A woman in Canada faces charge of cultic activity over ‘illegal’ Catholic mass : About 100 people belonging to a lay Catholic association used the rooms to watch some inspirational videos and have a potluck lunch together. Oh, and horror of horrors, they sang songs and held a Mass behind . . . . Continue Reading »
Many years ago, I overheard a mother talking about graduation announcements with her teenaged child in a restaurant where I was eating. Apparently they were going over a list of folks who would receive announcements and the child started asking who most of the people were. The mother . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column , Peter J. Leithart explains why scientific answers are the only valid answers: Accommodation is a big deal, I think. But the cultural stakes in Galileo’s letter were far bigger. His letter stood at the crossroads of two worlds, not only on the question of . . . . Continue Reading »
On video: Richard Dawkins with Bill O’Reilly.There is much that could be said about this, but I will stick with one thing, based on discussion at about the 2 minute mark:When atheists insist that atheism does not drive behavior, and then then campaign on behalf of atheism, ridicule religion . . . . Continue Reading »
Before beginning, I’ll note that Joe Carter is soliciting donations to the FT website —please consider giving to what I obviously think is a fine internet crossroads of content. Tocqueville’s concept of individualism is one of his most helpful, but often gets misunderstood due to our . . . . Continue Reading »
Herman Cain got in some trouble with Politifact for making an over-the-top statement about Margaret Sanger and the early days of Planned Parenthood, causing the fact checking media site to give him its dreaded “Pants on Fire” denigration. From the Poltifact story: [Cain said,] ”When . . . . Continue Reading »
The always provocative and often misguided Jacques Berlinerblau thinks that Sarah Palin’s approach to public service is profoundly mistaken. He takes as his point of departure this statement: “When we serve, we devote ourselves to God, family and country .” Here are . . . . Continue Reading »
Five Truths About Climate Change Wall Street Journal , Robert Bryce What Biblical Womanhood Is Not Evangel , Sarah Flashing Human Cloning Research Breakthrough Is Unethical Secondhand Smoke , Wesley J. Smith Activists Push Partner Benefits for Military Gays Washington Times , Rowan Scarborough . . . . Continue Reading »
1. The the modern nation, at its best, is based on the realistic observations that each of us is a citizen, but more than a citizen. The so-called theological-political problem only exists when we politicize theology or deny the relative but quite real autonomy of political life. We learn from . . . . Continue Reading »
This unfriendly article isn’t completely right. Nonetheless, it is right enough on the observation that the TEA PARTY conservatives have abandoned Rick for reasons that couldn’t be remedied by better debating. So his Texas baggage alienated him, ironically, from both the moderates and . . . . Continue Reading »
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