The Associated Press has removed “homophobia,” among other terms, from its style guide. Dylan Byers reports : The online Style Book now says that “-phobia,” “an irrational, uncontrollable fear, often a form of mental illness” should not be used “in . . . . Continue Reading »
Euthyphro’s Dilemma and the Goodness of God Brendan Woods, The Augustine Collective Luminous Sorrow: The Theology of Rowan Williams Wesley Hill, Books & Culture Loving a Child on the Fringe Cristina Nehring, Slate Moynihan’s Family Arc Hunter Baker, Touchstone Forgotten . . . . Continue Reading »
“I think subconsciously,” writes Scott Farver in an article in Education Week on how he dressed when he began teaching in an elementary school, ”I was trying to go for the I-just-returned-from-Peace-Corps-and-don’t-want-(or-know-how)-to-dress-professional . . . . Continue Reading »
“Openly embracing the kind of structures of educational pluralism [Ashley] Berner advocates would help maintain the public financial commitment to education,” writes professor of — this may surprise you — education Gary Houchens on his weblog School Leader , “but would . . . . Continue Reading »
from BYU: A national study found that college students think 25 years old is the “right age” to get married, while a majority of parents feel 25 is still a little too soon. So it’s no coincidence that when Justin Bieber said he’d like to wed by 25, Oprah Winfrey urged him to . . . . Continue Reading »
Sherif Girgis, Ryan Anderson, and I recently had an op ed piece in the Wall Street Journal defendng the idea of marriage as a conjugal union. Here’s a link . The piece is a kind of precis of our new book What is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense (Encounter . . . . Continue Reading »
The principle of double effect affects Catholic (and arguably Protestant) moral teaching on subjects from war to abortion, meaning it’s highly relevant to our debates over the use of drone strikes and the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar . In a nutshell, the principle is . . . . Continue Reading »
The journal Demography has published a reexamination of a 2010 study that found no significant differences between same-sex and opposite-sex parenting outcomes. William C. Duncan reports : The journal Demography has just published a very interesting article . . . . Continue Reading »
Anthony Esolen indulged in a little sarcasm in a recent appearance on “Fox & Friends,” which led to some confused anchors and even more confused headlines. The Daily Mail described his appearance as a “furious rant.” Hence the title of this post. . . . . Continue Reading »
George Weigel on sacred language for sacred acts : It was just about a year ago that U.S. parishes began using the new translations of the third edition of the Roman Missal—an implementation process that seems to have gone far more smoothly than some anticipated. Wrinkles remain to be ironed . . . . Continue Reading »
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