AGAIN, this is not an endorsement. BUT I notice a BOOMLET developing for Boston’s Cardinal O’Malley. This time, I know enough about the candidate to have plenty of confidence in his saintliness, integrity, scholarly excellence, theological soundness, and evangelical orientation and . . . . Continue Reading »
“This ain’t a song about bottles in the club / This is about a role model filled with love. / A teacher, a preacher, with guidance from above.” So begins the rap song “I Believe in Jesus” by Mo Sabri, a Muslim from Johnson City, Tennesee. Sabri introduces . . . . Continue Reading »
The Light’s Still Burning James S. Spiegel, Books & Culture Liberals, Conservatives, and the New Orthodoxy David G. Bonagura, Jr., Catholic Thing Captivity and Freedom Dave Gregory, The Ignatian Educator Social Change Didn’t Kill the Romantic Comedy Noah Millman, American . . . . Continue Reading »
I added one more post to deal with the “attention deficit” issue. . . . . Continue Reading »
My previous post on Star Trek and wonder caused a reader to ask what I thought of the thematic darkness of Deep Space Nine , one of the later Star Trek series. The show takes up war and crime in the Star Trek future to a greater extent than any . . . . Continue Reading »
CNN’s Piers Morgan asked Penn Jillette, author of Every Day is an Atheist Holiday , what he thought of the pope’s resignation. His response? “I think I may be somebody who believes in the Pope’s position more than most Catholics . . . . if you have someone who is a conduit . . . . Continue Reading »
Patrick Deneen argued in our January issue that “the very source of the decline of the study of the great books comes not in spite of the lessons of the great books, but is to be found in the very arguments within a number of the great books.” He also voiced skepticism of the claim . . . . Continue Reading »
“There is also a general tendency to think that human failings can be righted by introducing structures and regulations, but while these have a role they cannot of themselves produce understanding, and often they are the enemy of it,” says Scottish philosopher and First Things . . . . Continue Reading »
John Daniel Davidson reviews Islam and the Arab Awakening : Can a Muslim-majority country, freed from the strictures of dictatorship, bring forth and preserve a democracy that grants equal rights to minorities and women, protects free speech and political dissent, and does not insist on the . . . . Continue Reading »
Loving Milton Colin Burrow, London Review of Books Reading Dorothy Sayers in Lent Gilbert Meilaender, Touchstone Where Was Peter When Paul Wrote Romans? Mark Shea, National Catholic Register A Reminder About “Literally” David Haglund, Slate New Bloomberg Campaign: Wait ‘Til . . . . Continue Reading »
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