Since the beginning of the fiscal crisis in 2009, Greek politics has alternated periods of collapse with periods of decay. We are in one of the latter periods now. The bad news comes so often that it gets boring. Here is the latest batch: 1. Greece wants to renegotiate its . . . . Continue Reading »
Infanticide—for which doctors were hanged at Nuremberg—is becoming an increasingly commonplace issue of debate. Indeed, it seems to me that the notion of killing babies is now precisely where abortion was in the 1960s. And we know what happened then.But back to the point at . . . . Continue Reading »
David Blankenhorn, who contributed greatly to the defense of marriage and suffered for the cause, confesses his current state of mind with this one sentence: “As I look at what our society needs most today, I have no stomach for what we often too glibly call ‘culture wars.’ . . . . Continue Reading »
So I’m reading the Heritage Foundation’s mostly reasonable campaign book CHANGING THE COURSE: WHAT’S AT STAKE IN 2012. The section on JUDICIAL ACTIVISM, called “Rogue Justice,” explains that progressive judges have transformed the Court from being the least dangerous . . . . Continue Reading »
At Vox Nova, Kelly Wilson has published an extended examination of the dilemma posed to those who find themselves struggling with Church teaching, whether because they authentically lack conviction or understanding or deal doubt from a more cynical place, as in the case of ideologically-driven op-ed . . . . Continue Reading »
R.R. Reno on how liberal elites betray their bohemian ideals : It was not a bohemian group, not by a long shot. Yes, the reunion program genuflected to the usual multi-cultural concerns, but only with the most cursory bow. And, yes, some classmates spoke of their “partners.” But . . . . Continue Reading »
Thanks again, pomocon commenters—I benefitted from a fine thread below, learning about a whole slew of films about communism. Of course, one of the questions asked was, why haven’t there been more films about communism? In particular, why have there not been more Hollywood , . . . . Continue Reading »
When IVF began, we were told it was only to permit infertile married couples have children. It has since expanded geometrically to become an industry that also includes eugenic options, commercialization of gametes and uteruses, and facilitation of what were once called . . . . Continue Reading »
On Friday, I offered a question for David Blankenhorn in response to his dropping his opposition to same-sex marriage. Today in Public Discourse , Maggie Gallagher, Blankenhorn’s friend (and former employee), writes a moving personal piece about the Blankenhorn’s decision and the . . . . Continue Reading »
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