Gettysburg at 150: Some Essays Jeffrey Polet, Front Porch Republic Orthodox Art as Fine Art Andrew Gould, Orthodox Arts Journal To Fight Assimilation, Stop Dumbing Down Judaism Evelyn Gordon, Commentary The Books We Preach Br. Henry Stephan, O.P., Dominicana No One Sees God Henry Becklo, Strange . . . . Continue Reading »
I love being part of ecumenical dialogues because I always learn as much about my own family of churches as I do about the other traditions represented. A few years ago I was involved in an ecumenical conversation as one of five representatives of Pentecostalism. The team members were from various . . . . Continue Reading »
Andrew Stuttaford raises a good question. If you had to choose one, would you pick Toronto’s Rob Ford administration or New York City’s John Lindsay administration? . . . . Continue Reading »
Conn Carroll has some kind things to say about Mike Lee and I agree that Lee’s approach to policy is vastly better than that of the Republican establishment as seen in the Republican National Committee’s autopsy (basically counseling ”comprehensive immigration . . . . Continue Reading »
Happy Wednesday! At Postmodern Conservative , Carl Scott grades a student and writes on happenings in Albuquerque and Kabul . Peter Leithart has three posts today, all on music: Scruton on Wittgenstein on music, Proust on music, and music by Smith Leithart . Dr. Boli has the only career advice . . . . Continue Reading »
The following remarks were delivered last night at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, DC upon reception of the Young Conservatives Coalition’s annual Buckley Award . Thank you. I am honored to be named a 2013 Buckley Award winner. In the two minutes I have tonight, I’d like to . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, it’s that time of year again, the paper-grading season. I thought I’d share a particularly amusing/appalling incident with one of my students, as captured in this email of mine: Dear Barry, As I explained in the last email, the problems with your paper are not merely superficial, . . . . Continue Reading »
Albuquereque Voters Defeat Anti-Abortion Referendum . 55 to 45%, with heavy turnout. I had some hopes for a closer outcome. Stoked by some over-optimistic social conservative reporting, no doubt. Still, is 55 to 45 a “huge” victory for pro-abortion forces, or is it yet more evidence of . . . . Continue Reading »
At the Center for Law and Religion Forum today, we have a podcast on the legislative prayer case just argued at the Supreme Court, Town of Greece v. Galloway . The podcast will be particularly useful for students and others interested in the history of legislative prayer and an . . . . Continue Reading »
Surviving a Religious Cleansing Mollie Hemingway, Federalist Squeak and Gibber John Crowley, Lapham’s Quarterly Who Was John Tavener, Anyway? Paul Elie, Everything That Rises A Postscript to Peter Steinfels George McKenna, Human Life Review The Sacred Subdivision Deborah Justice, Marginalia . . . . Continue Reading »
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