Readers on the east coast may be interested in the Ciceronian Society’s conference being held March 29th to 31st on the campus of the University of Virginia. And apparently for free, too. The Society, which publishes the new journal Anamnesis and is allied with the Front Porch Republic (from . . . . Continue Reading »
This week marks the 40th anniversary of the release of the original Godfather film which, together with its immediate sequel (what third volume?) constitutes one of the—if not the—greatest ensemble of American films ever produced. What’s always struck me about the films’ . . . . Continue Reading »
Reason has a very good article by a physician worried about how government control over health care is deprofessionalizing medicine—a big concern of mine. From “The Coming Medical Ethics Cristis, by Dr. Jeffrey A. Singer:In 2010 the Patient Protection and Affordable . . . . Continue Reading »
Hadley Arkes has an interesting piece up at the Right Reason site wondering if Justice Scalia and Anthony Kennedy aren’t finally converging on a shared standard of decency: Close to ninety per cent of the households in America have access to cable, and viewers may readily switch back . . . . Continue Reading »
A team of archaeologists in Israel claim to have found the earliest archeological evidence of Christianity—a burial site known the “Patio Tomb” located in Talpiot, a southern Jerusalem neighborhood. Philologos, writing for the Jewish Daily Forward , details the putatively . . . . Continue Reading »
We talked yesterday about transhumanism reengineering us to be short to save the planet. Now, Peter Singer supports coercion to keep us from being fat. Hey! I have an idea: Promote smoking and cocaine and crack down on pot!But I digress. Singer is no democrat, by which I . . . . Continue Reading »
Nathaniel Peters on the Catholic Case for Protestant Hymns : Should Catholics sing hymns at Mass? Given the state of Catholic liturgical music, it’s a fair question. In the last century, Catholics exchanged their musical solid food for milk—usually skim and on the edge of going sour. . . . . Continue Reading »
St. Patrick’s Day is America’s favorite ethnic holiday. It is also the strangest. In a calendar crowded with Cinco de Mayo, Kwanzaa, and gay pride parades, St. Paddy’s is a “minority” holiday for for the white, middle-class majority. Many white Americans really are Irish, . . . . Continue Reading »
Bill Tammeus, a Kansas City-area blogger, has drafted a list of proposals to increase the “religious literacy” of people living in urban areas. These include, reports SoWhatFaith , public exhibitions of religious symbols, outdoor concert and film festivals, citywide book discussions, . . . . Continue Reading »
Ross Douthat offers a generous and lengthy response to my earlier post on his exchange with Yuval Levin. He’s right that the growth of evangelicalism has likely hit a plateau and hasn’t compensated for the decline of the mainline Protestant and Roman Catholic churches. A higher . . . . Continue Reading »
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