Changes in the Curia Andrea Tornielli, Vatican Insider Lutherans and Catholics Together Julia Polese, Juicy Ecumenism The Story of the Reformation Needs Reforming Eamon Duffy, Telegraph (UK) Reflections on the Nativity of John the Baptist Fr. Mark J. Hunt, Words of the Word When a . . . . Continue Reading »
What would Diedrich Bonhoeffer have to say about the HHS mandate? Eric Metaxas—best selling author of Bonhoeffer:Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy —explains in this brief video on the dangers to religious liberty posed by the mandate. . . . . Continue Reading »
Dear Readers, First Things is a non-profit. For more than twenty years readers have provided donations that have sustained the journal. Now the electronic age presents new challenges. I’ve written to our subscribers, who have responded with generosity. Now I’m writing to you directly on . . . . Continue Reading »
Liberal columnist E.J. Dionne makes an intriguing suggestion in today’s Washington Post. If Obamacare is ruled unconstitutional, he suggests, that could allow the widely disdained law to become more popular. From, “Will We Love Healthcare If It Dies?”Maybe now, supporters of . . . . Continue Reading »
In 2005 the APA famously articulated the “no difference” thesis: the moral equivalence of children’s outcomes in regards to heterosexual and gay parenting. The debate was apparently over, but two studies released last week have reignited the issue. The first study contends the . . . . Continue Reading »
A prominent blogger has converted from atheism to Catholicism, raising a few issues about human exceptionalism that we have discussed here. From the CNN Belief story:Leah Libresco, who’d been a prominent atheist blogger for the religion website Patheos, announced on her blog . . . . Continue Reading »
Our Jim has a witty and instructive review of a book on rating the presidents. It turns out that Jim can sum up the truth about presidential greatness in one paragraph: Greatness is to be found not just in the effecting of an important change but in comparing the magnitude and worth of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Christie and Springsteen explained by ME. . . . . Continue Reading »
This is the conclusion of the long series of Songbook posts kicked off by my simple observation that many bands championed as representative of new music , such as Crystal Castles, really aren’t . While many themes have been touched upon, overall, Songbook posts #36-51 have been about 1) . . . . Continue Reading »
Bioethicist Art Caplan has written a righteous post decrying the “silence” of the world to the outrage of N. Pakistan banning polio vaccination of its children. From, “Where is Outrage Over Pakistan Polio Vaccine Ban?”:By deciding to hide behind babies as a way to fight . . . . Continue Reading »
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