Postmodern Conservatism and Libertarianism

by Peter Lawler

Postmodern conservatives see both good and bad in the libertarian drift of our time.  Continue Reading »

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First Links — 1.31.14

by Matthew Cantirino

An altar on a farm, a nautilus on Boston’s Episcopal cathedral, and more daily articles of interest. Continue Reading »

31 Jan 2014 0

Broke, Disorganized, and Easily Distracted

by Pete Spiliakos

What the Republican establishment thinks of you. Continue Reading »

31 Jan 2014 0

B. B. Warfield and Charismatic History

by Greg Forster

Dale Coulter is right that some of our Reformed friends need to quit trying to read charismatic claims out of Protestantism. But B. B. Warfield was better on these issues than they are. Continue Reading »

30 Jan 2014 0

Equivocation and Contraception: A Response to Rachel Held Evans

by Denny Burk

Rachel Held Evans has recently written a lengthy blog post expressing her take on the morality of contraception. She says that evangelical thinking on the matter has been distorted by “male privilege” and by misguided statements from Republican politicians. In the background of her . . . . Continue Reading »

30 Jan 2014 0

Leo Strauss for Believers

by Ralph Hancock

Leo Strauss reminds us that Christians are not exempt from the deeply political responsibility of reason. Continue Reading »

30 Jan 2014 0

Banning Circumcision in Scandinavia

by Mark Movsesian

A serious campaign is underway in Scandinavia to ban the non-therapeutic circumcision of boys. A Danish doctors’ association says that, unless medically indicated, circumcision is a kind of child abuse. A Swedish medical association recommends setting the minimum age for the procedure at 12 . . . . Continue Reading »

30 Jan 2014 0

First Links — 1.30.14

by Matthew Cantirino

Aquinas the dramatist, Yale in 1979, and more daily articles of interest. Continue Reading »

30 Jan 2014 0

Culture and Disenchantment

by Dale M. Coulter

The quest to find a unifying principle for the new forms of republicanism that sprouted in the wake of the French and American revolutions preoccupied the nineteenth century. One proposal was for democracies to look to culture as an organizing center for a common life, because culture concerned . . . . Continue Reading »

29 Jan 2014 0

Natural Law in the Fever Swamp

by Joseph Knippenberg

Anthony Murray worries that—shudder—some Supreme Court justices believe in natural law. It’s too bad that he really doesn’t know the first thing about that topic. Continue Reading »

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