Happy Friday! As we head toward the weekend, and inch toward Thanksgiving, here’s some reading for you: Over at Postmodern Conservative , Pete Spiliakos is in favor of the filibuster rule change. Maureen Mullarkey takes on “art in drag” (as science). Today, Peter Leithart is . . . . Continue Reading »
Members of the Society of St. Pius X have distinguished themselves by disrupting a service commemorating Kristallnacht, a service held in the cathedral in Buenos Aires and previously hosted by the man who is now pope. The service they declared a “profanation” because a rabbi was leading . . . . Continue Reading »
Three notable men died on this date fifty years ago. Most of the attention on this anniversary belongs to John F. Kennedy, assassinated in Dallas by a lone communist (somehow it is necessary to use both the adjective and the noun to quash various conspiracy theories). A strong . . . . Continue Reading »
Spain’s History Wars Filipe Fernández-Arnesto, Times Literary Supplement Kennedy’s Ambiguities Kenneth L. Woodward, Tablet Aztec Political Thought Xavier Marquez, Abandoned Footnotes Lewis the Imaginative Man Laura C. Mallonee, Poetry Foundation Hymns for . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m all for it. Given the recent polarization of the two parties, coherent policy can now only be made during rare moments of overwhelming control by one party. The rest of the time, policy either gets made by inertia (the expiration of the Bush tax cuts on the highest earners) or else you . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s Thursday! Here’s what we have for you to read today: Over at Postmodern Conservative , Carl Scott wants to clean house and Pete Spiliakos wants to qualify certain praises of Mike Lee. Peter Leithart on the body and the soul: the ear , the bones , and hunger (more here ). Dr. Boli . . . . Continue Reading »
A scholar of early modern political thought once commented that reading Locke’s critique of Filmer is like watching a wolf tear up a teddy bear. Much the same could be said of Glenn Moots’ review of Steven Pinker’s The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined . Moots . . . . Continue Reading »
Lutheran Forum recently came to the end of its 2013 Theological Reading Challenge, with the last document on the reading-list being “The Gospel and the Church” (alternately known as “The Malta Report”). This 1972 document—a production of Lutheran-Catholic . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m but one of a ten-thousand strong army of conservative hobbyist pundits. I’m not a reporter, nor any sort of investigator. But there are bloggers out there who are more of the investigative type, who know the web well, and they should look into this story , of death threats issued by . . . . Continue Reading »
Thomas F. Farr’s article from our October 2013 issue is now available for you to read on our website for free. Farr argues that the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act has not been adequately implemented, and reports on its ineffectiveness in current diplomatic affairs. He states: . . . . Continue Reading »
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