Today’s On the Square selections are all about what we hear. Here’s Peter J. Leithart considering the way people in the past related to Scripture: They were as saturated in Scripture as we are in entertainment and advertisements. They read the Bible, of course, but because they studied . . . . Continue Reading »
Fr. Permoli and the First Amendment Hadley Arkes, Catholic Thing Is the Nation-State Dying? Alan Wolfe, Chronicle of Higher Education Baptism by the Holy Spirit and Baptism by the Spirit of the Age Peter Berger, American Interest Finding Others in the Dark Win Bassett, Los Angeles Review of . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, it’s time we gave Carl an “ism,” joining Ralphists and the wavists. For one thing, Carl has displayed who is he is a very unguarded and deep way in his response to Tom West below. And a small group of very distinguished inside-the-beltway public intellectuals contacted me . . . . Continue Reading »
[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”466”] Staff at Abercrombie & Fitch Store, London (BBC) [/caption] Here’s an interesting case that reveals much about the way American mass marketers view religion and “diversity.” This week, a . . . . Continue Reading »
Murray Bessette has supplied us with a very expert summary of “the other” Strauss-Kojeve panel. I heard from our Ralph and others that it was very good and even entertaining. I didn’t go because it was at the same time as the NSF panel. And, of course, in accordance with the rule . . . . Continue Reading »
Just under two weeks ago, I noted on First Thoughts the news that the province of Quebec was planning to outlaw public employees from wearing overt religious garb. While aspects of the proposed “Charter of Quebec Values” had been leaked, at the time the government hadn’t officially . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s On the Square , Douglas Farrow wants to talk about Quebec: The Hon. Bernard Drainville, Minister responsible for Democratic Institutions and Active Citizenship, has finally announced the government’s intention to produce a Charter of Quebec Values, with attendant alterations . . . . Continue Reading »
This was initially composed as a comment to what West says in the “American Liberty: An Introduction” thread below—it’s still pretty off-the-cuff and rough-draft, even if Peter would say that somewhere around the 700 word mark it probably needs a GONG intervention. Tom, you and . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s On the Square , Russell E. Saltzman remembers Jenifer Estess, the actress who lost her career and her life to A.L.S.: I never met her, not really, though thirteen years ago we once spent a long morning in same U.S. Senate hearing room. We were on opposing sides of a debate on . . . . Continue Reading »
The Wall Street Journal recently asked “How Many Times Can a Tale Be Told?” The piece comments on our superabundance of translations of classic texts and the fact that more come out every year. Why do we need so many translations? One of the books that we seem to have too many . . . . Continue Reading »
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