I posted the other day about a federal judge granting a preliminary injunction against the “Free Birth Control Rule” to Hercules Industries and its owners, the Newman siblings, because it impinges on their freedom of religion as protected by Religious Freedom Restoration Act. . . . . Continue Reading »
When looking at how much “risk” Romney wants to take on in picking a running mate, it helps to look at what kind of positive message Romney wants the public to hear in the fall campaign (that is distinct from the obvious negative message that Romney will run regarding economic . . . . Continue Reading »
Did you notice Peter Lawler dropped that into the Cruz McDonnell thread below? Minor detail that. So what do y’all make of it? Peter has a pretty good track record of predicting GOP doom. He smelled the 2006 disaster well ahead of most, even if I do recall his . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter J. Leithart on the Olympics as salvation by sport : Like a billion other viewers, I caught some of the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Games earlier this week. It was a marvel of planning and choreography. The visual highlight in a breathtaking spectacle was the moment when the . . . . Continue Reading »
Leon Wieseltier raises a cry of protest against the adulation of Bruce Springsteen that has recently engulfed the commentariat: Springsteen worship is a cry against the clock. But rock n roll has played also another role in American life, which is to prove that Herbert Marcuse was right. There will . . . . Continue Reading »
Physics professor and frequent First Things contributor Stephen Barr discusses the implications of quantum physics at Big Questions Online: No less a figure than Eugene Wigner , a Nobel Prize winner in physics, claimed that materialism — at least with regard to the human mind — is . . . . Continue Reading »
Katrina Lantos Swett and I have published an op-ed piece in the Moscow Times on issues of religious freedom in Russia. Katrina is President of the Lantos Foundation (named for her late father, Congressman Tom Lantos) and chairs the U.S. Commission on International Religious . . . . Continue Reading »
Reading the Final Page of the Talmud, with 90,000 Others Mark Mueller and Jason Grant, Newark Star-Ledger Thoughts on the RFRA Claim in Mandate Litigation Mark DeGirolami, Mirror of Justice Pope Finishes ‘Jesus of Nazareth’ Trilogy Edward Pentin, . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve finally now seen the recent film production of Coriolanus , starring and directed by Ralph Fiennes, and it is as I feared , a failure. It’s one of these updating adaptations of a Shakespeare play—in this case the politics and warfare of the early Roman city-state gets refitted . . . . Continue Reading »
I agree with my colleague Matthew Cantirino below , who, it should be noted, does not mean to defend the policies Kurtz criticizes. Further, I wonder if Kurtz, an opponent of regulation, would join in calls to abolish free parking and otherwise relax zoning codes . Suburban sprawl is . . . . Continue Reading »
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