The Fight After Komen Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, Christianity Today Christian Fears in Arab Spring Oren Dorell and Sarah Lynch, USA Today Conservatives and Poverty Ryan T. Anderson, Public Discourse WA Senate Passes Gay Marriage Bill Rachel La Corte, Associated Press Contraception Mandate Not Just a . . . . Continue Reading »
In the thread below, Chantal Delsol graciously responded to my observation that her more recent book had dropped the occasional references to human nature used in earlier books. While still utilizing the term natural to reference to certain biological determinations, she affirmed that . . . . Continue Reading »
Literature-wise, for me the last year has been the year of Jane Austen and Charles Portis. My present Austen re-reading kick is due to my own idiosyncratic reasons, but my discovery of Portis is entirely due to seeing the Coen Brothers version of True Grit . . . and I imagine Im not the . . . . Continue Reading »
Here . How do I know? She actually clarified a key point about her thought in Carl’s thread below! Please come back and visit often, Chantal! . . . . Continue Reading »
Jason Hoyt of the national Christian fraternity Beta Upsilon Chi has the story of what’s happening at the prominent Nashville university. Evidently inspired by the Supreme Court’s wrongheaded ruling in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez in 2010, the university’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Mitt Romney continues to follow his campaign strategy based on emulating Mr. Collins by once again saying the very worst thing you can say . It’s like watching ten or twenty years of hard-won progress in teaching the people who understand economics how not to talk about poverty go right down . . . . Continue Reading »
This is rather stunning. The Hill is reporting that Rep. Jackie Spier is leading the charge for liberals to abandon the Susan G Komen For The Cure charity because it has stopped funding Planned Parenthood. From “House Dem Abandon Susan G. Komen After Planned Parenthood . . . . Continue Reading »
If the first wave of New Atheism was excessively strident, the second wave is shaping up to be unbearably sentimental. Alain De Botton, a Swiss-British television personality who has recently been selling something called Atheism 2.0 at tech conferences, has begun planning and . . . . Continue Reading »
We hear much talk about how the health care system should take “quality of life” of the patient into account in medical decision making. This issue is discussed in the Health Blog over at the WSJ today. From “Informed Patient: Taking Quality of Life into Account in . . . . Continue Reading »
George Weigel on religious seekers versus finders : On the Solemnity of the Epiphany, I heard a sermona rather well-delivered one at thatabout the Magi as religious seekers. The same note, Ill wager, was struck from pulpits and ambos across the country, perhaps across . . . . Continue Reading »