In today’s On the Square, David Mills pushes back against the libertarians’ attempt to redefine of conservatism and marriage : But what first struck me was Steorts’ claim—one of the bases for his prescription for his radical reinterpretation of marriage—that “a . . . . Continue Reading »
Back in 2008, Catholic law professor Doug Kmiec raised eyebrows—and ire—among his fellow(?) conservatives by saying of the most pro-abortion candidate in history, ” I do not understand Senator Obama to be pro-abortion . . . ” For his vocal support as an “Obamacon,” . . . . Continue Reading »
The NHS has gone from rationing the most expensive for whom to care and the elderly, to a general withholding of care to people with regular conditions. From the story:Growing numbers of patients are being denied treatment for conditions such as loss of sight, arthritis and infertility as the NHS . . . . Continue Reading »
This explains my absence. It wasn’t out of any lack of love and respect for each and every one of you. . . . . Continue Reading »
I am confused. A man named Jeffrey Locker wanted to kill himself and paid Kenneth Minor to help do the deed. His reason? He was broke and he wanted the life insurance to help his family. And yet despite having the consent of Locker to be made dead, Minor is going to the penitentiary for 20 years. . . . . Continue Reading »
Next Saturday, the Center for Catholic Studies at Nassau Community College on Long Island is holding a conference on Catholic Social Thought, Social Science and Social Policy . The center is run by Dr. Joseph Varacalli , one of the founders of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists. I hope . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, we’ve had our discussions about budgets as moral documents and now have reached a budget deal that went right up to the brink of a government shutdown.To those friends of mine who are also Christians, but identify more with the left than the right, I have a question for you: Just . . . . Continue Reading »
Several years ago, I wrote about the woeful decline in the taking of the Hippocratic Oath, and the pabulum replacements that really did not require new doctors to pledge anything very meaningful at all. From my 2006 piece, “Harm Done,” in NRO:Unfortunately, we live in an age when . . . . Continue Reading »
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Last winter Sherif Girgis, Ryan T. Anderson, and Robert P. George posted online their paper What is Marriage? , a comprehensive, accessible argument for the view that marriage necessarily involves one man and one woman. The article was an unlikely hit, climbing to become the number one paper on . . . . Continue Reading »
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