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Well, Virginia, Is There a Santa Claus?

I’ve never understood all the fuss about Santa Claus. Not the believing part: We have no problems in that department, being a happily credulous lot at our house. Two of us, after all, are under the age of six, and the rest of us read fiction without stopping every other sentence to say to . . . . Continue Reading »

Re: Anonymous No More

Rob, you probably know Rahner better than I do, but I’m not sure Rahner would disagree with anything in that paragraph (or the document) you cite. Could you spell it out? When I took a course on Rahner with the eminent Lutheran theologian Robert Jenson, I got the impression that . . . . Continue Reading »

Anonymous No More

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has issued a doctrinal note on evangelization. Here’s a sample: Although non-Christians can be saved through the grace which God bestows in “ways known to him”, the Church cannot fail to recognize that such persons are lacking a . . . . Continue Reading »

Animal Rights Criminal Pleads Guilty

Rodney Coronado is one of the more dangerous animal rights thugs in the country who was previously imprisoned for committing arson “for the animals.” Well, it looks like he is going to the hoosegow again, having entered into a plea bargain with prosecutors. From the story:A well-known . . . . Continue Reading »

Re: Romney, for the Last Time

I see that Jonathan Last and Michael Novak have been having at it , and getting me in the middle. Please leave me out of it. I have written about the Mormon factor in the Romney candidacy here , here , and here . But let me spare you the trouble of re-reading all that. My argument can be briefly . . . . Continue Reading »

Universities and the Left

The recent unpleasantness at Princeton brought to mind Villanova professor Robert Maranto’s musing about the ideological tilt of academia, ” As A Republican, I’m on the Fringe .” It’s a familiar story. There are far more liberals and Marxists in the professoriate than . . . . Continue Reading »

An Unrequited Letter to Anne Rice

Dear Ms. Rice: I am a professor of the philosophy of law at Princeton, and someone who enjoyed your fine book Out of Egypt. I have read your endorsement of Senator Clinton and your reasoning as to why you support her despite your pro-life convictions. I am a former Democrat who left the party . . . . Continue Reading »

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