The More You Want
by Tom GilsonDavid Cross earned new bragging rights at the White House a while back, according to a Fox News report yesterday. That’s what he was after, and that’s what he gained, when he did cocaine at a dinner there in 2009: “It was just about being able to say that I did it, that I did . . . . Continue Reading »
First Links — 2.22.12
by Matthew SchmitzThe Pill Isn’t Good for Women Erika Bachiochi and Catherine R. Pakaluk, National Review Decline of Working Class Catholic Family George J. Marlin, Catholic Thing HHS Mandate and Cooperation with Evil Robert T. Miller, Public Discourse Sex, Lies, and Rick Santorum William McGurn, Wall Street . . . . Continue Reading »
Straw Man Human Exceptionalism
by Wesley J. SmithOh good grief. A book reviewer named Justin Moss, discussing a book called Ethics and Animals, completely misstates the definition of human exceptionalism. From the Metapsychology blog:In the first chapter, Gruen identifies and analyzes a philosophical view she refers to as “human . . . . Continue Reading »
Greece’s Debt Crisis And Ours
by Pete SpiliakosI talk about it on another channel. . . . . Continue Reading »
“Santorum More Right Than Wrong About Dutch Euthanasia”
by Wesley J. SmithSigh. I like it when prominent politicians criticize euthanasia. But I wish they would be more careful with their words because when they get the details wrong, it can do more harm than good. Such might have been the case with Rick Santorum in an interview with James Dobson. He told the . . . . Continue Reading »
A Hyperbolic Claim about the HHS Mandate?
by Hunter BakerThe LA Times blog referred to my friend Ben Mitchell and his fellow panelists at the hearing on the HHS mandate as “hyperbolic.” Mitchell, in particular, employed Roger Williams’ famous comparison of violations of religious liberty with “the rape of the soul.”It . . . . Continue Reading »
On Tomorrow’s Debate
by Pete Spiliakos1. I think it is a huge deal for Santorum. My sense is that a large plurality of potential Republican voters would prefer to vote for Santorum, but also don’t want to vote for a bumbler or sure loser. This group doesn’t want to vote Romney, but they’ll do it if . . . . Continue Reading »
A Bishop Enters the Framing Shop …
by Matthew J. FranckSorry if that sounds like the beginning of a shaggy dog story. In the study of political communication, one of the most fruitful concepts employed by scholars in the last two decades has been “framing theory,” which concerns the way in which a story, a person, a decision, an . . . . Continue Reading »
An Epidemic of Virgin Births
by Greg ForsterMaybe we shouldn’t be surprised that the government wants to classify pregnancy as a disease. It’s the logical consequence of the way our culture externalizes responsibility for sex. When I was a teenager, I was not yet a Christian but I was very pro-life. Among several . . . . Continue Reading »
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