollars. CIA’s ‘Facebook’ Program Dramatically Cut Agency’s Costs . . . . Continue Reading »

Catholics are more supportive of gay and lesbian rights than the general public and other Christians? Surely this can’t be right: • Nearly three-quarters of Catholics favor either allowing gay and lesbian people to marry (43%) or allowing them to form civil unions (31%). Only 22% of . . . . Continue Reading »

Various media outlets have noted a study that predicts that in nine countries religion is set for extinction : The study found a steady rise in those claiming no religious affiliation. The team’s mathematical model attempts to account for the interplay between the number of religious . . . . Continue Reading »

And then there were two. The match-up we’ve seen coming/lamenting/dreading has finally arrived. Austen vs. Tolkien. Mr. Darcy vs. Gandalf. Elizabeth Bennet vs. Bilbo Baggins. Many people (including me) have questioned how The Hobbit made it to the final round. Does it really deserve to be in . . . . Continue Reading »

Each week my neighbors and I engage in a curious ethical ritual. On Wednesday morning before we leave for work we set outside our doors an artifact that expresses our obligation to the welfare of future generations. We call these objects recycling bins. Recycling is one example of an action that we take in the present to benefit a group in the future. … Continue Reading »