This time, it’s actually Friday! Here’s what we have for you today. At Postmodern Conservative , a serious response to Patrick Deneen, and some further thoughts on liberty . Peter Leithart is still reading about Rosenstock-Huessy , but he is also reading about Elijah . Dr. Boli . . . . Continue Reading »
Often, in my class on law and religion at St. Johns, we address difficult questions about where to draw the line on religious autonomy. How far should the state go in accommodating religious practices that conflict with state rules? Or, put in reverse, how much freedom from state control can . . . . Continue Reading »
The Washington Post has a story this week about vandalism at a Protestant cemetery in Jerusalem. The vandals toppled stone crosses from graves and smashed them to pieces. The incident is the latest in a string of recent attacks on Christian sites in Israel: The attack joins a list of high-profile . . . . Continue Reading »
The Funeral-Industrial Complex Jessica Mitford, Lapham’s Quarterly Simplicity Without Iconoclasm Duncan Stroik, Sacred Architecture Can We Get Our Heads Around Consciousness? Michael Hanlon, Aeon CGI Apocalypse: The Veiling of Nature Stratford Caldecott, Imaginative Conservative What . . . . Continue Reading »
In a comment on my last post , Karen K wrote, I wonder if your book will be exploring the practical aspects too? What I see is difficulty in people knowing how to form these kinds of deep friendships. So many lonely people walking around and we cant seem to break through the barriers to . . . . Continue Reading »
So it’s hardly surprising that you’d find in Yuval’s journal a sensible and rigorous criticism of “the presumption of liberty” theory of judicial review (by Joel Alicea). Here’s a taste: Barnett’s presumption eliminates the need to demonstrate a conflict . . . . Continue Reading »
A report published this week by the Irish Health Information and Quality Authority into the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar, the woman who died while seventeen weeks pregnant in an Irish hospital, has determined that she failed to receive the most basic of care and that numerous . . . . Continue Reading »
First off, I direct you to the threads for lots of good stuff—including very complicated and smart musings by Escoffier on just how strange Mansfield’s interpretation of Machiavelli is, together with a Big Mach numerology puzzler (for those who care about such stuff). Other news: The . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s Thursdaythat day that is, for some reason, not a Friday, but which will sometimes let you bumble along believing it to be a Friday until about 3:00 in the afternoon. I am, of course, not speaking from experience. Anyway, here’s what we have for you to read: At Postmodern . . . . Continue Reading »
As I continue to work on my book on friendship , a project primarily for other celibate gay/lesbian/same-sex attracted Christians, Im increasingly aware of the need to speak honestly about all the ways friendship can involve significant disappointment and struggle. Finding the appropriate way . . . . Continue Reading »