A friend who follows the Episcopal Church — which at this point is somewhat like watching the Titanic when it’s already a few thousand feet under water — sends the link to a story on that body’s establishment declaring that the Episcopal bishop of South Carolina has abandoned . . . . Continue Reading »
The Daily Beast reports: After a marathon meeting to decide his fate, the board of trustees of The King’s College, a small evangelical college based in Manhattan, announced Thursday that conservative author Dinesh D’Souza had resigned as the school’s president. Former president and . . . . Continue Reading »
French counter-enlightenment thinker Louis de Bonald’s uniquely strong proposal for discouraging divorce, as summarized by Mark Henrie: If divorce is allowed at all, therefore, parents should be treated as deceased and the children raised as wards of the state. This follows because “a . . . . Continue Reading »
The National Catholic Register has a piece discussing the frustration of many at the treatment (or lack of treatment, rather) of the issue of religious freedom in the debates, citing Anna Williams’ disappointment at Tuesday’s spectacle: On the First Things website, Anna . . . . Continue Reading »
Leroy Huizenga on coming to grips with Vatican II : “What about Vatican II?” I asked my Catholic friend, in response to his assertion that Catholic doctrine is stable while the Church’s understanding thereof develops. We were in college together, young bucks full of vim and vigor, . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Larry is as nonpartisan as analysts can be these days. 2. The debate, I think, was, from a debating expert’s point of view, a victory for the president. But in terms of changing minds, it was a tie. That probably means the erosion of Romney’s new slight advantage on the enthusiasm . . . . Continue Reading »
O Captain My Captain David Fulton, Harvard Ichthus Envy and the Undoing of American Mores Theodore Dalrymple, Liberty Law Site Charting a New Model for Catholic Education Sean Kennedy, City Journal Return to Nature? An Ecological Counterhistory Lenny Moss, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Planned . . . . Continue Reading »
reports: Deanna Medina and Ever Gutierrez of Los Angeles have been engaged for three years and have lived together for 12. They also have three kids together, ages 17 months to 11 years. While more of the USA’s cohabiters are childless (59% — almost 9 million — as of March, when . . . . Continue Reading »
1. So I was right about everything . The questions leaned farther left than would have been likely if Crowley had to take full responsibility for what was asked. Crowley spent a lot more effort interrupting Romney even though Obama was doing more talking. Crowley even intervened in the conversation . . . . Continue Reading »
For those of you in the New York area: Tomorrow night Nicholas Eberstadt will be arguing with William Galston about whether entitlements corrupt those they intend to sustain or a necessary, civic responsibility that support us all. The debate continues the debate begin in Eberstadt’s . . . . Continue Reading »
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