Ryan T. Anderson

Uh, no, Nathaniel, I don’t think that’s it at all . Our disagreement was about your overly-simplistic approach to this question, an approach you continue to take in your most recent post. You said the answers to these questions were “obvious;” I said they weren’t . I . . . . Continue Reading »

The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good —-that’s the title of a 2006 book by NYU economics professor William Easterly. Fr. Neuhaus commented on the book in The Public Square back then (scroll down to the second . . . . Continue Reading »

Archbishop Chaput’s article on the First Things homepage deserves broad dissemination. It’s a welcome follow-up to the issue that I blogged about last week . When I reviewed John DiIulio’s new book in National Review , I closed with this: The health of America’s religions . . . . Continue Reading »

Nathaniel, I’m not so sure about your post on college endowments . Maybe it’s just because I’m dull (a thesis, admittedly, that has floated about this office on more than one occasion), but the questions whose answers you think should be “obvious” seem legitimate to . . . . Continue Reading »

Oh wait, we don’t say that anymore . . . It’s Ash Wednesday, which means Lent is upon us. Lent, of course, is a time for penance and self-denial. Fasting and abstinence (from meat, that is), almsgiving, increased devotions. But many Christians, especially from my generation, . . . . Continue Reading »

The Drudge Report is highlighting this BBC article on the decline of religious life in the Catholic Church. Here’s the basic gist: Newly published statistics showed that the number of men and women belonging to religious orders fell by 10% to just under a million between 2005 and 2006. During . . . . Continue Reading »

Whether you agree with their endorsement or not , this fact seems mightily important: The judiciary is different. On Jan. 20, 2009, six of the nine Supreme Court justices will be over 70. Most of them could be replaced by the next president, particularly if he or she is re-elected. Given the . . . . Continue Reading »

From David Brooks’ New York Times column today: Obama is the one insistently calling on audiences to serve a cause greater than self-interest. He’s the one transcending partisanship and telling young people that politics can be the means to a meaningful, purpose-driven life. Regardless . . . . Continue Reading »

On Monday, Nathaniel wrote about college endowments and proposed legislation. The Pope Center for Higher Education Policy debates the question, “Should colleges be required to pay out a percentage of their endowments?” here . . . . . Continue Reading »

Amanda, the story you linked to caught my eye this morning, selfishly, because the cancer medication that was contaminated and caused the paralysis—methotrexate—is one of the drugs I take (though for arthritis, not cancer, treatment). But I don’t know if pro-lifers should be jumping . . . . Continue Reading »