In the weeks since Harvard historian Karen King unveiled the papyrus fragment dubbed “The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife,” evidence rapidly mounted that the scrap could be a forgery. The latest discovery: The fragment, which contains snippets from the Coptic text of the Gospel of . . . . Continue Reading »
What is the role of a Catholic theologian in the Church? What is the relationship of a theologian with the Teaching Office of the Church? It’s a perpetual topic, but John Henry Newman, whose feast day fell two days ago (October 9), is perhaps the best example to look to for understanding. . . . . Continue Reading »
Phillip Blond, head of right-communitarian British think tank ResPublica, has parted from onetime ally David Cameron. In a strong editorial in the Guardian , he lays out his reasons: The government is now focused on a purely negative agenda of deficit reduction, and unable to offer a positive . . . . Continue Reading »
The Religious Case Against Religious Liberty Litigation Vincent Phillip Munoz, Public Discourse Sacrificing a Theistic Argument to the Problem of Evil Alexander Pruss, Prosblogion Down with Optimism, Up with Hope Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture More on the Pew Study Mark Tooley, Institute on Religion . . . . Continue Reading »
What if I told you that you could get free money? If such were actually the case, you would think I was crazy, or stupid, or a charlatan. Well I could have been all three, but I have no such promise in this post. Yet, if you have ever had insomnia and found yourself watching late night/early . . . . Continue Reading »
Obama supporters have been whining that Romney “lied” his way to victory during the debate. It hasn’t stemmed the Romney “bounce” from the debate and that shouldn’t be a surprise. The lie gambit is lousy politics and lazy analysis. Saying that your guy lost the . . . . Continue Reading »
Our old friend Ben Hecht has agreed to appear before a literary society in a debate with his friend Maxwell Bodenheim: When the evening arrived, Hecht walked to the foot of the stage and announced that the topic of debate would be—“Resolved: That people who attend literary debates are . . . . Continue Reading »
Ryan T. Anderson is back in the saddle, once again writing on his old beat, the stem cell wars: On March 9, 2009, President Obama signed an executive order spending federal dollars—for the first time ever—on embryo-destructive stem-cell research. Yesterday, Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, the . . . . Continue Reading »
At a lawyers conference I attended recently, the conversation turned to “The Innocence of Muslims,” the offensive YouTube video that has sparked riots throughout the Muslim world. “Why do they react this way?” a partner at a major law firm asked, referring to Muslim . . . . Continue Reading »
A rambling article begins with the question, “What’s the best place for young men’s health care?” The author—-despite the seeming fact that he’s never visited one of their clinics, and without any reference to the health and life of the very youngest of men and . . . . Continue Reading »
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