Catholic News Service reports : Citing Bourgeois’ participation in the invalid ordination in Lexington, Ky., Aug. 9, 2008, the Maryknoll statement said, “With patience, the Holy See and the Maryknoll Society have encouraged his reconciliation with the Catholic Church.” . . . . Continue Reading »
William Doino Jr. on the temptation of secular conservatism : This two-front assault on traditional conservatism has taken a toll. Intimidated by loose (and often ludicrous) charges of “theocracy,” many committed religious believers have hesitated to cite the Bible in support of anything . . . . Continue Reading »
Michael Hannon offers a helpful interjection into the roiling same-sex marriage debate: Think back to the embarrassing and obnoxious response your teacher used to give when a student would ask, “Can I go to the bathroom?” “I don’t know,” she would say, “Can you?” . . . . Continue Reading »
A very insightful column this weeekend from Ross Douthat : Consider the secular vote, which has been growing swiftly and tilts heavily toward Democrats. The liberal image of a non-churchgoing American is probably the “spiritual but not religious” seeker, or the bright young atheist . . . . Continue Reading »
From time-to-time, I teach a course in historical linguistics, which is among my favorite subjects. One of the topics we spend a fair amount of time discussing is what’s called “ Sound Shift ,” which describes how similar vowel and consonant sounds move around over long stretches of . . . . Continue Reading »
Herod’s Architectural Ambitions Steve Moyer, Humanities About That Ashen Madonna Samuel G. Freedman, New York Times The Trouble with Drafting the Ultra-Orthodox Eeta Prince-Gibson, Moment E-Reading Isn’t Reading Andrew Piper, Slate Universality, Noble Accessibility, and Pop Culture . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . are a lot like the real Lincoln . . . . . Continue Reading »
Several of the participants at yesterday’s AEI forum focused on the need for Republicans to first “listen” to constituencies they want to win over. That is true of course, but one of our insightful regular commenters (Pseudoplotinus) pointed to the risks of this approach: I found . . . . Continue Reading »
I take the conservative despair at Obama’s reelection as being mostly a good thing. Last week’s butt kicking was a long time coming and a major policy and rhetorical rethink is in order. The good news is that it happening. I’m not sure that I agree with everything last thing said . . . . Continue Reading »
In the October issue of First Things , Pierre Manent has an article titled Human Unity Real and Imagined . He argues the European Project is a manifestation of Auguste Comte’s ‘Religion of humanity’ which does not constitute a real community of action. It is not clear why . . . . Continue Reading »
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