Prominent Vatican reporter John Allen has published a piece in the National Catholic Reporter following the papal visit to Cuba entitled “ Benedict XVI and the Lament of the Hawks ,” about a supposed lack of conservative confidence in Benedict, which cites my recent piece for First Things . . . . Continue Reading »
The German weekly Der Spiegel carries a fascinating article: Israel’s Other Temple: Research Reveals Ancient Struggle over Holy Land Supremacy, by Matthias Schulz. The charge that Jews revised the biblical narrative at the expense of the Samaritans is not new, but this article claims that . . . . Continue Reading »
Not a movie I would have expected to see, but one that looks quite interesting: Holy Rollers , subtitled “The True Story of Card Counting Christians.” One of the young men interviewed in the trailer explains: “It doesn’t seem like one of the most noble things a person can do . . . . Continue Reading »
We shouldn’t always get what we want—particularly when it comes at the cost of exploiting the world’s destitute or taking advantage of despotic circumstances to benefit personally. But we do. Westerners increasingly go to poor countries and use the living . . . . Continue Reading »
when he writes “ if pressure could be put on Bush to nix Harriet Miers in lieu of Samuel Alito, then I suspect that, if circumstance opened the opportunity to appoint a Supreme Court justice, similar effective pressure could be put on Romney from conservatives.” Romney might . . . . Continue Reading »
Bioedge published a good article this week discussing the claim by some bioethicists that parents be required to use pre-implantation genetic diagnosis to eradicate unwanted heritable conditions. From “Parents Have a Duty to Use IVF, Say Bioethicists:”Janet Malek, of East Carolina . . . . Continue Reading »
Mark Edmundson is a professor of literature who has said some interesting things about the quarrel between philosophy and poetry , as well as the larger cultural implications of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies. Does he make sense in all of these cases? No. He’s a little too trendy for my . . . . Continue Reading »
speech to the NRA today. The stuff on four more years of Obama meaning forty more years of an Obama Supreme Court was pretty good for his intended audience, though I think that a focus on specific issues would help Romney more with both right-leaning and swing-voters. If any of the five . . . . Continue Reading »
The New York Times today offers a review of a new television show which centers around the lives and careers of four young, unhappy New York women. Though the back page of the arts section features a typically suggestive full-page advertisement for Girls , what’s rather . . . . Continue Reading »
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