How should we understand the American founders’ philosophy? Did they choose principles that could only lead to America’s demise? Or, have those principles today morphed into new ones that they would find objectionable? Or, did they successfully unite the best parts of the Western . . . . Continue Reading »
Yahoo News: “In Sickness, Marriage May Not Boost Health”: Marriage is good for the health, but it isn’t so beneficial “in sickness,” new research finds. Previous studies have consistently found that people who are married report better health than people who . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve had my differences of emphasis with Ross Douthat on the subject of Republican donors, but he nailed it today when he wrote: a party that seems out of touch and out of date on basic pocketbook issues probably isn’t going to rebuild its support just by converging with the Democrats on . . . . Continue Reading »
“For viciousness of rhetoric and physical treatment of other human beings, few ages rival the early modern period,” writes our friend Nathaniel Peters on the Liberty Law blog. “In the midst of that age’s battles, Hugo Grotius, the Dutch humanist whose writings have greatly . . . . Continue Reading »
By “wombless men” Erika Bachiochi , author of Embodied Equality: Debunking Equal Protection Arguments for Abortion Rights (2011) means the culture’s physiological prototype to which all men and women should aspire. “If pregnancy and motherhood are understood as . . . . Continue Reading »
I want to follow up on Matthew Schmitz’s observations about the New York Times/CBS News poll of Catholics. Two cohorts jump out. The first is made up of those who attend Mass weekly and think their faith is very important in their lives. They consistently express greater support for the . . . . Continue Reading »
Edward Feser replies to David Bentley Hart’s article on the natural law : Hart equivocates insofar as he fails to distinguish two very different theories that go under the “natural law” label. He also uses terms like “supernatural” and “metaphysical” as if they . . . . Continue Reading »
Younger American Catholics express slightly more real agreement with Church teaching and slightly less respect for its shepherds in a new poll by the New York Times /CBS News. Women’s ordination was favored by 72 percent of Catholics between 45 and 64 and 68 percent of Catholics between . . . . Continue Reading »
At the CLR Forum site, Italian law and religion scholar Pasquale Annicchino (European University Institute) writes about the attention the Italian media is giving American cardinals in the run-up to the papal conclave. In Rome, he writes, cardinals like New York’s Timothy Dolan represent the . . . . Continue Reading »
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