You should read this article by R. R. Reno. I’ll wait until you come back. He gets to the point in his first paragraph where he writes: Our political culture is now being shaped by liberals. That’s not because their ideas are sound. They’re often not. But conservatives largely . . . . Continue Reading »
Ryan Anderson, editor of the Witherspoon Institute’s Public Discourse and a fellow at the Heritage Foundation, has done yeoman service in providing an overview of some of the many arguments made by amici curiae in briefs submitted to the Supreme Court in its two upcoming marriage . . . . Continue Reading »
I have to question Alister McGrath’s insistence (linked in this morning’s First Links ) that the date of C.S. Lewis’ conversion “clearly needs review.” Lewis recounted in his autobiography Surprised by Joy that he converted to theism—not Christianity, . . . . Continue Reading »
My colleague Jared Pincin and I have taken to the pages of the Newark Star-Ledger to make an ethical case against President Obama’s proposal to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.00: In addition to the economics, think of what the minimum wage says ethically. It tells . . . . Continue Reading »
R. R. Reno on the future of conservatism : American conservatives need to return to first principles. Tax rates are not irrelevant. Restraining government spending may be good policy (and a fiscal necessity). But our goal is limited government, not limited taxation. The sign of success is a free . . . . Continue Reading »
Many of you have thought much more deeply and carefully about sexual orientation change efforts than I have, and none of what I say here is meant to minimize the complexity of that discussion. But I just wanted to note that my understanding of the character of hope leads me to approach . . . . Continue Reading »
Some years ago, I published The Lost History of Christianity , which traced the early expansion of Christianity into Asia and Africa, as well as Europe. For perhaps a thousand years, Christianity flourished at least as well in Asia as in Europe, and that when we focus wholly on the Western . . . . Continue Reading »
A few more thoughts on wonder and contemporary culture, if you’ll bear with me. Wonder as a sought-after object (as opposed to a manner of apprehending what is found) becomes, perhaps, just another way of curing boredom— Walker Percy wasn’t advocating a Russian assault on Greece so . . . . Continue Reading »
Few images in recent Catholic history will be remembered like the ones that marked Benedict XVI’s last day as pope: Bidding farewell to well-wishers at the Vatican, the departing pontiff boarded a helicopter, en route to Castel Gandolfo, the papal summer residence just outside Rome. Upon . . . . Continue Reading »
Sometimes it takes a nonbeliever to speak truth to believers. This time it comes from the “not even religious” George Jonas in Canada’s National Post : Searching for one-size-fits-all religion . Amidst calls from some Roman Catholics that the new Pope toe their own line rather . . . . Continue Reading »
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