When I suggested on this blog that “all politics is tribal,” Conor Friedersdorf, Daniel Larison, and Andrew Sullivan all slapped me down like I’d talked about their mothers. Which I suppose, in a way, I had. Their argument was that, by comparing politics to family, I had . . . . Continue Reading »
A friend wrote to chastise me for failing to include fresh statistics that show a marked increase in the French fertility rate. Apparently women who did not have children in the twenties are now having babies, and this is pushing up rates that looked dire a decade ago. Check out this news report . . . . Continue Reading »
Chuck Colson, in last week’s issue of Christianity Today , reflects on the death of his friend Richard John Neuhaus and the origins and future of their joint ecumenical project, Evangelicals and Catholics Together . The two became friends when RJN was a Missouri Synod Lutheran pastor and both . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the joys of living in New York City has been discovering just how many concerts and shows you can see for $2035. This week’s New Yorker features an article on some of the ways one can do just that. From $20 tickets at the Met to free organ music in churches, it gives practical . . . . Continue Reading »
The savy fourteen-year-old was discovered after spending five hours with another officer on a traffic assignment. At least he was trying to emulate the good guys. . . . . Continue Reading »
Those in the New York area may want to attend Robert Wilken’s St. Thomas Day Lecture at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer at 66th and Lexington on Wednesday, January 28 at 7:00 PM. Prof. Wilken will be speaking on Thomas Aquinas’ interpretation of Paul’s Letter to the Romans. For . . . . Continue Reading »
Last Thursday a group of scholars led by Princeton’s Robert George launched ” The Moral Accountability Project ,” an attempt to hold pro-Obama social conservatives accountable for their actions: The Moral Accountability Project trusts that those self-identified pro-life and . . . . Continue Reading »
Excellent news! Thanks largely to the growing demand from China, says The Economist , exports of single malt scotch are booming. As I’ve long argued, scotch is a sine qua non of any truly humanistic global culture (and could do much to secure perpetual peace). . . . . Continue Reading »
Here is Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life: “If [the revocation of the Mexico City policy] is one of the first acts of President Obama, with all due respect, it seems to me that the path towards disappointment will have been very short.” . . . . Continue Reading »