R. R. Reno on the triumph and the downsides of capitalism : The history of modern politics shows again and again that we can exercise political power to ameliorate and mitigate the social consequences of free market capitalism. This can only be done by limiting its powering motor, which is economic . . . . Continue Reading »
The Wall Street Journal’ s Sohrab Ahmari interviews Leon Kass on Gosnell, Boston, and repugnance : [The] appalling details of the Gosnell trial elicit reactions that might be called revulsion or disgust or horror. The word that eminent bioethicist and physician Leon Kass prefers is . . . . Continue Reading »
Last week, I suggested that some conservative Baptist theologians are finding Baptist denominational colleges inhospitable. Though probably dismissed for different reasons, Jarvis Williams at Campbellsville University and three professors at Louisiana College were all let go in spite of the fact . . . . Continue Reading »
How to See Like a State Brian Dijkema, Comment Impassible and Impassioned Jeremy Kimble, Gospel Coalition The Roots of Our Friendship Crisis Jake Meador, Fare Forward Seventy Years After the Warsaw Ghetto Adam Garfinkle, American Interest Asking Why on Marathon Day Angela Franks, Boston Pilot . . . . Continue Reading »
At an academic conference a while ago, I made an offhand reference to the contemporary persecution of Christians. My remark was greeted with some incredulity, even derision. There are, one scholar responded sarcastically, something like two billion Christians in the world today. “Next . . . . Continue Reading »
It is hard to imagine that the incident in Boston will not have an effect on the immigration reform debate in America. All speculations about who the bombers could be, Caucasian, Muslim jihadist, American citizen, foreign born, all seem to be true; all of these possibilities assimilate in the . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, it’s not quite a “vs.” Carl updates: here’s the real link . . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the persons the Boston Marathon bombers murdered was Lu Lingzi, a Boston University graduate student from China. From Shenyang, where her parents now mourn the loss of their only child. So far there are two other murder victims, a child named Martin Richard, and the young woman Krystle . . . . Continue Reading »
in the Washington Post : . . . It’s hard to overstate the breakdown of marriage and the rise of single-parent families. Consider out-of-wedlock births . In 1980, about 18 percent of births were to unmarried women; by 2009, the proportion was 41 percent. Among whites, the increase was from 11 . . . . Continue Reading »
1. I basically agree with this National Review editorial on the Gang Of Eight proposal. It is a compromise between Democrats who want the widest possible amnesty (including for illegal immigrants who have already been deported - think about that) and Republicans representing employer-interests that . . . . Continue Reading »
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