The New England Journal of Medicine has been a stalwart supporter of Obamacare. But even its editors seem to see the handwriting on the wall about the individual purchase mandate, evidence by its hand-wringing editorial penned by Jonathan Oberlander, Ph.D.. From “”Under . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter, before I address your positions defending a strong central government and your position that slavery alone is the cause of the war, allow me this analogy: The issue at hand is similar to a walnut. The shell, surrounding the ‘meat’, is very strong and must be cracked in order to . . . . Continue Reading »
Stanford University’s William Hurlbut and I are great friends. Bill is best known for his service on the President’s Council on Bioethics, and his proposal to circumvent the ethics/science discord over human cloning and ESCR with “altered nuclear transfer,” which I . . . . Continue Reading »
Rick Gekoski thinks that reading may be a tad bit overrated : One might argue that literacy is unalloyedly a good thing – yes, I can think of counter-examples, but then again one always can – but it is pretty clear to me that reading, as in reading of literature, is not. What we read can . . . . Continue Reading »
Timothy Larsen, a professor at Wheaton College, answers four common questions young academics have about the mysterious process of getting a tenure-track professorship : Given how eminently well qualified I am for this position, how can you possibly justify eliminating me so early in the process? . . . . Continue Reading »
Yes, according to the brilliant Sara Henary. Here is the conclusion of the fantastic talk she gave at Berry last November. Question for discussion: Does our Declaration depend on specifically Christian premises—even its theoretical core? Hint: Sara is expressing her disagreement with Michael . . . . Continue Reading »
Richard John Neuhaus and Avery Cardinal Dulles were fond of referring to the Catholic Church’s irrevocable commitment to ecumenism. Why then haven’t any Catholics yet taken up the Andrew and Sarah Wilson’s proposal to respond to their Lutheran pilgrimage from Erfurt to Rome . . . . Continue Reading »
Marriage. Marriage is not what brings us together today. No, today On the Square Russell Saltzman explains how to preach a funeral: I persist in this notion, an intuition if you like, that the life of every Christian tells us something about how the gospel gets lived, how ordinary Christians with . . . . Continue Reading »
The differences between evangelicals and Catholics on the question of ultimate authority really isn’t all that different, argues Kevin DeYoung, since tradition still requires interpretation : One of the common Catholic objections to the Protestant doctrine of sola . . . . Continue Reading »
Albert Mohler’s comments on the demise of brick-and-mortar bookstores begins, “Book stores are going away.” That is the conclusion reached by Mike Shatzkin, chief executive of Idea Logical Co., a consulting firm based in New York. Shatzkin offered his ominous prediction to The Wall . . . . Continue Reading »
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