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Roger Simon, the chief political columnist for POLITICO wonders why body counts influence our willingess to consider murderers evil rather than insane : Evil has been medicalized into insanity. But only up to a certain point. There seems to be a correlation between the number of people you kill and . . . . Continue Reading »

Our friends at Mirror of Justice, a group blog created by a group of Catholic law professors interested in discovering how the Catholic perspective can inform an understanding of the law, have posted their 10,000th blog post. That’s an impressive feat (First Thoughts is only on #5,279). If . . . . Continue Reading »

Robert Wilken, chairman of the board of directors for the Institute on Religion and Public Life, has released the following statement: I am pleased to announce that the Board of the Institute on Religion and Public Life has appointed R. R. Reno editor of First Things , effective April 1, 2011. . . . . Continue Reading »

In a forthcoming book, Mark Peterson, a physics professor at Mount Holyoke College, argues that a young Galileo Galilei laid the groundwork for his theoretical physics when he called into question the accepted measurements of Dante’s hell in the Inferno . The Boston Globe has more here . (Via: . . . . Continue Reading »

In a move of stunning common sense and moral sophistication, the UK government plans to block all internet porn in order to protect children : THE UK Government is to combat the early sexualization of children by blocking internet pornography unless parents request it, it was revealed today. The . . . . Continue Reading »

Paul Tripp offers a refreshing perspective on parenting : Parenting is all about living by the principle of prepared spontaneity . You don’t really know what’s going to happen next. You don’t really know when you’ll have to enforce a command, intervene in an argument, confront a . . . . Continue Reading »

Clifford May on the war against the Christians : Imagine if Muslims in Europe were being arrested for nothing more than peacefully practicing their religion. Imagine if Muslims in South America were being sentenced to death for “insulting” Jesus. Imagine if mosques were being bombed and . . . . Continue Reading »

Russell Moore on racial justice and the “Godness of God” : The struggle for civil rights for African-Americans in this country wasn’t simply a “political” question. It wasn’t merely the question of, as Martin Luther King Jr. put it from before the Lincoln Memorial, . . . . Continue Reading »

While The civil rights movement was led by Christians, it is easy to forget how many believers—particularly in the South—did not support the efforts of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On this day set aside to honor this great leader we should read his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” . . . . Continue Reading »

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