Nathaniel Peters

In the most recent issue of First Things (subscription required), Gilbert Meilaender argued against a proposal by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to create a system, “in which organs of the deceased would be taken for transplant, with their consent presumed, unless before death they had . . . . Continue Reading »

Some articles of note from today include the following. A piece in the New York Times reminds us that not all black Americans are, in fact, African-Americans, and argues that the former term is therefore preferable to the latter. An article from Christianity Today reminds us that the Pew . . . . Continue Reading »

The feminists are killing the English language, says David Gelernter in the new edition of The Weekly Standard . The vitriol and bombast in his writing does not help his argument, but the main point behind it is sound: The intelligentsia has decreed that standard English requires gender-sentitive . . . . Continue Reading »

According to today’s New York Times , Stanford is waiving its $36,030 tuition for families earning under $100,000 a year, and waiving the $11,182 room and board fee for families earning under $60,000 as well. Last summer Stanford—with over $17 billion, the third-largest university . . . . Continue Reading »

In today’s Wall Street Journal , Amir Taheri argues that the Pakistani election delivered a loss to more than just Pervez Musharraf: The Islamist parties failed to garner votes despite intense campaigning. This is but the most recent defeat for Islamist political parties, and that is good . . . . Continue Reading »

I can’t remember how it happened exactly, but yesterday I decided to write an essay about bees—bees in the history of Christian culture, to be more specific. Modern preachers rarely mention them, but Origen, John Chrysostom, Lactantius, Gregory of Nyssa, and St. Augustine all spoke about . . . . Continue Reading »

The Washington Post has a solid editorial praising Secretary of Defense Robert Gates for being willing to adjust his policy to the needs of our generals in Iraq. The generals require troops to remain in the country longer than Gates originally desired, and Gates thinks they should stay so that we . . . . Continue Reading »

Friday, February 29 Church of Our Saviour 59 Park Avenue New York City 6:00-8:00 PM There will be a lecture by Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse on her book Smart Sex . The lecture serves as a sort of prelude to the Archdiocese’s annual Respect Life Conference, which will be held the next day. For . . . . Continue Reading »

Religious freedom inches forward in Egypt: While conversion to Christianity is still illegal, Christians who convert to Islam can re-vert back to Christianity. The story can be found here in today’s New York Times . . . . . Continue Reading »

There’s an interesting article in today’s New York Times on the head sacristan of Notre Dame de Paris, who is also the cathedral’s head bell-ringer. A small sample: Notre-Dame has 11 bells. The four in the north tower were cast in 1856 to replace older ones that were melted down . . . . Continue Reading »