Today’s New York Times website is hosting a debate on whether there should be a federal tax credit for parents who homeschool. Many of the official commentators think that regulation should accompany the money, if indeed a tax credit should be given at all. I have news for them. In many . . . . Continue Reading »
The board of directors for the Institute on Religion and Public Life has released the following statement: Joseph Bottum and the Board of the Institute on Religion and Public life have agreed that Dr. Bottum’s service as editor of First Things would end as of December 1 to allow Dr. Bottum to . . . . Continue Reading »
Some recent events have left me pondering why people believe what they do. As I’ve gotten older, the connection between the head and the heart, and the intellect and the character, has only gotten more mysterious to me. People are more opaque, more unavailable, than I once thought. The young . . . . Continue Reading »
Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is not only one of the greatest works of literature ever produced in America, it’s also one of the works most often targeted to be banned in public and school libraries. That is why the only thing I find surprising about a publisher releasing a . . . . Continue Reading »
We Americans are fat. [Audience says: How fat are we?] We Americans are so fat that now even our babies are obese . Almost one-third of 9-month-olds are obese or overweight, as are 34 percent of 2-year-olds, according to the research, which looked at a nationally representative sample of children . . . . Continue Reading »
The more they do things like this, the less people will take them seriously. A scientific study urges that we investigate replacing meat with bugs to save the planet. From the story in Science:Forget eating local or eating organic, the new way to dine green may be eating gross. Meat . . . . Continue Reading »
As Joe Carter reported earlier , the now former editor of the French edition of Vogue tries, or tried, to include “something every month that is — how you say? — not politically correct. A little bit at the limit. Sex, nudity, a bit rock’n’roll, a sense of humour.” . . . . Continue Reading »
The Washington Post has an interesting article in its archives: “What will future generations condemn us for?” The author, Kwame Anthony Appiah, notes that throughout history, societies have had moral blind spots:Looking back at such horrors [such as slavery and lynching], it is easy to . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s the table of contents for the forthcoming issue (Jan.-March.): ARTICLES Health Care and the Technological Project 1 Tom Merrill The Demise of Feminist Communitarianism 9 Jon A. Shields and Steven Serna The Modern Foundations of Burke’s Conservatism 16 Andrea Radasanu Beyond the . . . . Continue Reading »
I saw True Grit over the holiday, and enjoyed it thoroughly. (In the original movie, John Wayne stole the film. In the new version, the girl who hires the marshal to capture—or better yet, kill—her father’s murderer eats the scenery; a true tour de force by newcomer Hailee . . . . Continue Reading »
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