People might wonder what it’s like to be a junior fellow here at First Things . “What’s the best part?” such an imaginary interlocutor would say. The power? The fame? The money? The sex appeal? Without question, junior fellows enjoy all of those. But more than that, you get . . . . Continue Reading »
Once again the media are caught with their, if you will excuse the pun, pants down. A study was released a week or so ago that claimed there is no difference in the initial onset of sex between teenagers who took abstinence pledges and other teenagers. Sounds bad for promoting sexual restraint, . . . . Continue Reading »
Each year, the Center for Bioethics and Culture asks me to make predictions for the upcoming year about what can be expected in the field of bioethics. I didn’t do too badly last year—although when my head told me I-1000 would pass legalizing assisted suicide in WA, and my heart told me . . . . Continue Reading »
Without kicking open too big a can of worms, consider this line from Andrew , brought to my attention by John : McCain is a warrior; Ron Paul is a conservative of non-violence. At some deep philosophical level, this is the dividing line between Oakeshott and Strauss, as well. I’m no follower . . . . Continue Reading »
Big Science’s latest attempt to rule out the will. . . . . Continue Reading »
Stephen Greenspan is a psychologist who specializes in gullibility at the University of Connecticut, wrote an article this week using his expertise to understand why so many people—himself included—fell for Bernie Madoff’s chicanery. After a fascinating historical and psychological . . . . Continue Reading »
The debate below between Pat Deneen and Peter Berkowitz is interesting and perhaps exceedingly relevant, given the coming "regime change." I’m going to open my course for seniors with it. I agree that Peter distorts virtue by understanding it primarily as useful for . . . . Continue Reading »
In reference to Will’s particularity-and-truth thread, Helen offers some reflections on Burke that lend themselves so well to speaking theologically that, well, here we go. My familiarity with Burke nowadays is a lot narrower, if deeper, than it was a decade ago, but I can’t really . . . . Continue Reading »
And here I was thinking that I was the only one: . . . . Continue Reading »
You must have seen the headlines this week. “Virginity Pledges Don’t Stop Teen Sex.” “Premarital Abstinence Pledges Ineffective, Study Finds.” Or how about this one: “Virginity Pledges Fail to Trump Teen Lust in Look at Older Data.” But William McGurn at . . . . Continue Reading »
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