The archbishop of Detroit, Allen Vigneron, told the Detroit Free Press on Sunday that Catholics should not receive Communion while advocating gay marriage : For a Catholic to receive holy Communion and still deny the revelation Christ entrusted to the church is to try to say two contradictory . . . . Continue Reading »
Our friend Sam is mostly right in dissing right-wing political correctness. Liberal education needs to be separated from any political agenda. And what’s wrong with Bowdoin is that it really doesn’t pride itself in teaching anything in particular at all. So there’s probably still . . . . Continue Reading »
According to this Huffington Post/YouGov poll, 32 percent of Americans would favor a Constitutional amendment that would make Christianity the official religion of the United States. 42 percent oppose such an amendment, with 32 percent “strongly” opposing the idea. It may . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Thanks to Carl for saying something about the fine Douthat column on Princeton. I appreciate his Austenish correction to the advice that a woman should go to Princeton to find a husband worthy of herself. Now more than ever, college women need older men. There’s no way most Princeton guys . . . . Continue Reading »
Dawn LaValle on Terrence Malick’s latest film : To the Wonder startles us into realizing that the world is shot though, positively charged, with presence. Whether that presence is fructifying love or slinking destruction stands as an accusing question throughout the film. The most . . . . Continue Reading »
The Leakiness of Surveillance Culture Tim Maly, Quiet Babylon Too Much Sociology Editors, n+1 Léon Bloy and Pope Francis Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery RIP, Franziska Jägerstätter Tom Roberts, National Catholic Reporter . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s biographer Claire Berlinski on Margaret Thatcher : Almost to a man, or in this case a woman, the historical figures who matter have had the ability to recognize forces accumulating that others either ignore or do not see; and when given power, they have the capacity to master them. . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday Mahmoud Salem published a piece in the Daily News Egypt , entitled “Morsy’s Christian Problem.” In the piece, Salem condemns the Egyptian government’s lack of protection for the Christians in that country. He acknowledges that President Mohamed Morsi . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s hard to know what to make of these results, but a recent Huffington Post /YouGov survey reveals that roughly one-third of Americans would favor amending the Constitution to make Christianity the nation’s official religion. A similar percentage would favor making . . . . Continue Reading »
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