That’s my question for the day. From the NYT, quoting Eric Holder, who cannot be the most credible source this week, “The F.B.I. is coordinating with the Justice Department to see if any laws were broken in connection with those matters related to the I.R.S.,” Mr. Holder told . . . . Continue Reading »
Getting Right with Niebuhr James Nuechterlein, The New Criterion School Your Hearts Dwight Longenecker, Intercollegiate Review A Survey of Clergy Views on Evolution Editors, BioLogos The Lethality of Loneliness Judith Shulevitz, New Republic On Silver Linings Playbook Makoto Fujimura . . . . Continue Reading »
Somehow, five days a week—-week in and week out—- Public Discourse , the online journal of the Witherspoon Institute, manages to post an illuminating and engaging essay on a significant issue in our public life. Yesterday it was Matthew Franck’s powerful reflection on . . . . Continue Reading »
What holiday is this: Before lunch, reap, After lunch, weep, And in the evening, leap? - Belarusian riddle about Radonitsa Today Slavic Orthodox throughout the world observe (in Russian) Radonitsa , the Day of Rejoicing. A sort of eastern “All Souls Day,” it is devoted to . . . . Continue Reading »
Abortionist Dr. Kermit Gosnell, who was convicted yesterday of first degree murder of three babies, has agreed not to appeal a sentence of life in prison in return for the prosecution’s agreement not to seek the death penalty. Having publicly opposed the death penalty for Gosnell, I am . . . . Continue Reading »
Gosnell agrees to forgo appeal and is spared the death sentence : A Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies who were born alive in his grimy clinic agreed Tuesday to give up his right to an appeal and faces life in prison but will be spared a death sentence. Dr. Kermit . . . . Continue Reading »
The Pro Ecclesia Annual Conference for Clergy and Laity sponsored by the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology presents “Heaven, Hell, . . . and Purgatory?” June 10, 2013, 7 p.m. - June 12, 2013, noon Loyola University, Baltimore, Maryland About the Center from the . . . . Continue Reading »
Matthew Franck offers two criticisms of my commentary on the Gosnell scandal by way of “mild dissent.” Matt’s criticisms are important and point to larger questions that deserve reflection by all pro-lifers. First, Matt observes that “the most up-to-the-minute philosophers . . . . Continue Reading »
Spring is here and summer is fast approaching, so now seems as good a time as any to offer some suggestions for reading, preferably outdoors. Since Rod Dreher’s The Little Way of Ruthie Leming has been on my mind , I’ll let it inspire my choices. The following works are frequently . . . . Continue Reading »
From our June/July issue, Glenn C. Arbery on Cory Doctorow and the theology of surveillance : Surveillance adds the dimension of unsettling intentionality to the vulnerability to technology most people already feel. The problem is not only this power granted little by little to a system of . . . . Continue Reading »
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