There is a question you need to ask yourself before reading this post, and it’s one of those questions that every man needs to look within and answer for himself. The question is: How many times can you read the phrase “Azerbaijani axe murderer” without bursting out laughing? The . . . . Continue Reading »
This summer, a group of scientists at a conference on “Consciousness in Human and Non-Human Animals” issued a statement (PDF) declaring: Convergent evidence indicates that non-human animals have the neuroanatomical, neurochemical, and neurophysiological substrates of conscious . . . . Continue Reading »
Enough with the New York-centric event commendations: Here’s something in Alabama. Readers within commuting distance of Beeson Divinity School (particularly those working in active ministry) may be interested in this upcoming conference , co-sponsored by the National Pro-Life Religious . . . . Continue Reading »
Leroy Huizenga on ecclesiadicy : The ultimate issue for those who take seriously the question of which Christian communion they should belong to, I think, is not which ecclesial structure evinces the most holiness yesterday and today. Rather, the proper question is this: What structure has God . . . . Continue Reading »
So I dosed off during Bill Clinton’s speech and woke up in the middle of Piers Morgan. So I got to see the rest of Clinton’s speech. AND: Piers incredibly effusive about the Democratic speeches. It was explained that the platform unpleasantness didn’t occur on “center . . . . Continue Reading »
Lutherans Reject NIV Bible Audrey Barrick, Christian Post Methodists Should Have a Catechism Teddy Ray, United Methodist Reporter What Is a Church “For Our Times?” James V. Schall S.J., Catholic World Report Summarizing Today’s Arguments in the ECtHR Mark L. Movsesian, Center for . . . . Continue Reading »
John Leonard, Reading for My Life : In 1947, a young American and a middle-aged Japanese climbed a tower in Tokyo to look at the bombed temple and the burned-out plain of the Asakusa. The 23-year-old American was the critic Donald Richie. The 48-year-old Japanese, wearing a kimono and a fedora, was . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter Lawler is of course right about the 2012 Democratic platform’s provision on abortion. It is about as far on the pro-choice end of the policy spectrum as you can get. It also happens that President Obama is , and always has been, very far on the pro-choice end of the spectrum. His . . . . Continue Reading »
I have pledged to try to keep readers updated on stories we discuss here: Responding to the Cologne trial judge outlawing circumcision, the German State of Berlin had declared circumcision legal if done by a doctor. From the Times of Israel story:One of Germany’s 16 states has declared . . . . Continue Reading »
The Democratic floor fight had a lot of interesting elements. It had Middle Eastern foreign policy relating to an ally (Israel.) It had culture war politics (whether to include a reference to God in the platform.) It had passion on both sides as the Democratic delegates fought to out scream each . . . . Continue Reading »
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