Keith Pavlischek

We are told by some that the “clash of civilizations” between the West and the Islamic world is not really a clash between civilizations but a clash within the Islamic world itself. This is really a fight for “authentic Islam” between the Islamists and, for lack of a better . . . . Continue Reading »

Michele Dillon is Professor of Sociology at New Hampshire University. Writing in The Immanent Frame, a blog of the Social Science Research Council, Dillon detects President Obama’s “Catholic sensibility” in his Notre Dame speech: Thus at Notre Dame, Obama demonstrated the . . . . Continue Reading »

“Academy Justice was Tilted Toward Women: Double Standard in Mid Sex Cases During Rempt Era” That’s the headline in The Capital , the hometown newspaper for Annapolis, Maryland, the home of the United States Naval Academy. The Capital had embarked on a three-year odyssey to get . . . . Continue Reading »

Here’s a Reuters report that tells us the ” U.S. Military says Afghan Bibles have been Destroyed”: Bibles in Afghan languages sent to a U.S. soldier at a base in Afghanistan were confiscated and destroyed to ensure that troops did not breach regulations which forbid proselytizing, . . . . Continue Reading »

As I mentioned here , last week a rally was held by African-American ministers to protest same sex marriage legislation in Washington, D.C. The issue is now front page news with a Washington Post  article titled, ” Uproar in D.C. as Same-Sex Marriage Gains “: The D.C. Council . . . . Continue Reading »

Here’s the hilariously serious Mark Steyn commenting on those “Free Tibet” bumper stickers back in 2005 The other day I found myself, for the umpteenth time, driving in Vermont behind a Kerry/Edwards supporter whose vehicle also bore the slogan ‘FREE TIBET ‘. It must be . . . . Continue Reading »

Gabe Ledeen, a former Marine captain and two-tour veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, has a bone to pick with the Veterans of Foreign Wars. In ” Who Speaks for Veterans? “ he details two specific complaints which are symptomatic, he thinks, of a larger problem. Ledeen’s first . . . . Continue Reading »

From Wednesday’s “Metro” section of the Washington Post in an article titled, ” Ministers Lead Protest of D.C. Legislation “: This month, the D.C. Council gave preliminary approval to legislation that would recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere in the country, . . . . Continue Reading »

I don’t know if Bob Dylan ever read Alasdair MacIntyre’s discussion of “goods internal to practices” in After Virtue . But there’s no doubt that he gets it. Here’s Dylan in a nice interview with Bill Flanagan: Flanagan: If a young man considering a career in the arts . . . . Continue Reading »

Leave aside for the moment, if possible, the moral and legal debate surrounding the release of the top secret Justice Department memorandums on interrogation. What effects will their release will have on national security, or more particular our ability to collect human intelligence (HUMINT) in . . . . Continue Reading »