A court has ruled that prison officials may force feed inmates on hunger strikes to prevent their deaths or physical harm. From the AP story:Connecticut prison inmates who go on hunger strikes can be restrained and force-fed to protect them from life-threatening dehydration and malnutrition, the . . . . Continue Reading »
So what are your favorite blogs for keeping up with events in a particular area or nation? Probably the best one I know of is Ampontan , about Japan. With the year anniversary of the Triple Disaster (i.e., Fukushima) coming up next week, there will be plenty of vacuous Economist -grade quick . . . . Continue Reading »
A friend of mine once remarked that, while the redefinition of marriage does have troubling consequences for the continuity of society, what John Paul II has rightly called the “culture of death” is far more sinister, another order of evil entirely. Abortion comes to mind first for most. . . . . Continue Reading »
Is the ultimate fruit of the Reformation consumerism, secularism, and relativism? That old throne-and-altar lament is presented anew in Brad Gregory’s recently-published The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society , which is reviewed critically by Dale van Kley . . . . Continue Reading »
Facing the prospect of graduation from college a year ago with the usual uncertainties, I quickly realized that a common thread in my worries was a concern for the future of my intellectual life. What had made college so remarkable an experience was, ultimately, the groups and individuals with whom . . . . Continue Reading »
Nicholas Frankovich on religion reporting that descends into meme : On February 25, the Associated Press ran a story with the headline “Santorum Benefits from Mistaken Religious Identity.” What does that mean? To anyone passably literate in contemporary American politics, it suggests that . . . . Continue Reading »
Of course he did: President Obama campaigned for office promising to heal our divisions and build bridges across our cultural divides. But he has intentionally and I believe maliciously—at least in the sense that he wants to poke cultural conservatives in the eye—governed in the most . . . . Continue Reading »
One thing that has gone little remarked in the remembrance of James Q. Wilson, is the fact that he was a trenchant and sophisticated critic of the idea of same-sex marriage. Now, after his passing, at a time when polemicists try to label all opponents of same-sex marriage as bigots or yahoos, . . . . Continue Reading »
1. The OH polls this morning show a very narrow Romney lead. It looks just like the situation in MI the day before . . . Santorum has to win to remain a credible candidate. 2. MEANWHILE, there’s quite the Newt surge in TN, where we now have a three-way tie. Newt’s lead in Georgia . . . . Continue Reading »
Same-Sex Marriage Backers Find Success Talking Family, Not Rights Ricardo Lopez, Los Angeles Times Listening to Chinese Christians: A Fresh Report Tim Stafford, Books & Culture Video Games Overemphasize Religious Violence Jeff Hughes, Digital Trends James Q. Wilson’s Moral Sense Peter . . . . Continue Reading »
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