Alan Jacobs on Christianity and the future of the book : The effects of technology on religious belief, and of religious belief on technology, are great but insufficiently explored. Often religious communities have been the inventors, the popularizers, or the preservers of technologies. One . . . . Continue Reading »
In the latest issue of First Things , Charles L. Glenn argues that religious liberty and educational reform both require the end of the public school monopoly : [T]he rich diversity and energy that has been the glory of American religious life was, by the early twentieth century, largely . . . . Continue Reading »
Several months ago I was contacted by the American Journal of Bioethics, inquiring whether I would be interested in writing a profile of a prominent person in the field. I said absolutely, and wrote about my good friend, the Stanford professor William Hurlbut, who served for nearly 8 years on the . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column , R.R. Reno reflects on Newt Gingrich and the end of the middle class: The rise of Newt Gingrich is extraordinary: a card-carrying member of the permanent governing class in Washington embraced by the conservative base of the Republican Party. I would have never . . . . Continue Reading »
here . This BIG THINKING includes a picture of Vaclav smoking and a kind of quick summary of what I wrote about the dissident criticism of American a long, long time ago. . . . . Continue Reading »
The marriage gap presents a real cost Washington Post , Ruth Marcus The Death of Dr. Evil National Journal , Michael Hirsh Czechs’ Dissident Conscience, Turned President New York Times , Dan Bilefsky and Jane Perlez Forgive us our debt World , Warren Cole Smith Animals at the Manger Christian . . . . Continue Reading »
Christians are commanded to love all men, but Ross Douthat explains why they had a particular and surprising affection for one of their most unrelenting antagonists: American Christian intellectual life is sustained today, to a large extent, by the work of writers very much like Hitchens — by . . . . Continue Reading »
What needs to be done to fix the economy? Richard W. Fisher, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, recently gave a partial answer in a recent speech on the current economic condition: This has been a remarkable year. The great comedic writer P.G. Wodehouse pretty much summed it . . . . Continue Reading »
“There she is, speaking through broken English, she’s poorly educated, she’s no match for Hitchens in debate, and yet her whole life trumped every single argument he could make — all the clever arguments that he could make against God and God’s existence.”Gayle . . . . Continue Reading »
The following musing is the result of rereading a very old speech while listening to current events on the radio: George Washington’s Farewell Address is concerned with national unity: “The name of American, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride . . . . Continue Reading »
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