Marxists, libertarians, and other progressives often mistake conservatives for reactionaries. Conservatives, the progressive allegation is, want to return us to a time when we were less free and less responsible. And that’s because we have a romantic or even utopian view of the past. The . . . . Continue Reading »
Trends and Directions in Reformed Theology [.pdf] Dirkie Smit, Expository Times The Problem with Wedding Poetry Ruth Graham, Poetry Foundation From Anarchists to Islamists Charles C. Johnson, City Journal King Louis’ Irish Confessor Rev. George W. Rutler, Crisis The Vatican at the Venice . . . . Continue Reading »
Romney campaign honcho Stuart Stevens is getting some mockery for his assertion that lots of people thought that Romney was a Catholic against contraception at the end of the primary season. To the extent that Stevens is blaming any part of Romney’s loss on the public’s mistaking Romney . . . . Continue Reading »
Friend of Postmodern Conservative Ken Masugi writes over at the Liberty Law blog that the biggest problem of the IRS scandal is not corruption within the Obama administration as such, or even problematic management by Obama and his political appointees. The problem is that elements of . . . . Continue Reading »
Earlier this month, Christopher Warner at the Catholic World Report interviewed Archimandrite Robert Taft , S.J., a Byzantine Catholic priest and professor emeritus of Oriental Liturgy at the Pontifical Oriental Institute , about Catholic-Orthodox relations and the prospects for future unity: . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m writing a long article on this topic. And I’m going share parts of it with you two paragraphs at a time. It would be more interesting to talk about the president losing control of his own spins in ways that reveal (as Carl is more insistent that I am) his deep inauthenticity or lack . . . . Continue Reading »
In his column for today , George Weigel says that President Obama’s April 26 speech to Planned Parenthood contained “nothing short of blasphemy”: President Obama concluded his remarks as follows: “Thank you, Planned Parenthood. God bless you . . . ” And that is nothing short of blasphemy. . . . . Continue Reading »
Via Pravmir : Police in Jerusalem beat, choked and handcuffed an 85-year-old Coptic priest during a widely reported altercation in the Old City almost two weeks ago, which also involved several Egyptian diplomatic officials, a video revealed . . . . The incident occurred on Saturday, May 4, the day . . . . Continue Reading »
We are, supposedly, an average of fourteen IQ points less smart than our Victorian ancestors, according to a study published in the journal Intelligence and reported in the Daily Telegraph . Our reaction times, which the reporter notes is “a reliable marker of general . . . . Continue Reading »
I don’t usually keep up with Mark Driscoll and his Mars Hill Church, but today I read a tweet that led me to this recent video from his Resurgence ministry. In the video, Driscoll tells Christians that they need to learn from each other, rather than criticize each other. He’s speaking . . . . Continue Reading »
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