When the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly of the Conservative movement within Judaism issued guidelines for homosexual marriage by a vote of thirteen in favor, none opposed, and one abstention earlier this year, a Gentile friend of mine e-mailed me . . . . Continue Reading »
William Doino Jr. on civil rights hero Roi Ottley and the pope : He was among the most celebrated writers of his time, a world traveler, pioneer of civil rights, and an acquaintance of Ernest Hemingway, but when he died, Roi Ottley was virtually forgotten—and forgotten, too, was his remarkable . . . . Continue Reading »
Ross Douthat, the only truly conservative NYT op/ed columnist (which may be why he usually runs on the back page of the Sunday opinion section), echoed much of what I have written here and elsewhere about how “freedom of worship” is attacking freedom of religion. He gets . . . . Continue Reading »
I have noticed that “science journalists” are among the most biased “reporters” writing in the media today. Certainly on the stem cell controversy, they joined—no led—the hysterical hype over embryonic stem cells and stifled adult stem cell good news, either by not reporting it—such as . . . . Continue Reading »
The Catholic World Report has posted a wide-ranging interview with New Criterion editor Roger Kimball. Kimball’s new book, The Fortunes of Permanence , collects his recent essays of literary, artistic, and cultural criticism. This interview reflects quite well what I’d call . . . . Continue Reading »
Defining Religious Liberty Down Ross Douthat, New York Times War Comes to a Syrian Monastery Bob Abernethy, Religion & Ethics Newsweekly In San Francisco, an Ecclesial Earthquake Greg Kandra, Deacon’s Bench The Grey-Clad Monk and the Institutional Church Julia Polese, Juicy Ecumenism The . . . . Continue Reading »
In a post below, I used quote from Coolidge about “the chief business of the American people is business” and the context of the quote was the intimate relationship between the press and American business, since the press is American business. This sparked a good comment . . . . Continue Reading »
So Mitt Romney has said some stupid nonsense regarding the London Olympics. Everyone who reads the London papers or the Drudge Report knows that the London Olympics have their problems. Mitt Romney, putative Republican nominee, spoke what had been commonplace in the headlines, and apparently now he . . . . Continue Reading »
I mean just look at the man’s sweet face! I’m sure his mama would never take away his happy stick. I mean he can obviously bear it, right? And it is an arm, right? I don’t see what else we need to know, but Pete keeps mentioning something called Heller v. DC . Some . . . . Continue Reading »
This is from the Justice Scalia-written majority opinion in the landmark case of Heller v. DC in which the Supreme Court upheld an individual right to keep and bear arms: Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited. It is not a right to keep and carry any . . . . Continue Reading »
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