More Thoughts on Higher Education and Assessment
by Peter LawlerBY ME (Thanks to Ivan the K for letting me know that I originally mislinked.) . . . . Continue Reading »
BY ME (Thanks to Ivan the K for letting me know that I originally mislinked.) . . . . Continue Reading »
Finally, as an example of such vision of substantive goods (as evoked by Roger Scruton, above), let me share a tidbit from an important essay against same-sex marriage (made world famous by the Popes high praise) authored by Frances chief Rabbi Gilles Bernheim. I have just . . . . Continue Reading »
Via the Moscow Times , we learn that Russian President Vladimir Putin has hired ’90s icons Boyz II Men to perform at a concert series promoting higher birthrates: President Vladimir Putin’s crusade to raise the country’s birth rate is set to get . . . . Continue Reading »
David Blankenhorn thinks the gay marriage debate has reached a dead end. He wants it to go in a new direction. Thus A Call for a New Conversation on Marriage , a manifesto of sorts from the Institute for American Values. Blankenhorn wants to form a coalition of the willing to renew the . . . . Continue Reading »
Russian “Old Believers” Cut Off from Society for Forty Years Mike Dash, Smithsonian Zero Dark Thirty : It’s Time to Get Dogmatic About Torture Slavoj Zizek, Religion & Ethics Jane Austen, Moral Philosopher Thomas Rodham, Philosophy Now The Reformation, Rooted in Tradition . . . . Continue Reading »
“Pope: Easy Annulments Undercut the Value of Marriage,” USA Today: Pope Benedict XVI says granting annulments too easily is undercutting the value of lifelong marriage. In a speech Saturday, he asked the Vatican’s highest appeals court to consider reviewing church rules on marriage . . . . Continue Reading »
(This is a continuation of a post from yesterday; it will make most sense in that context.) When Maggie Gallagher answers John Corvinos individualist argument for gay marriage (in Debating Same-Sex Marriage ), she relies mainly on a good and important argument for man-woman . . . . Continue Reading »
My daughter has pneumonia so blogging is going to be light for a little while, but I have a little time now . . . David Weigel is a little too snarky (though I should talk) in this post, but he does include a revealing comment from Senator Ted Cruz. Cruz is an exceedingly articulate and . . . . Continue Reading »
A friend wrote recently. He was responding to my observations about the role of public spaces in sustaining a robust sense of solidarity. Good architecture is a public good, he writes, and “bad architecture is regressive. There will always be bad buildings because there will always be budget . . . . Continue Reading »
Jon A. Shields on debating Roe s legacy : In response to recent claims (including my own in First Things ) that Roe aided pro-lifers in unexpected ways, Daniel Williams argues that such views are mistaken. The decision, according to Williams, neither hurt pro-choice momentum nor breathed new . . . . Continue Reading »