Mark Oppenheimer explores the two worlds of American religious sisters on Religion & Politics today. Though he lets the women speak for themselves and is sympathetic to them all—-the nuns were “among the best people [he] had met in a long time,” and . . . . Continue Reading »
When deciding how to structure and operate our prisons, suggests Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein , we should treat them less like holding cells and more like rehabilitation centers. This model, he says, is actually based on the Torah and has been greatly successful in Israel. He describes one of . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter J. Leithart on the voice of the martyrs : Last week, gunmen from the Islamic sect Boko Haram attacked the Church of the Brethren in the village of Atagara in northern Nigeria, killing two and torching the church on their way out. Over several days, the terrorist group killed dozens in the . . . . Continue Reading »
Dabblers are compelled by their very dabbling to disdain those who will not dabble and who persist in believing the truth claims of one particular religion. Continue Reading »
Frank Schubert meets Francois Truffaut. Citizens in seventy-five French cities formed “flash mobs” with a distinctively new-wave aesthetic sensibility to protest prime minister Francois Hollande’s plan to redefine marriage : In every case groups of men dressed in black and . . . . Continue Reading »
A Moral or a Scientific Critique? Peter Blair, Mere Orthodoxy Humanism Is an Impossible Dream Andrew Brown, The Guardian A Calvinist Response to Mourdock Carlton Wynne, Reformation21 Augustine and the Three Purposes of Rhetoric Fr.Michael Dominic O’Connor O.P., Homiletic & Pastoral Review . . . . Continue Reading »
My high-powered lawyers are on stand-by in case things go beyond the denial strategy, but here goes, a Pomocon exclusive: Lena Dunham: Well, the thing I mentioned yesterday is actually much further along than that. Sally’s [ Ms. Dunham’s agent ] been emailing me about her negotiations . . . . Continue Reading »
Jacques Barzun, who died yesterday in San Antonio at 104, had an intellect that was recognized as widely as it ranged. Yet evident as his erudition was, as powerful his judgment, it was never apparent just what he believed. He had surveyed the world, but where did he stand? Did his criticism . . . . Continue Reading »
And, his advertisements are even more insulting. C.J. Box at Ricochet discovers an Obama ad by Lena Dunham of GIRLS fame , which equates a young woman’s first time voting for a presidential candidate with her first time having, well, you know what. Don’t you want your first time to be . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Romney’s lead in the RCP head-to-head average is only .9% but Romney is leading by 2%-3% in five of the last six polls. The IBD/TIPP poll is an outlier. I see no reason to believe they have it right while everyone else has it wrong (I felt the same way when most polls were showing an Obama . . . . Continue Reading »
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