Bill Hurlbut is a very close friend and colleague, and thanks to a Kathleen Parker column in the Washington Post, he is in the news regarding former Governor Mitt Romney’s ideological transition from pro choice to pro life. From “Behind Romney’s Change of Heart on . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m wondering if the Republican field is actually a lot more open than most people think. I don’t think Gingrich’s numbers last and he has very large numbers. Gingrich is, at the moment, pulling from both those Republicans who value authenticity and those who value . . . . Continue Reading »
I know that I seem at times obsessed with the 60s, and in trying to figure out How they Matter to Us Now. But in my defense, here’s down-to-earth Michael Barone , saying that the key to Mitt Romney is that the 60s did not touch his soul one bit. There’s not an iota of . . . . Continue Reading »
Here are the President’s remarks on the lighting of the national Christmas tree. Note that he doesn’t refer to it as a holiday tree. More than 2,000 years ago, a child was born to two faithful travelers who could find rest only in a stable, among the cattle and the sheep. . . . . Continue Reading »
“I am an anarchist – don’t know what I want, but I know how to get it.” So brayed Johnny Rotten, singer of the seminal punk band the SexPistols. Dear Mr. Rotten, punk may be dead, but have we got a new movement for you! It’s called Occupy Wall Street, and its members have . . . . Continue Reading »
Well , Charles is hard on both Mitt and Newt. He gives us the manly advice to pick from the candidates we actually got, and he reminds us how important the election is for the country. Still, it’s hard not to wish to be delivered from this necessity of choice. These words, to me, get to the . . . . Continue Reading »
To The Source asked me to comment on the birth of the 7 billionth living human being a few weeks ago. I decided to take a different approach than the usual hand wringing and calls for increasingly intense efforts at population control. Instead, I decided to point out that some are using . . . . Continue Reading »
Allow me to take a brief recess from our usual fare to tout a new Amazon Kindle essay written by my wonderful friend Joseph Bottum. Amazon has begun publishing original pieces, and the company recently asked Jody to expand his beautiful essay, Dakota Christmas, . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column , Peter J. Leithart reflects on the meaning of the Word becoming flesh: The incarnation is not an act of mere sympathy. The Word becomes flesh to transform it from within, to transfigure flesh through the cross and resurrection. In death, the Word is sown in . . . . Continue Reading »
Yes they can , as they remind us every election cycle. They always talk about broadening the agenda beyond the life and family issues. I’m fine, by the way, with broadening the agenda, so long as we don’t forget and obscure those life and family issues. But for many . . . . Continue Reading »
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