Climategate: That Mendacious Al Gore Lies Again
by Wesley J. SmithAl Gore is a disgrace—now a very rich disgrace—but a disgrace, nonetheless. If global warming is the crisis he claims, he should be debating all comers. He should face hostile questions and rebut them with facts. But he won’t. Perhaps that’s because he is too . . . . Continue Reading »
Utilitarian Bioethics: We’re All Just Natural Resources Now
by Wesley J. SmithI have detected a new bioethical thrust being trotted out among the would-be medical ruling class—that each of us have a duty to be experimented upon. First it was President Obama’s bioethicist-in-chief Ezekien Emanuel. Now a medical professor named Anthony Mathur in the UK . . . . Continue Reading »
The Manhattan Declaration: A Statement from Ligon Duncan
by James GrantLigon Duncan, a signer of the Manhattan Declaration and president of The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, explains that they have received a number of requests concerning the Manhattan Declaration and why some have signed it with leaders from Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions. He . . . . Continue Reading »
Wishing for a Hungarian Calvinist Christmas
by Peter LawlerFor those postmodern conservatives (and even porchers) wondering what to give ME this year, the gift that will keep on giving is the meticulously enhanced Criterion DVD of the best film by America’s best filmmaker, THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO. Here’s a fine interview with Whit Stillman that . . . . Continue Reading »
Paranoid Blues
by Mary Rose SomarribaOur friend Sean Curnyn at the blog Right Wing Bob comments on Princeton University’s event on Monday, “Pickers, Pop Fronters, and Them ‘Talkin John Birch Paranoid Blues’: A Meditation on Music and Politics.” The genesis for the get-together was Lauren Weiner’s . . . . Continue Reading »
O Holy Night (4) - Fall On Your Knees!
by Roger OvertonThis is the fourth part in a twelve part devotional commentary on “O Holy Night.” See the introduction here.Fall on your knees! O, hear the angels’ voices!O night divine, O night when Christ was born;O night divine, O night, O night Divine There are two pictures of heavenly worship . . . . Continue Reading »
Picasso’s Grenades
by Joe Carter“I paint the way some people write their autobiography.” - Pablo Picasso “Picasso’s life was, in a very real sense, the twentieth century’s own biography.” - Arianna Huffington Shortly after the end of World War II, Ernest Hemingway was traveling through Paris and attempted to visit his . . . . Continue Reading »
Senate Rejects Pro-Life Amendment to Health Care Bill
by Joe CarterThe Nelson-Hatch amendment, which would prohibit the use of Federal funds for abortions in the health care legislation, was defeated in the Senate yesterday by a vote of 54-45. According to the official roll , two Republicans voted against the amendment (Collins and Snowe, both of Maine) while six . . . . Continue Reading »
The Magellan of Postmodern Thought
by Joe CarterFrequent First Things ’ contributor Matthew Milliner claims that David Bentley Hart, a contributing writer for FT, has written the ” theological book of the decade “: Hart’s 2003 tome [ The Beauty of the Infinite ] was the theological book of the decade, a postmodern elegy, . . . . Continue Reading »
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