“Father’s Day is to neckties what St. Patrick’s Day is to beer,” says R. R. Reno in today’s column . The commercialization almost certainly distorts our proper impulse to honor our mothers and fathers, but in the main it’s a good thing. Those tee-totaling matronly . . . . Continue Reading »
“Will Davis Campbell, who died earlier this month at age 88,” says Timothy George in today’s column , “was one of the last surviving icons of the civil rights movement.” Wherever violence erupted or trouble threatened—at lunch counters, boycotts, voting lines, in . . . . Continue Reading »
In short piece for The American Scholar , William Deresiewicz reflects on the holy words of a (supposedly) secular culture . These are words, Deresiewicz suggests, that are “possessed of something like magical powers, a kind of ideological open sesame .” He lists freedom , equality , and . . . . Continue Reading »
The 2012 Israeli film “Fill the Void,” now being released in the U.S., is almost unique in being about haredi Jews and directed by a member of that sector. Haredi Jews are that sector of orthodox Jews who isolate themselves as much as possible from gentile, and indeed from all . . . . Continue Reading »
THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE’s “State of the Union” has seen that Pete. And Rick Santorum doesn’t measure up yet. . . . . Continue Reading »
Free the China 16! Faith McDonnell, Juicy Ecumenism A Lament for Skepticism Enoch Kuo, Princeton Revisions The Anticlerical Pope? Russell Shaw, Catholic World Report Common Fault Lines in Evangelical Approaches to Homosexuality Kevin DeYoung, Gospel Coalition Defeating the Barbarians Rabbi Jonathan . . . . Continue Reading »
Which is to say, not just fathers but fathers married to the mothers of their children. Those who insist Americans should approve, or at least not worry about, the growing number of what are somewhat euphemistically called non-traditional families “conveniently ignore, or are in complete . . . . Continue Reading »
A lot of conversation on social media—not to mention with my wife—caused me to introduce these points as conversation starters: 1. One big difference between Ellis and Mattie is that Ellis doesn’t lose his leg as a result of the snake bite. We see his leg swelling up in such a way . . . . Continue Reading »
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