I have been pondering our sharp political and cultural divides recently, and it has become depressingly clear to me that true “debate” has become nearly impossible on many issues. I first brought this up publicly in my debate with Gregory Stock on genetic engineering of . . . . Continue Reading »
Sad that the dumbest thing I’ve read in the New York Times for years came from the blog of Ross Douthat, the Catholic conservative voice at the Gray Lady:Maybe the encounter with a post-Christian Europe will supply the Islam of recent immigrants with the cultural vigor that’s been . . . . Continue Reading »
My wife and I were discussing Mary last night in light of her visitation in Luke 1:26-38. Lisa was thinking as a mother, considering the weight of Mary’s burdens: having a child under unusual circumstances, raising that child with the knowledge that his life would make a history-making . . . . Continue Reading »
Ross’s take on Europe and Islam focuses deftly on the democratic deficit behind the Continent’s integration problem: this political style — forge a consensus among the establishment, and assume you can contain any backlash that develops — is [ . . . ] how the Continent came to . . . . Continue Reading »
In the latest issue of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly , Father Thomas Weinandy, O.F.M. dissects a feeble effusion of what passes for theological progressivism these days from the pen of Terrance Tilley. Tilley is a professor of theology at Fordham and an old warhorse of the American . . . . Continue Reading »
Interesting news from the Senate floor : “Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) on Thursday said that he would not vote to advance the Senate’s health care reform bill unless it includes additional restrictions on the use of federal subsidies to purchase insurance plans that include abortion . . . . Continue Reading »
Continuing coverage : “To me,” Mr. Meehan said, “the healing power of being able to write through everything, talk through everything, really helped me make order of it.” “That’s something I know is going to be one of the tragic long-lasting effects of the Fort Hood . . . . Continue Reading »
This is the third part in a twelve part devotional commentary on “O Holy Night.” See the introduction here.A thrill of hope The weary world rejoices,For yonder breaks A new and glorious morn.As a consequence of sin, God cursed the ground (Gen 3:17). Man has had to toil in pain to provide . . . . Continue Reading »
Remember the “Hokey Pokey,” the silly little ditty your well-meaning 3rd grade teacher made you sang and dance to? You put your right hand in, You put your right hand out, You put your right hand in, And you shake it all about. You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around. Well, . . . . Continue Reading »
In a blog entry on December 3, Brian Auten wrote a substantive critique of my work with the Two Futures Project (2FP), a confessional Christian movement for the global abolition of nuclear weapons. To conclude his post, Auten raised four questions intended to open up the possibility that . . . . Continue Reading »
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