Adam Kirsch on a new book that “shows how Nazism and the Ku Klux Klan prompted the American establishment to look beyond longstanding divisions and see Catholics, Protestants, and Jews as kin”: When you consider how much blood has been spilled over questions of theology, there is . . . . Continue Reading »
A BIG IDEA explained by ME on BIG THINK . . . . . . . Continue Reading »
Rod Dreher talks to Notre Dame sociologist Christian Smith about his new book What Is A Person? What is a person? And why does it matter how we answer that question? Every social science explanation has operating in the background some idea or other of what human persons are, what motivates them, . . . . Continue Reading »
So the Princeton conference was great. Carl was there for a day. I failed, though, in instructing him via BLACKBERRY on the science of linking. So Carl: Go to the Edit Post page. See the link link (in blue above). Click on it. Enter the url through pasting into the link thing that comes up. Click . . . . Continue Reading »
I have been pounding the “nature rights” warning drum for a few years, and most people still yawn thinking, “It can’t happen here.” (Anyone who would still say such a thing has been making like Rip Van Winkle for the last 50 years.) The issue is being pushed . . . . Continue Reading »
In the latest issue of Dappled Things , Matthew Alderman interviews Andrew Wilson Smith , one of the “rising generation of classical sculptors”: Matthew Alderman: What distinguishes traditional art and sculpture from contemporary art and design? Andrew Wilson Smith: In my mind the idea . . . . Continue Reading »
David Brooks has a column in today’s NYT about how some evolutionary theorists try to force random evolution into a form that can explain human moral agency. From “Nice Guys Finish First:”The story of evolution, we have been told, is the story of the survival of the fittest. . . . . Continue Reading »
“It is possible to hold onto a desire of our heart without succumbing to bitterness or a fretful anxiety about the future, but to be content here and now.”Gayle spoke with Jennifer Marshall about the challenges of being single in the twenty-first century. Jennifer is the director . . . . Continue Reading »
More news from the economy destroying hysteria to global warming front. Now that the 100 watt incandescent light bulb is to be banned, welcome its Green replacement—at a hefty $50 per bulb. From the story:Two leading makers of lighting products are showcasing LED bulbs that are . . . . Continue Reading »
Amy Sullivan wonders about the Republican embrace of the anti-Christian Ayn Rand. Now, I don’t think that Republicans should be taking political advice from Sullivan, but one has to wonder how anyone can square his or her faith with Rand’s almost Nietzschean libertarianism. This . . . . Continue Reading »
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