Relatives staying too long? Christmas tree lights breaking out of the box? Johnny Mathis starting to get on your nerves? If you need a break from all the holiday cheer, take the US Religious Knowledge Quiz , sponsored by Pew. Afterwards, you can look up the results of the actual survey . . . . Continue Reading »
Ramesh Ponnuru has pointed out some of the similarities (which he carefully points out does not mean the identity ) between the political impacts of Obamacare and the Iraq War. Over on twitter, liberal writer Jamelle Bouie has argued that voters will largely judge President Obama based on economic . . . . Continue Reading »
An odd story came out of Spain this week. Or perhaps “odd” in the literal sense is the wrong word, for the story has an ironic symmetry. A 64-year-old man in the city of Jaén reported a home burglary. The victim, who happened to coach a youth soccer team, listed several electronic . . . . Continue Reading »
So I commented on Duck Dynasty below in a feverish fog and apparently in inexcusable ignorance. Mr. Robertson’s comments included not only his views on homosexuality and sexual ethics but what seem to be incredibly stereotypically unenlightened white Southern views on the Civil . . . . Continue Reading »
Earlier this year, I accepted an invitation to respond in a public forum to Kyle Duncan, a Becket Fund lawyer involved in the religious liberty cases currently addressing the provisions of the ACA. That experience turned me into something of a keen amateur legal eagle on this particular issue and, . . . . Continue Reading »
As has Rita (my wife). And so your present may be a little late this year. Big issues facing our nation: 1. A Duck guy on the reality show was so realistic as to give his real view of homosexuality and Christian sexual ethics, not to mention his own vagina monologue. When I . . . . Continue Reading »
The Cultivation of Christmas Trees Casey N. Cep, Paris Review Bonhoeffer and His Brother Alexander Kazam, Wall Street Journal Calculating Christmas William J. Tighe, Touchstone Will Richard Florida Apologize? Alec MacGillis, New Republic Fathers of the Year Douglas Kearney, Poetry . . . . Continue Reading »
Last week, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom—since 2009, the highest court in the UK—handed down what looks to be a significant decision on the meaning of “religion” in English law . The decision suggests that, for legal purposes, religion does not require a belief . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the deepest puzzles I find in the book of Genesis is its treatment of sexual desire and procreation. Whereas the man’s joy in his wife is an expression of the goodness of creation that takes place before sin and death enter the story, the woman’s desire for her husband is mentioned . . . . Continue Reading »
This is the last of four Obama-and-impeachment posts. The first, Why We Must Talk about Impeaching Obama is the one about the mechanics, about why it isn’t decisive that the Senate won’t convict, and how to consider the various arguments, touching race, elections, Joe Biden, etc., that . . . . Continue Reading »
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