Our friend and frequent contributor Archbishop Charles Chaput will be speaking at this year’s meeting of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars. The group, whose membership includes several members of First Things ’ board, is meeting in Baltimore from September 24th to 26th. The . . . . Continue Reading »
Shi’ite Muslims believe that “sigheh,” a fixed-term marriage that is automatically dissolved upon completion of its term, is an institution established by Allah through Muhammad in the Qur’an. So to aid pious pilgrims who are looking for a little short-term matrimony, the Iran . . . . Continue Reading »
We must be Experts in Stupidity , Joe Carter declares in today’s “On the Square” article. After describing some attempts to ignore the obvious, he writes: Unlike these Rousseauian utopians, we can’t even pretend to know how to build a healthy political and social . . . . Continue Reading »
You know: the subject of God’s love is not an either/or question in the face of orthodoxy. It’s not either you think God loves men or you have the right theology. In fact, I would say that the manner by which you can affirm that God loves men determines whether or not you have the right . . . . Continue Reading »
A French couple has been arrested for killing eight of their newborn babies. From the story:The quiet village of Viller-au-Tertre in north-eastern France was in a state of shock last night after the bodies of eight newborn babies were found buried in the ground. By late yesterday afternoon, this . . . . Continue Reading »
As a member of the Chesterton Review ‘s board, I should mention to you the publication of the latest issue, the Spring-Summer 2010 double issue . It includes Allan Carlson on a family-based economy, and articles on the philospher Slavoj Zizek’s view of Chesterton and paradox, Hilaire . . . . Continue Reading »
Writing in the University of Chicago’s magazine, the political scientist Jean Bethke Elshtain explained her defense of the Iraq war against two critical letters (scroll down the page about three-quarters of the way). One of them is particularly ad hominem , of the “find it sad that a . . . . Continue Reading »
We’re offering a Second Links today without a First Links, but the numbering refers to the time of day the items appear, not the order. After running a stop sign, an teenager led police in a one-mile chase, in a horse and buggy . The Amish seventeen-year-old rolled the buggy while turning . . . . Continue Reading »
According to a report in Britain’s Telegraph , Bishop Giuseppe Fiorini Morosini of the Calabrian Diocese of Locri-Gerace has written an open letter to the bosses of the ’Ndrangheta—the Calabrian Mafia—“imploring them to stop using holy shrines for their initiation . . . . Continue Reading »
The answer is yes. He doesn’t use the term, but he embraces the concept. In a 2008 debate, Dawkins called human beings “earth’s last best hope,” and acknowledged that we have moved beyond naked Darwinian “short term greed,” to the point that we have the ability . . . . Continue Reading »
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