Ho, hum - another day, another brilliant piece by Jordan Ballor on the relationship between a well functioning economy and a well functioning community. Yesterday Joseph Knippenberg noted this piece; today, Ballor strikes again : Indeed, it was not very long into Dreher’s sojourn into . . . . Continue Reading »
So now we see how the Obama administration proposes to preserve the religious freedom of religiously-affiliated employers like hospitals, schools and charities while requiring all health insurance plans to include abortion-inducing drugs, sterilizations, and contraception. According to the “ . . . . Continue Reading »
The Obama Administration may have successfully pulled a fast one in its revision of the Free Birth Control Rule. True, non church religious organizations will not have to pay for a policy that covers birth control. But employees will be able to go to the same insurer and obtain the . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter J. Leithart on the miracles of authority : When abused, authority damages bodies. A husband punches his wife and breaks her nose. Abusive day care workers crush the bones, dislocate the limbs, and scar the souls of small children. Tyrants torture bodies into a quivering mess. Even when the . . . . Continue Reading »
By now everyone knows about the Obama administration’s decision to require all employers, including religious ones like Catholic hospitals, schools, and charities (though not houses of worship), to include in their employee health insurance plans abortion-inducing drugs, sterilizations, and . . . . Continue Reading »
The Great Birth Control Rule debacle is coming to an end with the unconstitutionalists in the Obama Administration taking a step back in their drive to “transform” America from a constitutional republic of limited government into an entitlement state. The brouhaha raised about . . . . Continue Reading »
The Catholic Information Center in DC hosted a panel discussion of the HHS mandate, the First Amendment, and subsidiarity. The panel included James Capretta of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Richard Doerflinger from the USCCB, Kyle Duncan from the Beckett Fund for Religious Liberty, moderated . . . . Continue Reading »
This whole article is interesting, but one point in particular provided a new perspective for me to consider. Frank Furedi is a British sociologist and author. The claim that religion scars children for life is symptomatic of the tendency of New Atheists to express themselves through the language of . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Pete and Olson’s thought about the Santorum strategy being two decades too late with his economic/manufacturing focus is what I thought when he announced for the nomination. A rich guy asked me if he should give significant bucks to Rick’s campaign, and I said he won’t last . . . . Continue Reading »
In an essay in the Times Literary Supplement , Marina Warner reviews Wes Williams ’ new book “Monsters and Their Meanings in Early Modern Culture.” The thesis of the book might surprise some, in that it asserts that monsters do not represent a static fear, but actually arise in times . . . . Continue Reading »
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