President Obama has repeatedly assured us that the private health insurance system is safe under his reform plans, but that he wants a public policy to serve as competition to the private plans as a way of keeping costs down. But that is camoflauge. It seems clear that the point of reform is to kill . . . . Continue Reading »
One thing is certain: the image of America and postmodernism are inextricably bound up with each other. Nay, I will go a step further and say — get ready — that they are “coeval.” (Coeval is a rare term used by a certain philosopher and his acolytes.) How so? Postmodernism in . . . . Continue Reading »
My blog host has asked that I let readers of SHS know about a survey First Things is taking for students of faith. Happy to do so. If you are interested in taking the survey, hit this link. Thank you.Now, back to our regularly scheduled . . . . Continue Reading »
In some commentary on Caritas in Veritate , the point has been made that there are tensions among different statements of Catholic social teaching. Most notably, Populorum Progressio is often mentioned as an outlier in leftward direction. Fr. Robert A. Gahl, Jr., an associate professor of ethics at . . . . Continue Reading »
Health care reform is turning into one of the most radical power grabs our country has ever seen. First, it is now clear that President Obama wants utilitarian bioethicists of the ilk of Peter Singer to decide what treatment you can have and what you can’t have. From the story:In . . . . Continue Reading »
PETA has an advocacy project aimed at children that seeks to persuade them that fish are “sea kittens.” Now, the publicity hog group, is trying to take advantage of California’s financial implosion by offering to pay to keep a beach open. But there’s a catch. More at my . . . . Continue Reading »
The mainstream media has largely ignored the story, but First Things Online has been tracking the reactions and reflections of the Pope’s latest encyclical. Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical “Caritas in Veritate” by Christopher Blosser Blosser’s post is a one-stop . . . . Continue Reading »
If you are enrolled at an American college or university (or you know someone who is or recently graduated) please take a few minutes to fill out our Students of Faith web survey and help other prospective students to choose a school in consonance with their faith. Spread the word about this. . . . . Continue Reading »
According to a new study in Nature Geoscience , we still don’t know: No one knows exactly how much Earth’s climate will warm due to carbon emissions, but a new study suggests scientists’ best predictions about global warming might be incorrect. The study, which appears in Nature . . . . Continue Reading »
First Things is taking a poll — a “journey through the wild world of college rankings.” Quantify — and qualify! — your experiences here . . . . . Continue Reading »
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