Joe Carter

The gentleman is a social role that implies a recognition of forms and limits that constrain action, says Mark T. Mitchell , even as those very forms and limits elevate the meaning and nobility of actions they enjoin: Forms and limits are not welcomed in a culture that sees freedom as the highest . . . . Continue Reading »

When asked about the recent investigation by Live Action into Planned Parenthood’s willingness to cover us underage sex trafficking, President Obama responded that it was all just a “distraction” : I think sometimes these issues get manufactured, they get a lot of attention in the . . . . Continue Reading »

Some of my friends from Front Porch Republic have helped launch a new interdisciplinary, academic journal called ANAMNESIS, A Journal for the Study of Tradition, Place, and ‘Things Divine.’ Issues explored by the journal’s contributors will include “civil society, agrarianism, . . . . Continue Reading »

Shortly after the end of World War II, Ernest Hemingway was traveling through Paris and attempted to visit his old acquaintance, Pablo Picasso. On learning that the artist was out, Hemingway decided to leave him a present. He went to his car and returned with a case of grenades, on which he wrote, “To Picasso from Hemingway.” … Continue Reading »

In Fairlie, Texas, a small community northeast of Dallas, you’ll find the Cross Trails Cowboy Church . Although I’ve passed it a couple of times while traveling through that area, I wasn’t aware that inside was posted the Cowboy’s Ten Commandments: (1) Just one God. (2) Put . . . . Continue Reading »

Here’s an odd theory that I’ve never heard about before: In 1889 Fredericka Beardsley Gilchrist advanced a theory that the entire meaning of  Hamlet has been confused because of a typographical error. In Act I, Scene V, the ghost reveals to Hamlet his mother’s adultery and his . . . . Continue Reading »

Glenn T. Stanton explains why what you’ve heard about the rate of Christians getting divorced is wrong : “Christians divorce at roughly the same rate as the world!” It’s one of the most quoted stats by Christian leaders today. And it’s perhaps one of the most . . . . Continue Reading »

In 2004 the United States helped to set up a Islamic theocracy in Afghanistan. Despite the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom’s warning the proposed Afghani constitution threatened to institutionalize “Taliban-lite”, the document earned the praise of President . . . . Continue Reading »

Christianity Today has a fascinating discussion with sociologist Mark Regnerus about his latest research on young adults’ sexual attitudes and behavior: You frame your research using sexual economics theory: Sex is a transaction in which men pay, via economic stability or education or as . . . . Continue Reading »

Novelist Jeanette Winterson on the King James Bible’s language lessons : As every poet knows, words begin in the mouth before they hit the page, and it is our experience of learning language. The King James karaoke nights, common to households where long familiarity with the stories meant . . . . Continue Reading »