Timothy Winter, a Muslim scholar who serves as director of studies at Wolfson College Cambridge, has drawn criticism after videos surfaced in which he criticizes homosexual acts. “You don’t even understand what your bodies are for,” Winter says. “How ignorant can you get? . . . . Continue Reading »
I spent a year of my life living as Nick Carraway, the narrator of The Great Gatsby , after I had answered a simple newspaper ad: “Waterfront 1BR Cottage. $215 mo. Refs. Req.” The landlord was an expatriate Polish aristocrat, regal in his every fiber. The tiny cottage was a wonder, . . . . Continue Reading »
Summertime in America. It’s a different kind of season. Kids are out of school. Parents are taking vacation days. The weather is warm, the beaches are full, and even the most business-minded among us loosen the collar just a bit. Summer has a slower pace, and that slower pace makes it the . . . . Continue Reading »
In chapter 2 of my own Political Visions and Illusions , I trace the development of liberalism in five stages: (1) the Hobbesian commonwealth, (2) the night watchman state, (3) the regulatory state, (4) the equal-opportunity state, and (5) the choice-enhancement state. The movement from each stage . . . . Continue Reading »
The Consecration Robert Fay, Booth The Un-humanitarian Charity of Martin de Porres Anthony Esolen, Touchstone The Joyful Sorrow of Pascha Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos, Mystagogy God Doesn’t Guarantee a Broadway Smash Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Wall Street Journal The Sex Lives of Unmarried . . . . Continue Reading »
Ross Douthat is on a roll lately. He points out that the recent Oregon study indicates that expanding health care coverage isn’t the most cost effective way to improve the well being of the poor and lower middle-class. I would agree, but I would put the emphasis in different places, not . . . . Continue Reading »
1. So H.T., in the Ivan the K thread below, says that the writings of Leo Strauss are “utterly trivial.” And he so certain he’s right that he says that the burden is on others to prove him wrong. But “we Straussians” (even we lapsed Straussians) shouldn’t be . . . . Continue Reading »
The 36 million in a sense murdered by Mao and the Chinese communist leadership. Here’s my original post which attempted to visualize the number using our Vietnam War memorial as a prop, a post most important for its links to the must-see documentary China: The Mao Years. That post was on the . . . . Continue Reading »
I thank everyone who has posted comments on my article on Friday responding to Professor Reno, and I have a few responses. To Rick: I agree that complex regulations often benefit large firms because large firms, but not their smaller competitors, can hire sophisticated counsel that allow the . . . . Continue Reading »
In his treatise On Spiritual Friendship , Aelred of Rievaulx, a 12th-century Cistercian abbot, insists that we need to test our beliefs about friendship with Scripture. The treatise is a series of dialogues in which three monks join Aelred to examine their ideas about friendship in . . . . Continue Reading »
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