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Putting the Hume in Humanism

A few days ago the magazine of my alma mater, Swarthmore College , arrived in the mail. In it, I noticed an article on one of the alumni most unrecognized by the college, Robert George . The article offered a surprisingly fair and accurate portrayal of George’s writings on new natural law. . . . . Continue Reading »

Harry in Hot Water, Again

Having nothing better to do, the British media has created a little hubbub over remarks made by the ever-entertaining Prince Harry. His Royal Highness was caught on camera calling a member of his platoon “our little Paki friend” (in another clip he tells a friend he looks like a . . . . Continue Reading »

Re: French Women Surge Ahead

A reader just pointed out that the article R.R. Reno mentions in his recent post neglects the possibility that many of these new French mothers are (mostly Muslim) North African immigrants. The article does say that Frenchwomen are starting to have children later (at age 30) on average, and that . . . . Continue Reading »

Yahad in Unum

Nazi atrocities against the Jews are most famous in the concentration camps, but the Wall Street Journal reports on a Catholic priest who has devoted his life to investigating them in his native Ukraine: Using forensic evidence, eyewitness accounts and archival research, Father Desbois has taken it . . . . Continue Reading »

Episcopal Diocese Warms to Gay Unions

From the Washington Times : The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia inched closer to blessing same-sex unions Saturday when delegates approved a resolution affirming “the inherent integrity and blessedness of committed Christian relationships between two adult persons.” The resolution, which . . . . Continue Reading »

Coach, After Winning 100-0, Fired

The coach of a Christian high school’s basketball team in Dallas was fired recently, after his team racked up a 100-0 victory against another private school devoted students with learning disabilities. The winning school published an apology for the game after an article about the game was . . . . Continue Reading »

New Russian Patriarch

Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, Metropolitan Kliment of Kaluga and Borovsk, and Metropolitan Filaret from Minsk. One of these three men will soon be elected patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church. Whoever is chosen will have no shortage of internal problems to deal with, but we . . . . Continue Reading »

Rational Control

We learned last night that Timothy Geithner was confirmed as the Obama administration’s Secretary of the Treasury.  While this outcome was never in real doubt, the revelation that he had failed to report upwards of $26,000 in self-employment taxes when he was an overseas employee of the . . . . Continue Reading »

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