I have not thus far weighed in on the controversy surrounding the publication of Rob Bell’s Love Wins. But I will call attention to an astute analysis of the “new universalism” by Calvin College’s James K. A. Smith: Can hope be wrong? On the new universalism. I was especially . . . . Continue Reading »
“The question isn’t so much whether it’s possible to be morally good without religion. It’s like saying is it possible to dig a hole with a teaspoon. Sure, but wouldn’t you rather do it with a backhoe?”Gayle spoke with Father Thomas Williams LC about . . . . Continue Reading »
I had an exchange with a facebook friend tonight about the momentous event of the killing of Osama bin Laden. This is surely a victory and a morale booster in what John McCain harkening back to cold war rhetoric called our “long twilight struggle.” In spite of such creepy rhetoric, it is . . . . Continue Reading »
“He has issues with his wife, and he has issues with his kids, financial issues, you know, the kids aren’t listening, the kids aren’t doing this and that. It comes down to (the fact) he’s a father and he’s a person.” So said 21-year-old Abdurahman Khadr about . . . . Continue Reading »
This is disgusting. CBSLA News has glorified an elderly woman selling suicide kits as “death with dignity.” From “91-Year-Old Grandma Sells Suicide Kits To Help Terminally Ill Die With Dignity”:Meet Sharlotte. Like a lot of grandmothers, she likes to keep busy. But while some . . . . Continue Reading »
I hesitate to go here because it is not intended to open up the huge political issue of labor relations. But slavery and human trafficking are definite human exceptionalism issues, and so too, I think, is working people to the point of utter exhaustion, hopelessness, and despair. Indeed, . . . . Continue Reading »
As Yuval explains, liberals no longer think that History is on their side. So the long for the days when our safety nets were more secure and our lives were more humane and dignified as a result. I might add that one danger that is that our libertarians might come to think too confidently that they . . . . Continue Reading »
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