This is an odd lawsuit. A pro life Democrat, former Congressman Steve Driehaus, was accused by the Susan B. Anthony List in ads (such as the one to the left) of supporting government funding of abortion by voting for Obamacare. He lost his campaign for reelection and sued SBAL for . . . . Continue Reading »
As an outsider to American Evangelicalism, though a sympathetic one, I admit to being bemused by the movement’s taste for what seems to me reinventing the wheel. To be clear, this is true of its hipper elements, though not of people like my friends Russell Moore, Peter Leithart, and Darryl . . . . Continue Reading »
Today in our first feature article, Elizabeth Scalia diagnoses ” A Dictatorship of Sentimentalism “: I wonder if the dictatorship of relativism would be so comfortably entrenched within our society, were it not resting upon a bed of snuggly sentimentalism weaved through prosperity . . . . Continue Reading »
Sometimes I think some in our society would rewrite the First Amendment to read, “Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech...or the right of the people peaceably to assemble—-unless you are a pro lifer.” Consider: Peaceful protesters are barred from . . . . Continue Reading »
1. The president’s incompetence in the debt-ceiling pro-wrestling fake crisis was rather stunning. 2. He said the Republicans were acting irresponsibly by provoking default to get one-sided policy/budgetary reform with no real popular or legislative deliberation. There is something to that . . . . Continue Reading »
Obama Contraceptive Decision Assaults Conscience National Catholic Register , Joan Frawley Desmond An Open Letter to the HHS on Conscience Protection America , John Garvey Review of Alan Jacobs’ The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction City Journal , Brian Patrick Eha Life and . . . . Continue Reading »
Gayle recently spoke with D. Michael Lindsay, sociologist, newly appointed president of Gordon College, and author of multiple books, including Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite. Lindsay spearheaded a study of former White House Fellows (an elite . . . . Continue Reading »
Seth Mandel highlights a Bloomberg story about Romney’s time as a turnaround artist at Bain Capital. Mandel makes a really smart point that Romney’s career as a businessman has hidden political dangers. Romney made a lot of money by taking over, managing, and then selling . . . . Continue Reading »
While riding on a bus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a group I was with skirted Harvard Yard, ground zero for American higher education. The Harvard seal is ubiquitous there (the letters VE-RI-TAS imposed on open books), on t-shirts, signs, and buildings as far as the eye can . . . . Continue Reading »
Today On the Square, Matthew Hennessey writes on “Down Syndrome and the Purpose of Prenatal Testing” : I view the drive to eradicate Down syndrome through abortion as a threat to my daughter’s health and well-being. As the prevalence of Down syndrome declines, so too will research . . . . Continue Reading »
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