1. So Pete is right: The Gingrich surge is SC is greater than I expected. The reason seems to be the demagogic debate performance Pete meticulously described. Newt’s only down three! The blog consensus is that he’s almost the favorite now. 2. And there are a couple of blogs explaining . . . . Continue Reading »
At least since Gary Becker won the Nobel Memorial Prize in economics almost twenty years ago, I don’t think that we really have the option of treating “social policy” and “economic policy” as hermetically separate categories. Since I assume that the Wall Street Journal . . . . Continue Reading »
George Weigel on Václav Havel and us : Václav Havel, who died this past Dec. 18, was one of the great contemporary exponents of freedom lived nobly. His moral mettle proved true in both the world of ideas and the world of affairs; indeed, few men of the past half-century have moved more . . . . Continue Reading »
Very strange happenings in my pal Dean Koontz’ new novel, 77 Shadow Street—which opened at number 1 on the NYT Bestseller List. Terrible things happen every 38 years to residents of the old Victorian mansion—now an upscale cooperative called The Pendleton. And now, . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s hard to untangle exactly what the objections are to a course on “Application of Biblical Insight into the Management of Business/Organization.” Or perhaps not. If the issue is quality, then an ordinary faculty course-vetting process should take care of that. Such . . . . Continue Reading »
Bernard Yack reviews a volume on Macintyre’s debt to Marx and concludes that he is not the “revolutionary Aristotelian” he has claimed to be: His Aristotelianism may be critical, unseasonable, alienated, and anti-hierarchical; it is not really revolutionary. True, MacIntyre would . . . . Continue Reading »
Dr. Robert George gave a lecture Monday night at St. Thomas More Church in New York City, entitled “ Clash of Orthodoxies: Law, Religion, and Morality In Crisis .” By way of showing the marked differences between understanding life-issues from utilitarian consequentialism and from natural . . . . Continue Reading »
Battle Over Birth Control Libby A. Nelson, Inside Higher Ed Funeral Directors Adapt to a Secularizing Clientele Max Rivlin-Nadler, The Awl Benedict’s New Friends: Greenpeace and the Socialists John Allen, National Catholic Reporter Slim Profits from Online Gambling Michael Cooper, New . . . . Continue Reading »
The Center for Law and Religion at St. John’s University School of Law in Queens, New York, which is under the direction of First Things contributor Professor Mark L. Movsesian, is sponsoring a colloquium this spring with an extremely impressive set of speakers, including United States Supreme . . . . Continue Reading »
I finally have a chance to talk about the last ninety minutes of the debate, 1. What the heck is with Juan Williams? There is no upside whatsoever in calling out Gingrich on his food stamp President/go-to-the NAACP- and-tell-them-to-demand-jobs-not-food-stamps comments. Gingrich . . . . Continue Reading »
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