Here’s my take on Tocqueville’s take on it. This is evidence to support the view of Walker Percy that the Calvinists (Puritans) and the Southern Stoics are America’s indigenous counter-cultural alternatives. . . . . Continue Reading »
Obamacarians assure us that the new law prohibits coverage for abortion. That’s not true. It was merely one of the many shell games played by its supporters. The law left to the bureaucracy to include abortion as an indirectly covered procedure in subsidized state . . . . Continue Reading »
Cold weather and rosary-bead sightings were just about all the secular reporters appeared concerned with at this year’s national March for Life, many of them drawing more attention to the chill in the air than to pro-lifers’ resilient reasons to bear it. And that was when they reported . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s my view, including an un-Porcher interpretation of the “Sputnik moment”—then and now. . . . . Continue Reading »
Young athletes are often encouraged by their coaches to give 110 percent effort in every game. But what happens when they actually do their best and have a modicum of talent? They are chastised for exhibiting unsportsmanlike conduct . It’s been called unsportsmanlike. It’s been called . . . . Continue Reading »
This summer will see two fine opportunities for anyone interested in the riches of the Catholic tradition. The first—a philosophy workshop on Thomas Aquinas and contemporary philosophy—will take place in late June (23rd through 26th) at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, New York. . . . . Continue Reading »
The Burlington Free Press has a front page story today on suicide prevention. From the story:Vermont school administrators, guidance counselors and teachers routinely receive training on how to prevent teen suicides, but mental health experts say even with intervention, not every life can be . . . . Continue Reading »
When I wrote here about the restaurant planning on serving lion tacos, I said it would never happen. And, as is usually the case when I put on my prophesying hat, I was right. From the story:An Arizona restaurant has scrapped plans to offer African lion meat in its tacos. Bryan Mazon, . . . . Continue Reading »
From the Columbus, Ohio, Dispatch: Student-government leaders want Ohio State University to change the student government charter to permit University of Michigan students to join OSU student leadership.... “It’s the general feeling among most students that Ohio State should not tolerate . . . . Continue Reading »
A one-day symposium exploring that questions is being hosted at the Museum of Biblical Art on February 7th. A PDF of the conference schedule is available here . The intriguing lineup of speakers, chosen by the Association of Scholars of Christianity in the History of Art , appears to be . . . . Continue Reading »
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