The news that America’s bishops, led by Cardinal Dolan, have unanimously approved the cause of Dorothy Day—-the famous convert and Catholic Worker leader—-has brought joy to her many admirers. I am among them. Several months ago, in writing about Day’s “ . . . . Continue Reading »
So I started to use an article by Rod Dreher to support my view that nonrelational personalism rather than progressivism is our distinctive issue these days. But I said too much silly stuff about the American and crunchy conservatives to get to it. . . . . Continue Reading »
The Mariology of John 1:13 Anthony Rosselli, Until We Rest In Thee Decadence and Fertility Samuel Goldman, The American Conservative A Dash of Cold Water for Christian Anarchism John G. Stackhouse, Geez America: Religious and Illiterate About Religion David Ward, Deseret News Saving the Hell Out of . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s something you don’t see every day, even if you follow the law reviews. On SSRN, the Social Science Research Network, George Mason University economist Peter Leeson has posted an abstract for a new paper that explains human sacrifice in terms of property rights ( Human Sacrifice ). . . . . Continue Reading »
Loki, his name was, which was kind of worrisome, given how many teeth he had, climbed into my lap, leaned against me, and laid his head on my shoulder, wanting only to cuddle. We sat there together, quite happily, until we (our second daughter and I) had to leave. We almost brought him home from . . . . Continue Reading »
Mark Adomanis at Forbes: ...While Douthat is right that the move towards lower fertility has occurred in essentially all wealthy and developed countries, the specifics vary greatly: Sweden‘s 1.98 TFR is pretty low by historical standards, but from the perspective of long-term viability it . . . . Continue Reading »
Josh Barro wrote that “Social conservatives are more likely to signal openness to pro-middle class economic policies than the “hardheaded business types” who fund the party.: I think there is some truth to that, and I think that Barro’s next observation is interesting and . . . . Continue Reading »
When I was a child, Saturday mornings meant cartoons, generally of the Bugs Bunny variety. Since our television received only two channels, the duopoly of Looney Toons and Hanna-Barbera was fairly iron-fisted, but I never complained. I was happy to watch gleefully. Comedian Jerry . . . . Continue Reading »
Musically oriented readers in the New York area may be interested in The Music and Faith of Arvo Pärt , a ten-week course being offered at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary in Yonkers. The course, says the teacher, theology professor Peter Bouteneff, “will uncover the . . . . Continue Reading »
At our annual Erasmus Lecture in October, Jean Bethke Elshtain named Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, a Protestant village in France famous for hiding thousands of Jews and other refugees from Nazi and Vichy authorities during World War II, as an exemplar of loyalty. Margaret Paxson writes about Le . . . . Continue Reading »
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