Fatalism is a distinct flavor of the conservative disposition, but the distinction between fatalism and plain-vanilla standpattism usually doesn’t matter, since they arrive at the same principle by different routes: We shouldn’t do anything we can’t predict all the consequences . . . . Continue Reading »
Matthew Anderson reminds us that that time is not the most valuable asset we have as Christians : There was that time, for instance, that I turned 25 and went through what I called a “third-life crisis.” I joked about it publicly, but the struggle was no less real for it. I spent the . . . . Continue Reading »
I have a rather long piece on NRO about the worsening and widening euthanasia license in the Netherlands, Belgium (especially!), and Switzerland—and what accepting euthanasia consciousness does to a nation’s moral fiber. Anyone interested can read the whole thing by hitting the . . . . Continue Reading »
Ben Domenech , whose morning email I find invaluable, links to this article , entitled “Are Twentysomethings Expecting Too Much?” Written by and for young high achievers in Washington, D.C., the article poses the question: They were raised to believe they could do anything, and . . . . Continue Reading »
Gary M. Laderman, chairman of Emory University’s religion department, on the myth of Steve Jobs : Make no mistake about it, the veneration we are seeing in the aftermath of Jobs’ death is religious through and through - not “kinda” religious, or “pseudo” . . . . Continue Reading »
The decline of marriage and fertility is one factor in the global economic crisis , says sociologist W. Bradford Wilcox: The long-term fortunes of the modern economy depend in part on the strength and sustainability of the family, both in relation to fertility trends and to marriage trends. This . . . . Continue Reading »
I have no idea if the Sunday Telegraph ’s allegations against Phillip Blond are true. For all I know, it’s some disgruntled employee who’s behind the stories that Blond is a high-living rock star who likes to take hot women on vacation to Sharm El Sheikh, that he “asked a . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column , George Weigel explains the emerging crisis in the Ukraine: The Oct. 11 sentencing of former prime minister and Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko to seven years in prison may or may not stand. Miss Tymoshenko has appealed the sentence and several . . . . Continue Reading »
Thomas F. Bertonneau ponders the current popularity of hardcore horror movies. Responding to “Spengler” (our own David P. Goldman), who asserts that the appeal of “sado-masochistic” films in the past decade can be traced to reality-blurring events like 9/11 . . . . Continue Reading »
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