I have been fighting the euthanasia agenda since 1993. During that time, the arguments haven’t changed much, although the euphemisms have. But even after all those years, I still marvel that many euthanasia/assisted suicide promoters think the “choice” is as sterile as . . . . Continue Reading »
Responding to Matthew Anderson’s new CT article, Joe Knippenberg kicked off an interesting conversation on evangelicals and natural law. If you want to see a fair test case of evangelicals and Catholics working to figure out how to talk to each other about this, check out the comment thread. . . . . Continue Reading »
The comments below are right insofar as I joined into Dr. Pat Deneen’s polemic against Fascism. Nonetheless, it’s true that Brad Thompson does pretty much call Strauss and some Straussians at least something close to Fascists. The allegation amount to this: Anyone who promotes personal . . . . Continue Reading »
In this morning’s On the Square, Russell Saltzman recalls his time working on a friend’s political campaign, the pain of voter rejection—even when not a rejection of you personally—and concedes the possibility of a noble politician: Did I learn anything? Yes, a few things. I . . . . Continue Reading »
Thaddeus Kozinski considers the recent debate between Hadley Arkes and Matthew O’Brien—which he views as presenting competing eudaimonistic and deontological theories of moral philosophy—and offers an alternate theological-traditionalist account of ethics : As I said at the outset, . . . . Continue Reading »
And the winner is . . . Pride and Prejudice By a margin of 55 to 44 percent, Pride and Prejudice beat The Hobbit —and 62 other contenders—to win the second annual Tournament of Novels. Thanks to everyone that participated. Beginning next March we’ll once again take . . . . Continue Reading »
Whiplash! Representative Anthony Weiner (D-NY) has been fighting back ferociously against those bad opponents of Obamacare! From a Dana Milbank column in the Washington Post:It is the first anniversary of the health-care law approached this week, many Democratic lawmakers went to ground, leaving . . . . Continue Reading »
Matthew Lee Anderson offers a helpful summary, both of the most prominent “natural law” arguments regarding marriage and of the “evangelical” hesitations regarding them. You can read the Robert George, et al paper here , brief accounts of the Protestant stance . . . . Continue Reading »
The CIA’s invention of Facebook has saved the government millions of dollars. CIA’s ‘Facebook’ Program Dramatically Cut Agency’s Costs . . . . Continue Reading »
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