I agree with everything Pete says below: All the polls are tied, except Gallup and one other. Negative for Obama: His approval rating is higher than his one for handling the economy. For Romney: He’s more liked than he was, but still not that much. The “turnout model” is always . . . . Continue Reading »
According to Real Clear Politics, the average of the presidential head-to-head is tied at about 47% each (it is Obama +.2% but close enough.) Obama’s job approval average is still between 49% and 50%. This time in 2004, George W. Bush had the exact same job approval average . . . . Continue Reading »
I don’t believe this book is really about biblical womanhood, or biblical anything. YWB is a book about the Bible and how we read it. To fulfill her objective to live out this year of biblical womanhood and prove that there lacks a complete of consensus on what it is, Evans employs a feminist . . . . Continue Reading »
This month’s Pew Report on religious affiliation in America has drawn much well-deserved attention, particularly two of its findings: a continuing increase in the percentage of Americans who do not identify with any religion – the “Nones” – and a continuing decrease in the . . . . Continue Reading »
Mary Ann Glendon and I will be appearing this coming Monday (October 22) at 7:30 p.m. in DiGiovanni Hall at the Harvard University Catholic Center to discuss “Catholic Faith and Public Life.” All are welcome. . . . . Continue Reading »
Last month’s issue of First Things had an exchange between Patrick Deneen and Daniel Mahoney. Deneen repeated many of the arguments he has made in other articles and posts e.g. Lockeanism =’s Progressivism . On the other hand, he did seem to pivot to the center on one . . . . Continue Reading »
So I just saw (for the second time) the very moving film ONE TRUE THING. The English professor/novelist/husband/dad (played brilliantly by William Hurt) is a multi-faceted jerk. To make a long story short, his narcissism and vanity crowed out any sustained sense of personal responsibility to those . . . . Continue Reading »
The article is behind a paywall, but a short news item from the Tablet (where Haldane’s piece is published) gives the gist: A leading academic has said the Catholic Church urgently needs to overturn its centuries-old ban on ordaining married men to ease the shortage of priests and . . . . Continue Reading »
Richard Garnett, the Notre Dame law professor who wrote the 2012 Supreme Court Roundup for our September issue, reviews John Jenkins’ new biography of the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist in the Wall Street Journal today. Although Garnett reports that the book will teach you . . . . Continue Reading »
In the course of downsizing his library, a faithful reader would like to give away the issues of First Things he has received over the past decade. Thus far he has not been able to find a good home for them. If you can suggest an institution (or a network analogous to the Theological . . . . Continue Reading »
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