Learning from Adam Smith About Education

by Joseph Knippenberg

Our political leaders generally discuss education in terms of economic development and competitiveness. Adam Smith, arguably the founder of modern economics, did not. Continue Reading »

12 Feb 2014 0

No True Detective

by Julia Yost

The fourth episode of HBO’s True Detective could have been titled “Women and Children.” The opening scene, an interrogation of the prisoner Charlie Laing, flags our heroes’ separate preoccupations. When Laing refers to his “wife” the late Dora, Marty corrects . . . . Continue Reading »

12 Feb 2014 0

Identity or Temptation?

by Matthew J. Franck

I have been trying to think of whether to say something about the “gay Christian” debate that has sputtered rather intermittently into life around here. One does not want to give gratuitous offense. I have found myself strongly drawn to the arguments of Austin Ruse (who has written . . . . Continue Reading »

12 Feb 2014 0

Marriage and Celibacy: Lifelong Grace One Day at a Time

by Betsy Childs Howard

While marriage and celibacy may technically be opposites, they have at least one thing in common. Both can seem overwhelming when one imagines them lasting for a lifetime. Continue Reading »

12 Feb 2014 0

A Defense of Downton’s Nostalgia

by Peter Lawler

George Will criticizes me for using my comments on Downton Abbey’s “astute nostalgia” to see me giving a conservative defense of the welfare state. His criticism depends on reading part of what I say out of context. Continue Reading »

12 Feb 2014 0

First Links — 2.12.14

by Matthew Cantirino

Benedict the meek, the case against populism, and more daily articles of interest. Continue Reading »

12 Feb 2014 0

Enough Talk About Entrepreneurs

by Pete Spiliakos

In the documentary “Mitt,” Romney talks about a business owner who was complaining about his tax burden. The business owner didn’t just pay income taxes. There were also the payroll taxes and gas taxes. Fair enough, but what about Romney’s infamous 47 percent comment in . . . . Continue Reading »

12 Feb 2014 0

La Petite Mort et la Grande Mort

by Douglas Farrow

I admire the Archbishop of Montreal, Christian Lépine, for speaking out against the new euthanasia program that our politicians have sanctified by calling “medical aid in dying.” Rumour has it that he was forced to buy his own space to do so, inasmuch as Quebec papers proved . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Feb 2014 0

First Links — 2.11.14

by Matthew Cantirino

Thomistic cocktails, why dogs aren’t human (sorry), and more daily articles of interest. Continue Reading »

11 Feb 2014 0

Evangelicals, Pop Culture, and Mass Culture

by Dale M. Coulter

The issue of populism in the Evangelical ethos raises a concern for the need to differentiate between pop culture as folk culture and pop culture as mass culture. At its best, Evangelicalism seeks to preserve and foster folk culture and the critics of Evangelical piety need to recognize this . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Feb 2014 0