SHS Funnies

by Wesley J. Smith

Sometimes I think this is where we are . . . . Continue Reading »

3 Jun 2009 0

“The Novelty and Uncanniness of the Gospel”

by Ryan Sayre Patrico

At the New Criterion , Stefan Beck reviews David Bentley Hart’s latest book, Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies : This book, a rebuttal not of their atheism but of their historical and cultural claims about Christianity, is astonishingly calm and courteous . . . . Continue Reading »

3 Jun 2009 0

Garden Gnomes and Nazis

by Joe Carter

As the National Post ’s Robert Fulford points out, on the back jacket of Roger Scruton’s new book, Beauty , you can find a tiny drawing of a garden gnome while on the front there’s a woman’s face by Sandro Botticelli. “The two illustrations point us toward the sharp line . . . . Continue Reading »

3 Jun 2009 0

What We Mean By Empathy

by James Poulos

Prof. John Hasnas is an excellent seminar leader, and, like Conor , I cheer on his clearsighted reiteration of the kinds of blindness to future or systemic consequences that a viscerally emotional approach to jurisprudence can bring. Yet Bastiat, whom Hasnas cites, seems to me vulnerable to perhaps . . . . Continue Reading »

3 Jun 2009 0

Emma-ization

by Stephen H. Webb

I respect Stephen Barr’s writings on science and religion, but his response to my brief post is an exact example of the process that I was writing about, and that I called “Emma-ization,” after Darwin’s gentle and supportive wife. Notice the shape of his argument, which really . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Jun 2009 0

Patience Please: Comments Function Will Soon Work Properly

by Wesley J. Smith

I am sorry for all of the people who have been participating in the interesting conversation about the murder of Dr. Tiller. The comments have been lost, but hopefully will be found.  I am told we should be completely out of the woods in this regard tomorrow.  We apologize for the . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Jun 2009 0

Stephen vs. Stephen vs. Stove

by Joe Carter

I’m eager to hear Stephen Webb’s reply to Stephen Barr’s response to Webb’s earlier post on Darwin . And while it would be foolish for me to include myself in a debate between a scientist and a philosopher, I see no reason not to throw another philosopher in the mix. . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Jun 2009 0

Darwin’s Beliefs

by Stephen M. Barr

I find Stephen H. Webb’s reflections on Darwinism (“ How Darwin’s Wife Saved His Theory ”) very interesting, but I think there are questionable assumptions embedded in some of its verbal formulations. Consider the statement, “Critics of Darwinism . . . have long argued that . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Jun 2009 0

Comments Function Now Working

by Wesley J. Smith

Good news: The comment function is now working directly from the “comments” link at the bottom of the page. We are definitely almost through the . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Jun 2009 0

LaserMonks of Spring Bank

by Nathaniel Peters

The New York Times has a story on the Cistercian monks of Our Lady of Spring Bank and the women who run their online business, LaserMonks: The Rev. Bernard McCoy, the monastery’s superior, had the idea for LaserMonks.com. But the enterprise really took off when the monks turned it over to two . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Jun 2009 0