Scientific American has a piece out trying to explain why people “don’t trust scientists.” I think the very topic illustrates part of the problem. Hubris. Those in the Politicized Science community—and Scientific American is part of that . . . . Continue Reading »
John McCormack of The Weekly Standard reports : The House of Representatives voted today on the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” which bans direct federal funding of elective abortions and federal funding of insurance policies that cover elective abortions, such as policies that . . . . Continue Reading »
David Bentley Hart explains why the “irrelevance” of John Paul’s theology of the body is truly relevant (in another sense) to contemporary bioethics: No serious consideration of the life and work of John Paul II can ignore his Theology of the Body, or avoid asking what relevance . . . . Continue Reading »
In an article on the decline of the Church of England, Albert Mohler notes that when a church forfeits its doctrinal convictions and then embraces ambiguity and tolerates heresy, it undermines its own credibility and embraces its own destruction: The formality of state occasions may provide drama . . . . Continue Reading »
With a PhD from George Mason University and the rank of Major in the Marine Corps, Chad W. Seagren has plenty of credibility to write about economics and national service. But his argument in his superb essay ” Service in a Free Society ” is so common-sensical that it doesn’t even . . . . Continue Reading »
Today Public Discourse publishes the first installment of a two-part review-essay in which Ryan T. Anderson takes up Redeeming Economics , a new book by John D. Mueller. There’s a lot to chew on in this review, but I want to highlight just one of the interesting things Anderson . . . . Continue Reading »
Joe Carter’s column today brings to light an example of one of the odder phenotypes in the conservative political spectrum—conservatives who put, as Carter says, “preference for procedure ahead of principle.” When dealing with the right to life, there is hardly room for . . . . Continue Reading »
Rod Dreher explains why, in 2006, he left Catholicism for the Orthodox Church : The main reason why Orthodoxy is so attractive to converts, at least to this convert, is its seriousness about sin. I don’t mean that it’s a dour religion – it is very far from that! – but rather . . . . Continue Reading »
Here are my thoughts , which I hope complement John’s below. . . . . Continue Reading »
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed , Jennifer Moses, a Jewish “New Millennium mom,” wrestles with this question of why we allow our teenage daughters to dress like prostitutes : It’s almost like they’re saying, ‘Look how hot my daughter is.’” But why? “I . . . . Continue Reading »
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