Ryan T. Anderson

In one of his last major public addresses, Fr. Richard John Neuhaus declared that “until every human being created in the image and likeness of God is protected in law and cared for in life, we shall not weary, we shall not rest. And, in this the great human-rights struggle of our time and all . . . . Continue Reading »

Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver: Honoring the Work of Leon R. Kass edited by Yuval Levin, Thomas W. Merrill, and Adam Schulman Lexington, 296 pages, $80 Leon Kass is a national treasure. I first came across his work nearly a decade ago as he led the President’s Council on Bioethics to . . . . Continue Reading »

The Social and Political Thought of Benedict XVI By Thomas R. Rourke Lexington, 158 pages, $55 This short book provides a nice, although rather basic, introduction to the social and political thought of Benedict XVI. Thomas Rourke, a professor of political science, finds in Benedict a thinker who . . . . Continue Reading »

Reasonable Faith By John Haldane Routledge, 224 pages, $39.95, paper In his 2004 book Faithful Reason , John Haldane noted “without qualification” that throughout his training in analytic philosophy he never felt any tension between faith and reason. He went on to add that “my faith . . . . Continue Reading »

God, Philosophy, Universities: A Selective History of the Catholic Philosophical Tradition BY ALASDAIR MACINTYRE ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD, 180 PAGES, $29.95 Without intending it, Alasdair MacIntyre may have written the most important response to the New Atheists. Of course he never even mentions . . . . Continue Reading »

Aquinas: A Beginner’s Guide by Edward Feser Oneworld Publications, 224 pages, $14.95 Do not let the subtitle deter you. While Aquinas is “a beginner’s guide,” it is rigorous and accessible philosophy at its best. Even seasoned Thomists will benefit from Edward Feser’s . . . . Continue Reading »

Glenn T. Stanton, director of family formation studies at Focus on the Family, writes in: Doesn’t it always happen like this? Here we are, getting ready for our big week, reflecting on our Savior’s death for humankind and celebrating the triumph and miracle of his resurrection, and then . . . . Continue Reading »

Not wanting to be outdone by the Times , the Washington Post followed their lead in denuncing the Pope today , all in the name of science . . . . . Continue Reading »

Sundry blogger and pundit have been raking the Pope over the coals for the past day for his comments on AIDs and condoms. A New York Times editorial this morning summarizes the basic complaint: Pope Benedict XVI has every right to express his opposition to the use of condoms on moral grounds, in . . . . Continue Reading »

The New York Times officially endorsed cloning this morning. You remember how for the past 8 years, whenever the topic of embryonic stem-cell research came up, the proponents told us that they just need the so-called “spare” embryos, “left-overs” from IVF clinics, that were . . . . Continue Reading »