Don’t let Pete’s title fool you below. He has this “point 2” innocuously presented as some “thoughts” on “other things,” which turns out to be one of the most devastating indictments of contemporary liberalism you’ll ever read. It absolutely destroys . . . . Continue Reading »
Whatever the merits of the argument for same-sex marriage (and I think they are meager indeed, resulting from a simple misunderstanding of what marriage is and how necessary it is for living a good and full life), its advocates don’t think they can be appreciated at a popular level. Hence the . . . . Continue Reading »
1. The emerging strategy among Democrat-aligned journalists is way too inside baseball to help Obama in this election. According to polls, the median voter already thinks that the individual insurance purchase mandate is unconstitutional and should be struck down by the Supreme . . . . Continue Reading »
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput on launching the Fortnight for Freedom : First, religious freedom is a cornerstone of the American experience. This is so obvious that once upon a time, nobody needed to say it. But times have changed. So it’s worth recalling that Madison, Adams, Washington, . . . . Continue Reading »
Patients diagnosed as persistently unconscious may be the most scorned people on earth. I mean, who else could be called a turnip or carrot with impunity? It is within the context of this “unrepentent bigotry” that I analyze a hopeful story about increasing efforts to . . . . Continue Reading »
David Deavel, writing for Unique for a Reason , explores the difficulties that homosexuals who are interested in living celibate, orthodox Christian lives often meet with from within the Church as much as from without. Ron Belgau, a Catholic homosexual pursuing his PhD in philosophy at St. . . . . Continue Reading »
Writing for the Atlantic , Alan Jacobs reports some insightful lessons from a study session led by Rabbi Jacob Schachter aimed at formulating a sound religious posture toward the internet. Jacobs was thrown off at first when Rabbi Schacter introduced the session by handing out a three-ring binder . . . . Continue Reading »
Meanwhile, here’s a liberal article that complains that the Democrats never developed a grand narrative to defend ObamaCare. The demonizing of those evildoing Koch brothers has been effective because it’s been unchallenged. The indignant author notes, surely correctly, that the last . . . . Continue Reading »
Thinking about Peter Lawler’s post, below, Obamacare, arguments about its constitutionality and the way Democrats think about the issue, the problem is that conservatives do not take seriously enough the old saying, “If you have your health, you have everything.” We need to . . . . Continue Reading »
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