In today’s second On the Square feature, Gabriel Torretta considers the toddler that is taking the art world by storm : Modern art’s greatest search is for a definition of itself. The meta-question—What is art?—often overwhelms the specific questions of art theory, like the . . . . Continue Reading »
In the first part of this series I suggested that Christians who want to convince others that Christ is the one way to the one God need to talk about more than whether that belief is true; we also need to give attention to the common belief that it is immoral to think so. I followed that by . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s On the Square feature, R.R. Reno laments the academic trend of scholars who disdain teaching : One major cause of this baleful trend is the growing importance of higher education as a source of upper-middle-class status. But the all-powerful U.S. News & World Report rankings have . . . . Continue Reading »
Why is faith-based counseling increasingly popular among Americans seeking mental-health services? Maybe because many people value an approach that heals the soul as well as the mind : Religious people often complain that secular therapists see their faith as a problem or a symptom, rather than as . . . . Continue Reading »
Robert George on the limits Catholicism puts on political categorization : It has long seemed to me that being a Catholic means that certain positions at the extremes of the spectrum are off the table. One cannot be a socialist, strictly speaking. The Church’s strong endorsement of private . . . . Continue Reading »
Again, we see the importance of animal research, with the potential that the organ shortage could be largely solved by growing patient DNA-identical human organs in pigs for transplant. From the Telegraph story:Scientists have found they can create chimeric animals that have organs belonging . . . . Continue Reading »
Clarence Clemons is dead. I know Carl does not have a high opinion of Bruce, but surely just about the most memorable moment in the so-called history of rock is a live performance of JUNGLELAND, thanks to young man Springsteen’s ambition to outdo Dylan by rooting his poetry in the real . . . . Continue Reading »
People who really really worry that we are in the midst of a climate crisis can’t understand why a growing number of people are rolling their eyes. I have tried to explain it to them, for example in this post in which I list 11 reasons the general public does not generally share GWH. . . . . Continue Reading »
For the seventh Songbook entry, it’s time for sounds that remind us of, or at least make us long for, God’s goodness. Here are two pieces I can recommend unequivocally as fine music, one initially composed without words, from the jazz tradition but veering into the classical, and another . . . . Continue Reading »
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