Nathaniel Peters

As people like David Rothkopf continue to accuse Benedict XVI of furthering the pain and suffering of Africa by not advocating condoms as the best way to prevent AIDS, Ross Douthat asks where exactly they see the evidence for this Catholic malfeasance: Do religious Africans have higher infection . . . . Continue Reading »

Biscuits aren’t just a staple for judges. According to Ben Schott , in the RAF a “meeting without coffee” means a dressing down by a senior officer. And for serious malefactors the penalty is more severe: “In the Royal Air Force one is summoned to a ‘meeting with tea . . . . Continue Reading »

Today the devotional magazine Magnificat had this lovely hymn for the Annunciation by Genevieve Glenn, O.S.B.: The apple tree spread wide its shade To shield the garden from the sun; In dappled light the Virgin prayed That, cloud or clear, God’s will be done. The apple blossoms frothed and . . . . Continue Reading »

George Weigel, writing in the Denver Catholic Register , give a good summary of Barack Obama’s decisions on stem cells, particularly the four fibs and waffle he offered to the American public. Here are the first two fibs: Fib One: According to the President, his executive order will . . . . Continue Reading »

Ryan T. Anderson wrote a nice piece on the recent flurry of commentary over the Pope’s remarks on AIDS and condom use in Africa. Now Christianity Today has an interview with Edward C. Green, the author of the FT article on the topic, in which he comes to Benedict’s defense: Is Pope . . . . Continue Reading »

And if you decide to sing ” St. Patrick’s Breastplate ,” don’t forget to include the verses most hymnals omit: Against the demon snares of sin, The vice that gives temptation force, The natural lusts that war within, The hostile men that mar my course; Or few or many, far or . . . . Continue Reading »

Those are not the words of the usual religious conservative suspects. They belong to William Saletan , writing in Slate on Obama’s federal funding of embryo-destructive stem cell research. Saletan stands in the middle on embryos, seeing them as early-stage human beings who are not owed the . . . . Continue Reading »

Our former assistant editor Ryan T. Anderson writes in National Review Online that the solution to the marriage debate is not to privatize marriage because marriage is not just a religious issue. Instead, supporters of measures like Proposition 8 are looking to maintain marriage as the best, and . . . . Continue Reading »

Over at the Weekly Standard our former colleague Ryan T. Anderson shows how Obama’s recent decision on stem cells is a bad move politically, ethically, and scientifically. He gives a thorough case for why embryo-destructive research is not only unnecessary and more expensive, but less likely . . . . Continue Reading »

One recent vanity is the potential revival of the “Fairness Doctrine,” which mandates that radio stations give opposing viewpoints equal airtime. Fr. Neuhaus noted a previous attempt and the protests of Evangelical broadcasters in the February 1994 Public Square : [Evangelicals’] . . . . Continue Reading »