Professor Anthony Gill, a political scientist at the University of Washington, talks to particle physicist Dr. Stephen M. Barr in a Research on Religion podcast. The casual, hourlong discussion veers from such topics as determinism and the role of the observer (get ready to reopen the catbox), . . . . Continue Reading »
Tonight, the second season of American Horror Story begins. I thought last season was an excellent, though perhaps unintended , cultural acknowledgement that along with sexual “liberation” come unintended consequences – particularly regret of voluntary sterility. The realities . . . . Continue Reading »
George Weigel on economy and empowerment : A robust economy is not only an economic imperative; it is a moral and cultural imperative. A robust economy makes honorable work possible for all who wish to be responsible for their own lives and the lives of their loved ones. And work, according to . . . . Continue Reading »
My colleague Matthew Schmitz has asked whether Romney betrayed social conservatives at Tuesday’s debate, and his answer is no. As he points out, Romney technically did not contradict his earlier statements about the HHS mandate, and considering that the debate moderator was . . . . Continue Reading »
With all the important issues at stake in the presidential and vice presidential debates, it takes a small and pettifogging disposition to be concerned with a matter of fairness. But since John Rawls talks so much about procedural justice, and since no enlightened professor today would dare label . . . . Continue Reading »
A Fire-Stained and Blackened Cathedral: An Interview with Joshua Hren Meredith Wise, Dappled Things Understanding Internet Trolling Whitney Phillips, The Atlantic Why I Like Denominations Roger E. Olson, Patheos Vatican II: The “Long Argument” is a Distraction Robert Royal, The . . . . Continue Reading »
President Obama hit Romney hard on the issue of contraception in Tuesday’s debate, and we saw Romney do what he’s done in every political environment: docilely accept the terms offered by his opponent (whether that’s Massachusetts liberalism or talk-radio conservatism). . . . . Continue Reading »
in the Huffington Post; and I realize this may appear tangential for Kinship & Culture, but volunteering at a crisis pregnancy center has made me see how many of these issues, especially the incarceration rate and the need to reintegrate people who have served their time, are crucial . . . . Continue Reading »
Some of you may read this while watching the presidential debate and otherwise multitasking your way through the competing interests of the evening. Stop it, Fr. David Ousley would tell you. The whole idea of multitasking as something good is based on the assumption that life is about getting . . . . Continue Reading »
It turns out Mitt was right , but he probably won’t carry the media day. Bobby Jindal is trying with great force to correct the record on CNN right now. Republicans need to fight hard on the spin circuit on this. In general, Obama was between energetic and angry, as opposed to listless and . . . . Continue Reading »
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