Jewish Identity and Its Discontents Allan Arkush, Jewish Review of Books A Day at Rick Santorum’s Parish Molly Redden, The New Republic Who Were Aquinas’ Favorite Authors? Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Priest Donal O’Sullivan , Hoover . . . . Continue Reading »
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1. It has to be a little frustrating being Romney right now. They last two weeks went about as well as they could have, and he still only won Ohio by 1%. Most Republican voters in most places just don’t want him. Just barely enough are reconciling themselves to . . . . Continue Reading »
And a suggestion of an easy way out. . . . . Continue Reading »
In a searching reflection on the justice of preemptive military strikes designed to prevent Iran from gaining the use of nuclear weapons, Robert Koons embarks on a line of reasoning not altogether persuasive. He works his way through the criteria for a just war, and when he comes to “last . . . . Continue Reading »
John Grondeleski at Homelitics & Pastoral Review takes an opportunity to clarify the Catholic Church’s teaching on the subject of cremation, an option that has slowly and steadily been replacing the traditional funeral for many Americans. the Church rescinded its prohibition on cremation . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the great propaganda coups of the assisted suicide movement was making people believe that the Oregon annual reports about assisted suicide were meaningful or informative. For example: They are based almost solely on self reporting by death doctors, who are about as likely to tell the state . . . . Continue Reading »
George Weigel on the legacy of Queen Elizabeth II : On February 6, Queen Elizabeth II marked her diamond jubilee, an achievement that Great Britain will celebrate throughout 2012. I am not a monarchist, but I’ll happily join in saluting the Queen, who embodies several qualities that are in . . . . Continue Reading »
The Biggest Beneficiary of the Contraception Mandate? Drug Companies , announces an article by Avik S. A. Roy on The Atlantic ‘s website, adding more evidence for a point I made yesterday in Big Pharma Is Not Your Friend , though he’s concerned that the Obama administration’s rule . . . . Continue Reading »
For readers in and around the Louisville, Kentucky locale, the CiRCE institute is proudly announcing that the winner of the 2012 Russell Kirk Paideia Prize at the conference on July 20th, 2012, is Mr. Wendell Berry: Mr. Berry, a native of Kentucky, will be honored at the Paideia Prize-giving . . . . Continue Reading »
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