A First Things commenter has just been sentenced to forty-one months in federal prison for a comment he left on our site in 2010: Theodore Shulman, a pro-choice activist who in 2010 threatened to kill several pro-life leaders, has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison. Shulman, 51, . . . . Continue Reading »
reports: Sometimes, after a long, stressful day, there’s nothing more comforting than crawling into bed with your significant other and falling asleep in their arms. But what if you don’t have anyone to cuddle with in the first place? If you’re in Japan, you might think to go to a . . . . Continue Reading »
Leroy Huizenga on St. Hildegard of Bingen, Doctor of the Church : This Sunday, October 7, Pope Benedict will name Hildegard of Bingen a Doctor of the Church, having in early May extended her cult to the universal Church to remove all doubt about her status as a saint. Doctors of the Church are . . . . Continue Reading »
Redeeming Jealousy Charles Shonk, Dominicana Explaining the Controversy over the Orthodox ‘Civil Commission’ Pierre Atallah, Notes on Arab Orthodoxy Cell Phones as Meeting Points in a Featureless Landscape Alan Jacobs, The Atlantic The Church Has a Right to Its ‘Brand’ . . . . Continue Reading »
blogs: A Pennsylvania appeals court has overturned a trial court order giving custody of two children to their maternal grandparents rather than their father. The trial court penalized the father for his past polyamorous relationship. The case, V.C. and C.B. v. J.E.B. and C.C., is the . . . . Continue Reading »
BIG THOUGHTS HERE . . . . Continue Reading »
The big news is that Mitt was wonderfully prepared, full of specifics, eloquent in a plainspoken way, and struck exactly the right confidently yet calmly aggressive tone. Many Americans might have said, for the first time: You know, that guy would be a really good president. He certainly seemed to . . . . Continue Reading »
And I doubt that I’m even watching the debate tonight. I have to be up in the morning. 1. Read this Reihan Salam piece. Find the sophisticated jab at Obama’s bitter clinger comment. Just deadly in so many ways. 2. I keep reading and hearing about how hard . . . . Continue Reading »
His views on marriage are misguided , but Kevin Williamson’s lengthy and delightful look at homeschooling in the new National Review is delightful. Here are a few tastes: “People forget that some of the first homeschoolers were hippies,” says Bob Wiesner, a counselor at the Seton . . . . Continue Reading »
The Family Scholars blog has recently hosted a long discussion on civility with many of its resident writers. (Here are early contributions from Barry Deutsch , Amy Ziettlow , Ralph Lewis , Elizabeth Marquardt , and Fannie ; for others, visit the blog .) Their conversation spurred me to think . . . . Continue Reading »
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