Bradbury on God, Monsters, and Angels John Blake, CNN Belief Blog Who Dares Attack My Chesterton? Zac Alstin, Catholic Exchange The Attempted Unitarian Universalization of the Methodist Church John Lomperis, Juicy Ecumenism Global “Elders” and Sustainable Development . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . is described pretty well in THE NEW REPUBLIC. This author claims that decline is a major cause of our growing inquality, sinking middle class and all that. I agree it is a cause, although not the most powerful one. Our Kate and her interlocutors describe other causes, as does Charles Murray, . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Ross Douthat writes that Walker’s victory in the Wisconsin recall election indicated that “November 2012 will just be one battle in a longer war, and the outcome in Wisconsin suggests that the edge in that war currently (and to some extent unexpectedly, given the demographic . . . . Continue Reading »
I apologize ahead that this will be a shabby and short posting. However, I am stunned by the implications of what I read in an article in The Telegraph , ” Babies Could be Tested for 3,500 Genetic Faults”. How to give birth to the perfect child? Reject those with genetic . . . . Continue Reading »
Planned Parenthood will be able to provide medical services to teenagers on a high school campus in LA. From the CBS2 story:Planned Parenthood and the Los Angeles Unified School District have teamed up in an unusual collaboration to reduce the number of unplanned teen pregnancies at Roosevelt High . . . . Continue Reading »
The “Last Moment Robot” has been created to be your companion as you shuffle off this mortal coil. From the CNET story:As a woman lies on a mattress on the floor, a small white machine attached to her outstretched right arm offers the following words:I am the Last Moment Robot. I am here . . . . Continue Reading »
I explain to big thinkers why I’m glad. . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . is today. I thought I’d compensate for the deficiency in conservative manliness I displayed below by reminding you. You could go the RCP and read Reagan’s very thoughtful—dense in the good sense—1984 speech. You could remember how many casualties were expected as a . . . . Continue Reading »
If you can’t make today’s seminar (hosted at the First Things editorial offices in partnership with the Dietrich von Hildebrand Legacy Project), you can view a live feed of the event here . The seminar, led by Dr. John F. Crosby, will begin at 3:00 PM, so tune in then for a . . . . Continue Reading »
A recent Gallup Poll revealed that nearly half of Americans believe in a fairly strict version of creationism, and that “theistic evolution” is apparently on the decline. Believers and nonbelievers alike often find it difficult to reconcile evolution with theism. Thus, there is a . . . . Continue Reading »
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