Michael Gerson offers a very moving article about the noble atheist. There are many nuggets, but I’ll only quote the concluding paragraph: At the Pew Forum, Hitchens was asked a mischievous question: What positive lesson have you learned from Christianity? He replied, with great . . . . Continue Reading »
This article points out that the First Amendment religion clauses offers little protection to student religious groups on private college campuses, which isn’t saying much, considering how little they seem to offer to those groups in public universities . What’s more, . . . . Continue Reading »
Each month I edit an online newsletter through the auspices of the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism. The December issue is now out. Here’s my introductory letter:The Human Exceptionalist - December 2011The morality of the 21st century will depend on how we . . . . Continue Reading »
Rasmussen now shows Gingrich behind Romney in Iowa and the trend lines are pretty bad. The process stories are no longer about his amazing comeback and how brilliant he is. They are about how his support is soft, and how his Iowa operation is feeble and how he isn’t spending . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s what I heard today from learned experts: 1. The relentless NRO campaign against Newt and for Romney is annoying and is probably helping Newt. Even the Pomocon campaign against Newt is probably helping Newt. 2. Newt can’t get the nomination because he’s just too ugly. My own . . . . Continue Reading »
If assisted suicide advocates get their way, Canada will have suicide clinics in major cities the way it has Tim Horton coffee houses. An amicus brief in the British (the fix is in) Columbia lawsuit to create a right to be made dead, looks to Switzerland as the model. From the Globe and . . . . Continue Reading »
No, silly, not world peace! Books! Here are the recommendations from our friends at the Claremont Institute . In no particular order, my own suggestions (some of which overlap those of the folks at Claremont): Family Politics , by Scott Yenor For those who want to know how we got to where we . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s On the Square feature , Janet E. Smith responds to Christopher Tollefsen and Alexander Pruss’ article on lying: Whereas Tollefsen and Pruss speak of “assertion” I speak of “enunciative signification.” I prefer to use the more cumbersome “enunciative . . . . Continue Reading »
There’s a delicious ending to Matt Franck’s piece at Public Discourse today. An advocate of same-sex marriage ridicules appeals to the definition of marriage and to tradition by same-sex marriage skeptics, only to make the same appeals when faced with the question of polygamy: . . . . Continue Reading »
According to this essay , university philosophy departments are in trouble. In November 2010, The Boston Globe reported that student interest in humanities courses has cratered in recent years. And long-term trends are troubling, too. When adjusted for total enrollment, numbers from the National . . . . Continue Reading »
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