http://vimeo.com/68504126#at=0 Over the last couple of months, I have written a few posts related to Calvinism’s place in the Southern Baptist Convention. Recent events at Louisiana College have figured prominently in discussions on this topic. Last week at the annual meeting of the Southern . . . . Continue Reading »
Authenticity and the Catholic Educator Matt Emerson, Ignatian Educator Pascal Bruckner, Gallic Gadfly Emily Eakin, Chronicle of Higher Education Welcome to the Mental Ward Anthony Esolen, Crisis Can Liturgical Music Be Saved? Patrick O’Hannigan, American Spectator A Europe Divided by the . . . . Continue Reading »
“Democrats Defend Killing of Viable Fetuses to Appease Vocal Base” But of course, we are not surprised to see ” G.O.P. Pushes New Abortion Limits to Appease Vocal Base .” It’s good to know there some constants in the universe that we can rely upon. . . . . Continue Reading »
Ellery Schempp, at 16 years of age in 1956, stayed in his seat while the rest of his high school class stood to recite the Lord’s prayer; he flipped through the Koran while his homeroom teacher recited ten verses from the Bible. What began as a quite protest in his Philadelphia high school . . . . Continue Reading »
That’s my argument at Public Discourse today: Some astute observers have noticed the dimensions of the problem and called attention to it. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed a brief in both marriage cases now pending in the Supreme Court, arguing that the Court should not interfere . . . . Continue Reading »
Why Pharisees Matter Derek Leman, Messianic Jewish Musings Ulysses in Three Minutes Anne Tyrrell, Paul Kennedy and Robert Gogan, Irish Times The Difference Between a Pilgrim and a Tourist Marc Barnes, Bad Catholic The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715 David Auerbach, Los Angeles Review of . . . . Continue Reading »
Rubio is now willing to occasionally admit that his Gang of Eight immigration plan provides for amnesty first and border security and internal enforcement either later or never. Meanwhile, a Rubio advisor has been caught arguing for a larger low-skill guest worker program despite double . . . . Continue Reading »
Scott Galupo is right about Santorum’s speech. I was remiss not to link to it over the weekend. Good for Santorum for saying: One after another, they talked about the business they had built. But not a single—not a single —factory worker went out there . . . Not a single janitor, . . . . Continue Reading »
Today’s linguistic trivia: According to the “NB” column in the Times Literary Supplement (in the May 24th issue, not available online), the phrase “I don’t give a damn” ought to be “I don’t give a dam.” The dam is an Indian copper . . . . Continue Reading »
My colleague at Houston Baptist University, Sara Frear, entered the blogosphere today. I think her inaugural piece, “No News Is Good News,” might be of interest to many readers of First Things . At one point she writes: But is the good really the norm? With all the brokenness of . . . . Continue Reading »
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