Pope Benedict made the annual papal Christmas address to his Curia today, in which popes reveal their thoughts on the state of the Church and the world. Benedict focused his remarks on the family, the nature of interreligious dialogue, and the new evangelization. Of particular interest are his . . . . Continue Reading »
At a Federalist Society forum in 2008, I was invited to offer some thoughts on Robert Bork’s book Slouching Toward Gomorrah , as part of a panel discussion devoted to the arguments advanced by Judge Bork in the book. Here, in tribute to him, I’m reprinting my . . . . Continue Reading »
Some years ago I began to notice that my college freshmen had all gotten a very strange idea. They had been taught that one must never begin a sentence with the word “because.” I have no idea where high school teachers came up with this one. It is like alligators in the . . . . Continue Reading »
Keep It in the Family: Homeschooling’s Growth The Economist What If Bork Had Been Confirmed? Michael W. McConnell, Slate How “Breadwinner Liberalism” Became “Values Conservatism” Geoffrey Kabaservice, The Book Has Fiction Lost Its Faith? Paul Elie, New York Times How . . . . Continue Reading »
A bad poet visited me earlier this evening, and like a rhapsode, I have recorded his song. “Fiscal Cliff at Sunset in Galveston” Come you and I To a place, where looking upon this cliff— At that which would in its necessary counting we can’t See, but which could determine the . . . . Continue Reading »
by watching movies about GRACE. Our friends THE BROTHERS JUDD add some more . About Schmidt might well deserve to be a classic, but it’s so depressingly realistic in its details that it’s a bit hard to watch. And that Kathy Bates nude scene . . . Feel free to add some more GRACE movies, . . . . Continue Reading »
The FamilyScholars blog is hosting a symposium on marriage this week to mark the release of “The President’s Marriage Agenda for the Forgotten Sixty Percent” ( PDF here ), a new report from the National Marriage Project and the Institute for American Values. The “sixty . . . . Continue Reading »
Chanticleer, one of America’s finest choral groups, has introduced me to Christmas spirituals and gospel music. Here’s my discovery for this year: “Somebody Talkin Bout Jesus.” [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tiyUt1SNaU?rel=0&w=500&h=281] . . . . Continue Reading »
Russell E. Saltzman on the calamity of death : I remember Melisa’s mother grappling with her daughter’s death. There isn’t anyone who doesn’t try to make sense of death. We try to make sense of everything. We do not like not knowing, as if motivations, circumstances, some little . . . . Continue Reading »
One often hears that America’s foreign policy elites don’t understand religion. Mostly secular themselves, they dismiss religion as a factor in world events; at most, they believe, religion operates as a pretext for other, deeper motivations, like politics and economics. This attitude can . . . . Continue Reading »
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