At least once a month (and I suspect more often if I looked harder), I read an article that tells me that young Evangelicals are sick and tired of the culture war, that they have little or no interest in rushing to the barricades to protect traditional marriage (and so on). There are two versions . . . . Continue Reading »
“Dust you are, and unto dust you shall return,” said the Lord God to Adam after the first sin. It’s a fine translation of the Hebrew, that dust ; it suggests transience and insubstantiality. By the nineteenth century, in Britain at least, the word came to denote . . . . Continue Reading »
The Gold Is a Lie! More on Elizabeth Wurtzel Eve Tushnet, Patheos On Friendship Edward Hoagland, The American Scholar How “National” is the National Cathedral? Terry Mattingly, GetReligion The Value of Cultural Relativism Rod Dreher, The American Conservative Is Being . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve written here about the role of Islamic law in Egypt’s new constitution, which voters approved last month. The constitution represents a significant victory for Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood. But, as Walter Russell Mead points out on his blog today, the . . . . Continue Reading »
So let’s do it Peter Lawler style by the numbers— 1. I saw Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained today. What I expected is what I saw, except unlike Inglorious Basterds, Django didn’t rewrite the Civil War to the extent that Inglorious rewrote WWII where Adolf Hitler was actually . . . . Continue Reading »
Matthew, thanks for your thoughtful critique of my defense of George Bailey . Here’s what I would say: 1) This goose is happy to meet the gander : You ask, “why the implicit confidence that this process, which ‘liberated’ the nuclear family from a number of wider ties, . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at First Thoughts , R.R. Reno writes about inequality and solidarity. He writes (following Charles Murray) that “the rich have abandoned moral leadership, or more accurately have developed an esoteric morality for their children (“healthy choices”) while promoting moral . . . . Continue Reading »
Sam Goldman works there! Here’s his characteristically smart, engaging, and quirky-in-a-good way contribution to “how to do political theory by watching ‘Girls’.” Another reason, believe it or not, is that Rod Dreher works there. . . . . Continue Reading »
Stanley Fish appears skeptical of some of law professor Brian Leiter’s presuppositions in his new book, Why Tolerate Religion? , which argues that: [T]here is no apparent moral reason why states should carve out special protections that encourage individuals to structure their lives around . . . . Continue Reading »
Americans United for Life in D.C. will be hosting two events January 24 and 25 to discuss the impact of 40 Years of Roe v. Wade. The first event is a half-day symposium at the National Press Club. The second event, to be held at AUL’s offices, is a reception featuring Hadley . . . . Continue Reading »
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