“God,” I said, “like Alfred Hitchcock, vouchsafes us only glimpses of Himself. I have often thought of this. And also that we make a game of trying to spot Him in this scene and then that, till we’ve squandered the revelation of the whole instead of simply accepting and . . . . Continue Reading »
The Washington Times thinks yes. I think not, and I’ll explain why tomorrow. For starters, I don’t think the Middle East carterized Carter. . . . . Continue Reading »
We know a lot more now than we did yesterday when I wrote my first response to the horrific events in Cairo and Benghazi. We know, for example, that Cairo embassy’s twitter post was issued before the violence unfolded in front of and on the embassy grounds. To be sure, we have to suspect . . . . Continue Reading »
We have discussed here repeatedly various religious/secular controversies that require the balancing of interests. We have also repeatedly discussed why I believe—and many commenters don’t—that infant circumcision should be protected as a religious right. And . . . . Continue Reading »
In the Weekly Standard , Joseph Epstein reviews the latest eulogy for and defense of the liberal arts: College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be by Andrew Delbanco. The book covers some familiar ground: professors’ emphasis on research over teaching, the domination of science over . . . . Continue Reading »
In a spirit of brotherly love, I’d like to ask Matthew Schmitz to re-read this post , notice which of the two cultures Dawson identified as embodying “do as you would be done by,” recall the origin of that phrase, and reflect on the significance of Dawson’s having chosen to . . . . Continue Reading »
Last year, I wrote here about how “Suicide Prevention Day” was pretty much invisible. Well, can any of you guess which date was National Suicide Prevention Day for 2012? (Cue the Jeopardy music.) Time’s up: September 10: Come and gone without making a ripple, with mostly blog . . . . Continue Reading »
Russell E. Saltzman on the disappearing Great Plains blues : There is hearty chauvinism Kansans can never shed, and it only gets worse when you happen across a Johnson County Kansan. Part of that, I think, is because we live so close to Missouri, with only a road between us. We looked good by . . . . Continue Reading »
Emily Esfahani Smith profiles Victor Davis Hanson, who shakes his finger at the profligate Greeks and praises the generous and “prudent” Germans: “What’s happening in Greece is fascinating. The Greeks started rioting because they couldn’t borrow more money from . . . . Continue Reading »
After being invited to speak at an international congress on marriage and families hosted by the Institute of the Family at Universidad de la Sabana in Bogota, Colombia, Elizabeth Marquardt was left questioning: ” What is happening to marriage in . . . . Continue Reading »
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