What Pope John Paul II Could Have Learned from Sinead O’Connor
Michael Brendan Dougherty, the Week
How Airbnb and Lyft Finally Got Americans to Trust Each Other
Jason Tanz, Wired
Orthodox, Celibate, Gay, and That’s OK
David Benkof, the Times of Israel
The Single Life: Where Do We Go From Here?
Carissa Mulder, Public Discourse
The Case for Divorce Reform
William J. Doherty, Family Studies
It’s not often these days that we can note positive developments concerning religious liberty—especially when it comes to same-sex marriage.But something this week is worth noting and applauding. Fifty-eight supporters of same-sex marriage affixed their name to a laudable statement that . . . . Continue Reading »
As an adopted child I experienced a slow, unfolding consciousness of dissimilarity. It began with an awareness of distinctions in physiology and continued to differences in behavior. There was always an inner sense, an inchoate yet nagging suspicion that “maybe” such differences . . . . Continue Reading »
The Drinking Age Is Past Its Prime
Camille Paglia, Time
China on Path to be Largest Christian Country
Tom Phillips, The Montreal Gazette
Up (with) the Establishment!
Paul Lukas, Uni-Watch
Shakespeare, Heartthrob
John Paul Rollert, The Paris Review
Why Conservatives See Rural America as the “Real” America
Matt K. Lewis, The Week
Episode Two of this season’s Mad Men could have been titled “For Love or Money.” On Valentine’s Day 1969, some of the folks at Sterling, Cooper & Partners are clearly doing their jobs just for the money. Others are doing their jobs for love of the job, or for love of someone on the job. Continue Reading »
Good feasting should be accompanied with good music. Continuing the celebration of the Easter Octave, here are a few recommendations:This day gradual-ly came on Easter Sunday: William Byrd (c. 1540–1623), Haec Dies Continue Reading »
With the movement into the Easter cycle on the liturgical calendar, the churches enter into an extended period of reflection on their mission in the world. Continue Reading »
Bonfire of the Humanities
Patrick Symmes, Outside
Susan Sontag on Beauty vs. Interestingness
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings
Why Fight When We Can Eat?
Daniella Peled, Roads and Kingdoms
On Piketty’s Capital: What Is Wealth?
Matt Bruenig, Demos
Everything You Need to Know About Prisons
Dara Lind, Vox
A properly functioning moral conscience is formed by a variety of authoritative influences, including parental upbringing, teachers, churches, workplaces, and peers. Continue Reading »
A growing number of legal scholars question whether a justification exists for protecting religion as its own category. Yes, the text of the First Amendment refers specifically to religion, they concede, but that’s an anachronism. As a matter of principle, religion as such doesn’t merit . . . . Continue Reading »
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