This is an interesting conservative variation on a theme often voiced by liberal observers of evangelical politics. The standard argument goes something like this: the culture war is either over or increasingly irrelevant to younger generations of evangelicals, who respond to a much broader array . . . . Continue Reading »
And almost surely endorsing Newt! The plea of one blogger: Don’t do it until you hear what Marianne has to say! Overall, it looks more than ever like Mitt is 1-2 soon. . . . . Continue Reading »
George Washington Law Professors David Fontana and Donald Braman ran a survey experiment on what happens to public support for the Supreme Court when it makes a controversial decision. They will publish the full results of their study later this spring in the Columbia Law Review , but they . . . . Continue Reading »
The Female Screams We Don’t Want to Hear Fr. Raymond J. de Souza, National Post The Gospel in the Abortion Culture Russell Moore, Moore to the Point Transplants for the Disabled Art Caplan , MSNBC Meet the Alliance Defense Fund Tom McFeely, National Catholic Register New Direction for the . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Santorum Wins in Iowa. (New Hampshire Refuses to Re-do Primary Take His New Momentum into Account.) 2. Romney Didn’t Make History After All. 3. Gingrich Now Leads in South Carolina. 4. Romney Was on Verge of Being 3-0. May Now Be 1-2. 5. Marianne (the Second Mrs. Gingrich) Poised to Ruin . . . . Continue Reading »
The Independent reports on a new documentary: It’s a girl, a film being released this year, documents the practice of killing unwanted baby girls in South Asia. The trailer’s most chilling scene is one with an Indian woman who, unable to contain her laughter, confesses to having . . . . Continue Reading »
If, like me, you read Theodore Boutrous’s defense, yesterday in the Wall Street Journal , of the proposition that the FCC should cease and desist from enforcing any notions of decency in broadcast television, and you wondered what exactly could compel a person to make such vacuous arguments, . . . . Continue Reading »
From a book review highlighted by our friends at First Thoughts: “Marxists can account for the singular, closed character of modern society by invoking Marx’s theory of historical materialism. As we produce, so we are. Our families, our friendships, our associations, our imagination, . . . . Continue Reading »
As I am asked to do each year by the Center for Bioethics and Culture, I looked into the future to see what will happen in matters bioethical. This isn’t mystical prophesy. Rather, I look at the facts as I see them now, and project out to where I think they will lead. Thus, my . . . . Continue Reading »
I do not doubt that the four Republican New York state senators who voted for same-sex marriage are convinced of the rightness of their votes. I would, however, look askance at any suggestion that they are the courageous new heroes of our time, with motives wholly principled and . . . . Continue Reading »
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