Well, I guess it depends on the alternative. I agree that Romney would be better off with a positive, reformist message. One of the reasons that the campaign has revolved so much around the latest Obama smears is that there is a hole where Romney’s positive message should . . . . Continue Reading »
Paul Rahe : I don’t know that he’s right, but I’d like to believe him. . . . . Continue Reading »
Young voters are abandoning social issues and focusing on fiscal ones, the New York Times informs us in a hopeful voice. They present scant evidence for this contention, ignoring data from the General Social Survey showing that young voters—-who through the 70’s, 80’s, and . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Tomas Saraceno, ‘ Cloud City ’ on the Metropolitan Museum of Art roof, through Nov 4 Argentine artist Tomas Saraceno’s rooftop installation is in turns exhilarating and disorienting as his mirrored stainless steel modular forms reflect the strong summer sun along with views of . . . . Continue Reading »
I believe IVF should be much more tightly regulated—which depicts the current status of “regulated” very loosely, as there are few rules governing the industry. I wrote a bit ago against NJ legislation that would have opened the door to commercial womb renting. . . . . Continue Reading »
The WSJ heads an editorial this morning with “Why Not Paul Ryan?Romney can win a big election over big issues. He’ll lose a small one.” Too risky, goes the Beltway chorus. His selection would make Medicare and the House budget the issue, not the economy. The 42-year-old is too . . . . Continue Reading »
Many know that when his native France fell to the Nazis, Catholic philosopher and art theorist Jacques Maritain moved to Princeton. What is less known is the impact he had there. Conversations with Maritain seem to have re-invigorated the dormant faith of the unjustly neglected . . . . Continue Reading »
Never let the perfect interfere with the good, the old saying goes. That seems to be the new approach taken by the Catholic Church as the Pope has dropped his adamant opposition to condoms in the fight against AIDS. From the Telegraph story:After decades of fierce opposition to the use of all . . . . Continue Reading »
I, Nephi Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker Puritanism and Democracy Thomas Kidd, The Anxious Bench Concretizing the Abstract Ed Feser, Ed Feser About That LCWR Speaker . . . Rod Dreher, The American Conservative The Power to Destroy Michael Stokes Paulsen, Public Discourse . . . . Continue Reading »
I recently had a very interesting conversation with Wheaton art historian and First Things writer Mathew Milliner. Matt has been trying to think about how to understand artistic creativity in relation to cultural authority. T.S. Eliot is an obvious place to start. His famous essay, “Tradition . . . . Continue Reading »
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