Dean Koontz recently released the latest installment in his Odd Thomas series, Deeply Odd . These supernatural thrillers have gained quite a following among conservatives because the books reject moral relativism and critique America’s political correctness. Though they are thrillers, the . . . . Continue Reading »
Substitutionary Atonement and Disgraced Politicians Jake Meador, Mere Orthodoxy Outing Scientism Peter Lawler, Weekly Standard In Defense of Andrew Greeley Fr. Robert Barron, RealClearReligion 1913: The World Before the Fall Jacob Heilbrunn, Daily Beast Naturalism in the News Edward Feser . . . . Continue Reading »
An introduction that proves to be a deep and thought-provoking, and even convicting, introduction: Leon Kass on The Ten Commandments , with the subtitled “Why the Decalogue Matters.” For example, this summary of “Honor thy father and thy mother”: Summing up: the . . . . Continue Reading »
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Liberty Forum at the Online Library of Law and Liberty posted an essay this month by George Mason Professor Frank Buckley arguing that the ministerial form of executive government in parliamentary systems better protects liberty than does the presidential form of executive government in . . . . Continue Reading »
The postmodern age is open to hearing that we all have worldviews—basic assumptions that spool into a narrative about who we are, where we come from, and what we ought to be doing. Whether we come to our worldviews through a kind of cultural osmosis, or whether we stand upon well-articulated . . . . Continue Reading »
The fifth edition of the American Psychological Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders “is also, frankly, a disaster for children assigned behavioural disorders,” says Northwestern professor Christopher Lane, interviewed by Spiked! . . . . Continue Reading »
As Raymond Tallis points out over at The Guardian , philosophy is one tough bird to kill—even the question-begging broadside of Stephen Hawking and his reductionistic hunting party can’t quite bring her down. In fact, says Tallis, the very people who deny the relevance . . . . Continue Reading »
In my last post , I mentioned the frequently heard claim that friendship plays a diminished role in contemporary Western culture because we have elevated romantic love unduly. Here’s Paul O’Callaghan : “We live in a society that exalts erotic love as the supreme fulfillment available . . . . Continue Reading »
Searching for the New Mind of the South Michael Schulson, Religion & Politics Ave atque vale Donald Kagan, New Criterion A Map of American Speech NC State University Political Common Goods Are of a Fixed Size James Chastek, Just Thomism Why an NFL Player Skipped a White House Visit Joel Gehrke, . . . . Continue Reading »
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