Ryan T. Anderson

We will be instituting a new policy today based on these guidelines . . . . . Continue Reading »

I’ve been at Princeton for the past couple of days attending a seminar on social science and gender, marriage, and sex . It’s sponsored by the Witherspoon Institute and directed by a young star sociologist at the University of Virginia, Brad Wilcox. In today’s Wall Street Journal . . . . Continue Reading »

A portion of what we do at First Things is the Catholic thing, but obviously it’s also the Protestant thing, the Jewish thing, and the Islamic thing, too. But a new web-zine has just been launched focusing on—and appropriately titled— The Catholic Thing . You’ve probably . . . . Continue Reading »

A reader sent this along: THIS MAY COME AS A SURPRISE TO THOSE OF YOU NOT LIVING IN LAS VEGAS, BUT THERE ARE MORE CATHOLIC CHURCHES THAN CASINOS. NOT SURPRISINGLY, SOME WORSHIPERS AT SUNDAY SERVICES WILL GIVE CASINO CHIPS RATHER THAN CASH WHEN THE BASKET IS PASSED. SINCE THEY GET CHIPS FROM MANY . . . . Continue Reading »

New biotechnologies promise to revolutionize human existence¯not only by delivering therapeutic treatments and cures but also by offering physical and mental enhancements: creating stronger bodies and more powerful minds for ourselves and for the children we carefully select. Biotechnology will . . . . Continue Reading »

Nathaniel , the Mark Steyn case is getting the bulk of the conservative media attention (since he writes for National Review ), but don’t overlook this other Canadian Human Rights Case. Tony Perkins, in his FRC e-mail update, writes: David Ben Gurion, the first Israeli Prime Minister, once . . . . Continue Reading »

While I liked Rick’s comments on the Mirror of Justice site, I was a little confused by Rob Vischer’s recent post . He comments on a Boston Globe article on recent pushes by academics to have the law recognize friendships: The article does not focus on the SSM debate, but this issue . . . . Continue Reading »

The discussions seem endless these days, but Rick Garnett’s comments on Doug Kmiec’s latest article are worth reading. A taste: That said, Doug’s column goes off course in a few places, I think. He writes: Given that abortion is an intrinsic evil without justification, thinking . . . . Continue Reading »

Frequent First Things contributor Alan Jacobs has a piece in today’s Wall Street Journal , ” Too Much Faith in Faith .” It’s a provocative thesis—that Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris and all the other atheism-pushers uncritically attribute too large of a role to religion. . . . . Continue Reading »

That seems to be what Forbes magazine is after in this interview with stem-cell scientist extraordinaire James Thomson. BioEdge highlights these excerpts from Thomson: ? “I do think there will be some niches where transplantation is important, but I think people are grossly underestimating . . . . Continue Reading »