Better Than They Knew Theory (as Opposed to Deneen’s Anti-Founderism)

by Peter Lawler

In response to a few requests and in defense of a fundamental alternative in the seni-science of American political development . . . . . . . Continue Reading »

25 Jan 2013 0

First Links — 1.25.13

by Matthew Cantirino

Stand for Life: An Interview with John Piper Trevin Wax, Kingdom People Are “New Evangelicals” Simply Reverting to Type? John Milbank, The Immanent Frame Since We’re Not Going to Burn Our TVs . . . Andrea Palpant Dilley, Her.menutics Postmodernity and the Long Reach of the Past . . . . Continue Reading »

25 Jan 2013 0

Liberal War on the Weak

by R. R. Reno

Economic or market liberalism and social liberalism both privilege the strong over the weak. Over the last one hundred years we’ve developed a system of checks and balances empower the weak and limit the strong: progressive taxation, labor laws, environmental regulation, and more. We can . . . . Continue Reading »

25 Jan 2013 0

Re: The Latest Attack

by Greg Forster

Joe , as a ten-year-and-counting member of the school choice movement, I appreciate your defense of tax-credit scholarships. But I don’t think the “it’s my money until Uncle Sam touches it” argument works. If government can give tax credits at all, it must have the right to . . . . Continue Reading »

25 Jan 2013 0

“Britain’s Loneliness Epidemic”: The Guardian

by Eve Tushnet

feature: ...Although The Threshold Centre, as the community is called, is open to all ages (the youngest resident they have had, was two) and most residents like the green and spiritual aspect of the centre, co-housing is being touted as an antidote to the chronic loneliness many people face in old . . . . Continue Reading »

24 Jan 2013 0

Proposed Christian Law School in Canada: A Response

by Mark Movsesian

A couple of days ago, I posted about the controversy surrounding a proposed new Christian law school in Canada. I questioned whether it’s a good idea to found a new law school in the current environment and wondered whether Canadian courts would allow the proposed school, at Trinity Western . . . . Continue Reading »

24 Jan 2013 0

Edmund Burke on Women at War

by Katherine Infantine

“But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded, and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever. Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of . . . . Continue Reading »

24 Jan 2013 0

Evangelicals and Orthodox Together

by Matthew Milliner

While we’re making parallels between evangelicals and Catholics , why not do the same for evangelical and Orthodox thought (as represented in First Things )? Here is David Hart on the God helmet (which only subscribers will have had the pleasure of reading). Now, in fact, there really would . . . . Continue Reading »

24 Jan 2013 0

The Theology of Disability

by Anna Sutherland

Christianity illuminates disability through vocation and the cross. Continue Reading »

24 Jan 2013 0

Truth in Self-Representation, Congressional Edition

by Matthew J. Franck

While I am glancing at the Wall Street Journal , as I did in my last post just below, there was a piece of some passing interest on the congressional politics of gun control in yesterday’s issue. The author was Rep. Mike Thompson of California’s Fifth District, who described . . . . Continue Reading »

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