Stefan McDaniel

“Pugnacious” takes on quite literal meaning when applied to Russia’s prime minister. With his new video, “Let’s Learn Judo with Vladimir Putin,” the ex-KGB operative shows off his wicked awesome martial arts skills. In isolation this seems exhibitionistic enough, . . . . Continue Reading »

The latest recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature is a Frenchman with the marvelously French name of Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio . Perhaps his writing is quite as marvelous as his name, but the terms in which the Nobel committee praises him make me suspicious of their criteria. Much . . . . Continue Reading »

If you are a Christian graduate student you may be interested in the Harvey Fellowship . This program targets students “who possess a unique vision to impact society through their fields and who are pursuing graduate studies at premier institutions (top five) in their disciplines in the . . . . Continue Reading »

Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto . In this battle, allied Christian nations destroyed a vastly larger Turkish fleet. This battle inspired G.K. Chesterton to write one of his best poems . Here is the rousing first stanza: White founts falling in the Courts of the sun, And the Soldan . . . . Continue Reading »

When I mentioned the Love and Fidelity Network yesterday I neglected to mention their first annual conference, “Sexuality, Integrity, and the University,” on November 7-8 at Princeton University. The conference features talks by fine scholars such as Brad Wilcox, Miriam Grossman and . . . . Continue Reading »

Yesterday afternoon at Princeton University, First Things board member Robert P. George hosted a reception for pro-life and pro-family members of the Princeton community. At the end of his brief address, Prof. George invited those faculty members and ministers of religion who were present to say a . . . . Continue Reading »

The global pro-life movement has just scored a small, indirect victory. For years the United States Agency for International Aid has supplied some African nations with contraceptives, some of which are distributed by Marie Stopes International, a prominent international abortion provider. Now , . . . . Continue Reading »

Barbarism, to paraphrase Christopher Dawson, is not a far-distant stage in the evolution of human society, but a perpetual possibility simmering under the surface of civilization. In no country on earth has barbarism erupted with more devastating force than in Somalia, a land of clashing creeds and . . . . Continue Reading »

Well it certainly could have gone a lot worse for Gov. Palin. Apart from the few awkwardly evaded questions and the wince-worthy slogans, she acquitted herself well, allaying fears that she would prove an inarticulate ignoramus. She probably hasn’t convinced the crucial swing voters that . . . . Continue Reading »

For obvious reasons, most people are focused on the danger the financial crisis poses to their vital private interests. But some commentators, looking at the larger picture, argue that the long-predicted end of American dominance (and the advent of a multipolar world) has now begun with a . . . . Continue Reading »