Herbert Hoover’s American Exceptionalism John Hendrickson, Library of Law and Liberty Same-Sex Marriage and the Revolt Against Metropolitan Jonah Fr. Johannes Jacobse, American Orthodox Institute What’s in a Name, or “The Individual Mandate is a Unicorn” Bruce P. . . . . Continue Reading »
Like John Presnall, I have Sirius XM radio in my car. So I was driving home yesterday and I heard William Kristol on the 4:00 PM FOX News show. Kristol was touting (though not entirely endorsing) Condoleezza Rice for Vice President. Romney choosing Rice would be a serious . . . . Continue Reading »
Andrew Sullivan used to make the “conservative” case for re-defining marriage, arguing that recognizing same-sex sexual partnerships as marriages would spread traditional norms of monogamy and sexual fidelity where promiscuity and “open” partnerships tended to . . . . Continue Reading »
So I’ve have a strangely debilitating and demoralizing summer cold. No comments, please, about my lack of manliness in whining about something I should find easy to fight through and rise above. But I’ve started to work on my talk next week at the ISI honors program. It’s on . . . . Continue Reading »
A newly ordained bishop of the persecuted Church in China has chosen fidelity over personal comfort and political accommodation . Bishop Thaddeus Ma Daqin was whisked away just hours after he announced his resignation from the leadership of the Patriotic Catholic Association, or PCA, the . . . . Continue Reading »
Religious liberty is critical, President Obama says in an interview , but not as critical as providing contraceptive coverage: Yeah. Well it’s absolutely true that religious liberty is critical. I mean that’s what our country was founded on. That’s the reason why we exempted . . . . Continue Reading »
Ludger Viefhues-Bailey, the “Distinguished Professor for Philosophy, Gender, and Culture at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, NY,” sees in Bill Keller’s recent call for Catholics who disagree with their Church to leave an, “important broader . . . . Continue Reading »
Elizabeth Scalia wonders whether anger begins to abate with gratitude : Last week, several friends who believe that “the church hates women” and works to suppress them, sent me a link to a story about historian and L’Osservatore Romano columnist, Lucetta Scaraffia, who, in an . . . . Continue Reading »
Readers may know by now that Metropolitan Jonah Paffhausen, leader of the Orthodox Church in America, resigned suddenly this past Friday night. It was Rod Dreher who broke the news , and for the better part of the weekend, hosted the primary forum for updates and feedback till word Sunday night . . . . Continue Reading »
Many are understandably disappointed by the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the ACA. But while the overall merits of the act and its implementation continue to be discussed and analyzed, a lot of people remain concerned and confused about how, precisely, the decision relates to the HHS . . . . Continue Reading »
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