From David Bentley Hart’s Tsunami and Theodicy : Famously, Dostoevsky supplied Ivan with true accounts of children tortured and murdered: Turks tearing babies from their mothers’ wombs, impaling infants on bayonets, firing pistols into their mouths; parents savagely flogging their . . . . Continue Reading »
Ashley McGuire has an interesting piece up at the Public Discourse about how conservatives let progressives frame the social issues during the last campaign, which was absolutely true. It is clear now that Mitt Romney took Mitch Daniels disastrous advice and called a truce on social issues. McGuire . . . . Continue Reading »
To think that only important things matter is the menace of barbarism, Nicolás Gómez Dávila reminds us, and so let us take a moment to turn our attention to New York’s latest fashion trend—men’s leggings, or “meggings.” Mollie Hemingway asks if we can’t all agree that they’re . . . . Continue Reading »
Wesley J. Smith praises dead white men : Recall that white men issued the Declaration of Independence’s “self-evident” assertion of universal equality. Three hundred thousand white Union soldiers gave their lives to free the slaves. Having been convinced of the sheer moral . . . . Continue Reading »
The recently released Queen James Bible , according to its publishers, is a new version that is translated “in a way that makes homophobic interpretations impossible.” Here is what they say on the Bible’s Amazon purchase page : Homosexuality was first mentioned in the . . . . Continue Reading »
First Things readers in America interested in obtaining Rupert Shortt’s new book, Christianophobia , about the relentless persecution of Christians throughout the world (which I described here ), will be pleased to learn that Eerdmans will be bringing out an American edition of the book in . . . . Continue Reading »
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks,” says Queen Gertrude in Hamlet , watching a play wherein a woman professes, in the most fulsome terms, utter devotion to her husband the king, two minutes before the king’s brother will poison him by pouring poison into his ear, and four . . . . Continue Reading »
Should we scrap chivalry as sexist? At the Atlantic , Emily Esfahani Smith writes that we should instead reground it in its original roots : Historically, the chivalry ideal and the practices that it gave rise to were never about putting women down, as Connelly and other feminists argue. . . . . Continue Reading »
How to Watch ‘The Hobbit’ David Mathis, Desiring God How the Neo-Pagans Saved Advent Matthew Milliner, Huffington Post Aristotle and Aquinas: The Key Difference Don DeMarco, Truth & Charity The No Good, Very Bad Outlook for the Working Class Jonathan Rauch, National Journal Opera: . . . . Continue Reading »
Social conservative darling and faithful Catholic Bobby Jindal has a piece in the Wall Street Journal (behind a pay-wall) this morning agreeing with the recent pronouncement of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists that birth control pills should be available without a . . . . Continue Reading »
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