In my last post , I pointed out the way that some Christians have exploited the ambiguous meaning of the word “gay” to make misleading promises (like “You don’t have to be gay”) to others. Today, I want to look at how the word is sometimes used to mislead . . . . Continue Reading »
Christopher Mahoney, former vice chairman of Moody’s, set back ecumenism by several years this week when he charged Protestants with being incapable of understanding monetary policy . His argument, or at least his assertion, was that Protestants refuse to countenance loose money policies even . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s On the Square , Kaye DeMetz gives a delightful introduction to a little-known medieval playwright, Hrosvitha of Gandersheim: Hrosvitha’s heroines laugh even at death. Her central characters almost seem to take pleasure in sacrificing their lives for virtue. Callimachus, . . . . Continue Reading »
In the Boston Globe : . . . Silva, who is now at Harvard University on a postdoctoral fellowship, set out to talk with some of these young people about how they were managing the transition to adulthood in the post-industrial economy. In 100 in-depth, in-person interviews, she found a new . . . . Continue Reading »
Maia Szalavitz reports: Recent claims about the hookup culture among college students are greatly exaggerated, it seems. Despite racy headlines suggesting that college kids are increasingly choosing casual liaisons over serious relationships, a new study presented at the annual meeting of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Writing in The Weekly Standard , Jon Breen makes the bold claim that Christian crime fiction has come of age in the novels of J. Mark Bertrand. Three weeks and three books later, I have come up for air ready to testify to Bertand’s talent. Yet in spite of the fact that his books have a . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m not the biggest fan of debates in their current form, but they do give voters the chance to see candidates interact with each other and explain themselves. Debates can gives a sense of how well candidates understand their own policy proposals and the obvious objections to those . . . . Continue Reading »
Give Up the Ghost Stefany Anne Golberg, Smart Set Mary, Like the Moon Fr. Robert Barron, Word on Fire Deconstruction and the Nature of God’s Grace Caroline Suresh, Dartmouth Apologia Why Attack Churches? Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary Must Every Kids’ Movie Reinforce Self-Esteem? Luke . . . . Continue Reading »
We’re about to enter into a bio-technological revolution that will fundamentally change how children are conceived, gestated, born—-and understood. The science is advancing rapidly. Of equal important are social attitudes. A recent Pew study shows that the American public is largely . . . . Continue Reading »
Russel Arben Fox provides a first-class and link-rich overview of Elshtain’s career over at Front Porch Republic . He reminds me of much that I learned from her. Like Fox, I think a highlight of her career was a number of essays and reviews she wrote for The New Republic in the 1990s. Unlike . . . . Continue Reading »
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