The Air Force Times reports : Commanders and supervisors in all corners of the Air Force will conduct a widespread sweep of all work spaces and public areas starting today, looking for pictures, calendars and other materials that objectify women. The order covers all active, reserve and Air . . . . Continue Reading »
Noah Millman has offered a thoughtful, clarifying reply to Ross Douthat’s column on declining fertility. Among a host of helpful qualifications and questions, Millman wonders if it really makes sense to speak of a “child-centered” family life : Douthat talks about a cultural shift . . . . Continue Reading »
Retro-Christianity Kenneth J. Stewart, The Gospel Coalition St. Nicholas and Three Types of Praiseworthy Zeal John Sanidopoulos, Mystagogy The Complicated Domestic Life of Charles Dickens Elaine Showalter, The Book Theory and Practice Br. Innocent Smith, O.P., Dominicana Aquinas Among the . . . . Continue Reading »
A while back on Twitter, Ross Douthat wrote “Social cons gave GOP Todd Akin. Elite donors gave GOP “47 percent.” Both hurt, but latter hurt a lot more.” I’m not going to disagree with Douthat. Romney was more important than Akin and “47%” sentiment was more . . . . Continue Reading »
Scott Johnson publishes an email from Wilfred McClay noting the oddly cool critical reception Dave Brubeck received : I thought the Los Angeles Times obituary was pretty good, and remarkably honest about the shameful and shabby way that the critics stubbornly refused to acknowledge his . . . . Continue Reading »
blog (and sorry to send you down a rabbit hole, since there are some intense and worthwhile links in his post as well): ...Here I think Kenworthy combines a dose of useful skepticism about efforts to promote marriage via social pressure alone with a dose of unwarranted optimism about the current . . . . Continue Reading »
The icy hand of Bloombergism extends its reach : Pro-smoking protesters rallied Thursday in front of the Bulgarian parliament in Sofia holding banners that read “Ban Increases Number of Smokers,” and “Equal Rights for Smokers and Non-Smokers”. Protesters demanded repeal of . . . . Continue Reading »
I am happy to be on the steering committee for an ambitious new undertaking at the Religious Freedom Project of Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, on “Christianity and Freedom: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives.” The . . . . Continue Reading »
The principle of subsidiarity—-which the budget plans and vice-presidential run of Paul Ryan put in the spotlight this year—-is easily misunderstood. It is sometimes characterized simply as the idea that problems should be solved at the lowest possible level, by (say) the family . . . . Continue Reading »
UPI reports that the government of Rajasthan, which is the largest geographical state in India, is running a very aggressive sterilization campaign to try and lower the highest fertility rate in India of 3.3 children per woman. Rajasthan has a highly specific and therefore rather creepy goal of . . . . Continue Reading »
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