Chris Christie’s Reagan Library speech reads awesome . I especially like how he uses the rhetoric of American exceptionalism not for purposes of back patting, but as a call to truth, humility for what we have been given, humility about our unpleasant current circumstances, and . . . . Continue Reading »
This seems a huge story to me, but has been ignored by all but conservative media outlets. Apparently, an Iranian pastor may soon be executed for apostasy because he refuses to recant his Christian faith. Here’s the story from the Get Religion blog, by the eminently responsible . . . . Continue Reading »
I am no expert on how to succeed in marriage, but I do know failure. Nobody made me vow to love my wife Hope for richer or poorer, in sickness or in health, but I did so swear. When I have failed in love, and I have failed love, at least I had a standard to note my failure.Forgiveness, the medicine . . . . Continue Reading »
Three years ago, my friends Robert P. George and Christopher Tollefsen (both senior fellows at the Witherspoon Institute and familiar to FT readers) published a short and powerful book called Embryo: A Defense of Human Life —a wonderful combination of scientific and philosophical . . . . Continue Reading »
Sorry, folks, it’s the New York Times again that is the source of our amusement. Today they have a story in the news pages with the following lead: “A bake sale sponsored by a Republican student group at the University of California, Berkeley, has incited anger and renewed the . . . . Continue Reading »
While it is difficult to tell nowadays what is meant by the terms “liberal” or “conservative,” it is especially difficult to understand what is meant by the term “progressive.” Anthony Esolen weighs in: The term does not actually denominate anything. It is the . . . . Continue Reading »
In her latest On the Square column , Elizabeth Scalia discusses baseball and other things that’ll break your heart: Baseball fans understand each other’s afflictions. We could laugh in that moment, because our team was winning, but we recognized all too well the sound of anguish . . . . Continue Reading »
It amazes me how an embryo is or isn’t an existing human life—depending on what the question is regarding the embryo being discussed. In Argentina, a man fathered embryos via IVF, and then divorced. His ex wants to be implanted with the embryos, but he says that would be . . . . Continue Reading »
Relevant magazine takes a look at the sexual activity of single Christians. The results are as discouraging as you’d expect : The article in Relevant magazine, entitled “(Almost) Everyone’s Doing It,” cited several studies examining the sexual activity of single Christians. One . . . . Continue Reading »
Men at Arms: Rousseau and Burke Debate Masculinity and the Liberal Order Doublethink Online , Adam Nicholson 10 Essential Classics of Western Literature The Gospel Coalition , John Mark Reynolds Why Young Americans Can’t Think Morally National Review Online , Dennis Prager The Death of the . . . . Continue Reading »
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