Ryan T. Anderson

George Weigel has penned a sharp response to Cafardi, Kaveny, and Kmiec’s response to his original Newsweek column . The whole thing is worth reading, so it’s hard to select just a couple sample paragraphs. But here’s the opening: I take it as an iron law of controversy that when . . . . Continue Reading »

Allow me one more post on Down syndrome. Michael Franc, the vice president of government relations for the Heritage Foundation, takes off his policy hat and reflects on his experience as the brother of a sibling with Down syndrome as he writes a letter to Track, Bristol, Willow, and Piper Palin . . . . . Continue Reading »

That’s the disengenous argument of David Gibson . For a wonderful point by point response, see this post by Ed Whelan . Ramesh Ponnuru adds some further thoughts here . . . . . Continue Reading »

The latest example of how Catholic schools succeed where others cannot, courtesy of George Will in today’s Washington Post . It began in 1996 with 79 students meeting in the four corners of a roller-skating rink. Today the 540 students — most from two-parent families with an average of . . . . Continue Reading »

Thanks, Amanda, for posting those links to the pieces in First Things on 9/11. I remember reading them at the time, and revisiting them again was instructive. Today I came across a homily that was preached seven years ago and subsequently published in the Wall Street Journal . I hadn’t seen . . . . Continue Reading »

We’ve heard a lot during this election season about the historic nature of the contest—and the contestants. At first it was either Hillary or Obama—the first female nominee or the first black nominee. Now it’s either Palin or Obama—the first female Vice President or the . . . . Continue Reading »

I find Will Saletan’s statistical analysis cum speculation on the probability that other political daughters have been pregnant out of wedlock a bit offputting. Some things should be private. But he does make a good point along the way: Is Sarah Palin the first nominee on a major-party . . . . Continue Reading »

Reports last month told of a meeting of some ninety prominent evangelical leaders deciding to support John McCain for president. While noting disagreements between themselves and McCain, the group concluded that McCain shared their most important views, on life and marriage. Matthew Staver, the . . . . Continue Reading »

Two interesting articles in the Wall Street Journal today. One about Bobby Jindal’s path from Hinduism to Christianity to Catholic Christianity: Mr. Jindal’s roommate at Brown University became his baptism sponsor. His parents did not attend the ceremony, which he says was . . . . Continue Reading »

Brian Brown, from the National Organization for Marriage , sends along the following: At 10:00am next Wednesday, July 30th, pastors and church leaders from across California will join together with their colleagues in Florida and Arizona, forming a “Pastors Rapid Response Team” to . . . . Continue Reading »