In his latest On the Square column , Russell E. Saltzman reflects on death and denial: This has been a death-obsessed year for me, and no fun. Actually it’s been a couple of those years, starting in 2009. It has become an intrusive preoccupation. I reread some of my contributions on these . . . . Continue Reading »
The Arabist is a good site for monitoring what’s happening Egypt-wise. It’s run by a set of smart analysts, who in American terms, we can label as liberal, anti-Bush/”neo-con”, and critical of Israel. They think Juan Cole is a worthy of their brief blogroll, for example. . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s a fundamental principle: Unless parents have legally lost parental control or children are emancipated legally, they should decide on the medical treatment received by their children. But there is a war against such parental control, particularly in areas touching on sexuality and . . . . Continue Reading »
A study by British researchers has found that men and women are unable to detect any difference between statements on women made by convicted rapists and those drawn from so-called “lads’ mags.” More from the University of Surrey: The research due to be published in the British . . . . Continue Reading »
The Most Important Religious Liberty Case of the Past Thirty Years Public Discourse , Michael Stokes Paulsen U.S. To Aid Gay Rights Abroad, Obama and Clinton Say Washington Post , Steven Lee Myers Bill Would Ban Abortions Based on Sex, Race; Critics Call It Ploy To Undermine Broader Rights . . . . Continue Reading »
Joe (the other Joe, the original Joe) already linked to Ross Douthat’s little essay on why Chrisitian conservatives should think twice before hitching their wagons to the primary season’s current rising star. Conservative Christianity in America, both evangelical and Catholic, faces a . . . . Continue Reading »
1. On Jon Huntsman: If Ramesh Ponnuru is right and that Huntsman’s tax plan adds up to a tax increase on middle-class families with children then I think his candidacy is fatally flawed. I just don’t see how you sell middle-class tax increase + high earner tax cut . . . . Continue Reading »
Human beings are exceptional. I honestly don’t know how anyone can begin to deny it. In the known universe, there has never been a species possessing our unique attributes, which are distinctions that make a moral difference, such as rationality, moral agency, the capacity for . . . . Continue Reading »
The season is upon us where culture junkies such as myself become enjoyably worked up over various year-end “Best of 2011” lists - best album, movie, novel, etc. Adam Kotsko of Shimer College wonders what this drive towards “spurious ‘ranking,’ that is, the expression . . . . Continue Reading »
Why Tim Tebow Keeps Smiling McClatchy News , Jennifer A. Marshall The Tempting of the Christian Right New York Times , Ross Douthat The God of Awkward Virgins Her.meneutics , Anna Broadway Pope ‘amused’ by seat belt complaint Catholic Herald , John Thavis Women, Stop Submitting to Men . . . . Continue Reading »
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