Rand Paul has an impressive combination of ideology, determination and pragmatism. He has, as Allahpundit has written, the ability to “sell libertarian wine in conservative bottles.” He matters, and so it matters if aspects of Rand Paul’s particular style of libertarianism would . . . . Continue Reading »
Micah Mattix analyzes the first line of The Wasteland : Eliot’s “April is the cruellest month” is not so much about his conflicted response to spring (rooted in some forgotten childhood trauma) or about creating a linguistic puzzle to help us develop our skills of attention but about . . . . Continue Reading »
When Brandon Ambrosino told his English professor at Liberty University, a conservative Christian college, that he was gay, he was surprised by her reaction : “I love you,” she said. I stopped crying for a second and looked up at her. Here was this conservative, pro-life, pro-marriage . . . . Continue Reading »
Fred Luter, the current president of the Southern Baptist Convention, caused a theological controversy last week. On a radio show March 27th, the host asked Luter whether he believed that North Korea’s sabre rattling had anything to do with God judging America for debating same-sex marriage. . . . . Continue Reading »
Dominic Gondreau’s Special Vocation Paul Gondreau, Huffington Post There Will Likely Be No Methodist Schism Mark Tooley, Juicy Ecumenism Who Was Athanasius Kircher? Paula Findlen, The Nation Being Gay at Falwell’s University Brandon Ambrosino, Atlantic Karl Barth and Three Forms of . . . . Continue Reading »
This “Spring” semester, my Songbook is movin’ like a tortoise, full of rigor mortis , but hey, I can at least throw you a few tidbits at you until the next post: 1) In California recently, gave my True Grit paper to favorable reaction, was delighted to meet pomocon commenter CJ . . . . Continue Reading »
Rachel and Harmony Korine We can get as close as we want so long as we maintain critical distance. This philosophy, primitively grasped, guides the four young women in Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers , who skip through frame after frame of booze, bongs, and omnipresent breasts only to . . . . Continue Reading »
[caption id=”attachment_60786” align=”alignnone” width=”510”] Patriarch Athenagoras & Pope Paul VI (1965) / Patriarch Bartholomew & Pope Francis (2013)[/caption] As if Part 1 wasn’t impressive enough. . . . . Continue Reading »
at Slate: ...It turns out I was not—am not—alone. A March 2012 Purdue University study suggests that between 18 and 26 percent of adoptive mothers struggle with post-adoption depression, brought on by extreme fatigue, unrealistic expectations of parenthood or a lack of community support. . . . . Continue Reading »
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