Yesterday’s Hosanna-Tabor decision by the Supreme Court is widely and rightly celebrated as a great victory for religious freedom. I’m interested in its implications for higher education. Both of the major trade publications covered it, the Chronicle here and InsideHigherEd . . . . Continue Reading »
Once again fraudulent scientific research has made the headlines—this time regarding the supposed health benefits of drinking red wine. From the Reuters story:A University of Connecticut researcher who studied the link between aging and a substance found in red wine has committed more . . . . Continue Reading »
Improving Our Sunday Best Duane Litfin, Christianity Today Mormons Worry About Acceptance but Embrace Difference Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post Putting Nuns on the Pill Matthew Hanley, Catholic Thing European Identities and Immigration Pt. II Francis Fukuyama, American Interest Ten Years . . . . Continue Reading »
It has been known for some time that one of the most award-winning directors in American film, Martin Scorsese , will be directing a movie adaption of Silence , a novel by the Catholic Japanese writer Shusaku Endo, slated for 2013. Speaking of the novel, Scorsese says that it had “given me a . . . . Continue Reading »
I am not a football fan. I will, thus, not be watching the Superbowl. But it is a day of fun with family and friends that many people look forward to enjoying for months ahead of time.I am also not a fan of Randall Terry. In the least. Which is why I am not . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter Lawler is right that Romney’s speech yesterday was vacuous, but no doubt it was that way on purpose. It was a bit wittier and more coherent than his speech the night of the Iowa Caucuses even though it was just a string of “hurrah free market, boo big government, ain’t . . . . Continue Reading »
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Hey Hey Hey ?? . . . . Continue Reading »
For those of you near Columbia, South Carolina: a symposium on Religion in the Civil War , to be held on Saturday, January 28th. The keynote speaker is the historian George C. Rable, author of God’s Almost Chosen Peoples: A Religious History of the Civil War , which both won the Jefferson . . . . Continue Reading »
Take a look while it’s still up (or read more about it here ): Google today honors Nicolas Steno (1636-1686), considered one of the founders of modern geology, with a “doodle” on their home page. An inquisitive young mind, Steno’s early forays into the study of . . . . Continue Reading »
So here’s the correct link for Dawn Eden’s discussion of the greatest Kinks song. I made this a separate post because her Christianity-rooted discussion of the song’s appeal to beauty is a good counterpoint to my post, which is also rooted in Christianity via Pascal. I worry . . . . Continue Reading »
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