First Links - 8.4.10

Over 200 Military Physicians Petition for No Abortion on Military Bases Over 200 active and retired military physicians have signed a letter organized by the 16,000-member Christian Medical Association (CMA), in which they ask Senators to vote against the FY 2011 National Defense Authorization Act, . . . . Continue Reading »

Religion in College

The Religion News Service has produced a story on the most and least religious colleges , taken from the Princeton Review . Brigham Young was first, Sarah Lawrence last. We are producing our own analysis of the religious life and commitments of the top American universities and colleges, which will . . . . Continue Reading »

Federal Money in Higher Education

Former Senator Bill Armstrong is now president of Colorado Christian College, and he’s been reading the new regulations coming out of the Department of Education. He’s worried that these new regulations, designed to ensure that the federal money flowing into higher education is properly . . . . Continue Reading »

Demographics and Deflation

Last night I joined my old friend and Bear, Stearns colleague Wayne Angell—a vice chairman of the Fed’s Board of Governors two decades ago—on CNBC’s Kudlow Report . Wayne took issue with economists who fear deflation; I tend to share those fears, although for different . . . . Continue Reading »

Sources for Open Sources

I stumbled across  Open Source Catholic while looking for something entirely different, and as our webmaster says it looks like a useful site, pass it along. It includes stories with mysterious titles like  Drupal Gardens enters Open Public Beta and understandable ones like Live-Blogging . . . . Continue Reading »

Selling Jesus & Welcoming Strangers

The word “evangelism” derives from the Greek word  evangel or ” good news,” writes our web editor Joe Carter in today’s lead “On the Square” article, Selling Jesus Like a Chevy . How odd then that so much evangelism appears to be about  selling . . . . Continue Reading »

Common Ground

In nearly a year on staff at this magazine, there is one lesson that this left-leaning Jew has learned above all others: tolerance. I now work among men and women I respect for their talents, their ideals, and their views, even though—on that last point—we disagree vehemently, and often. . . . . Continue Reading »

Was William Wilberforce Complicit in Slavery?

The great English abolitionist and statesman William Wilberforce once asked, And, sir, when we think of eternity, and of the future consequences of all human conduct, what is there in this life that should make any man contradict the dictates of his conscience, the principles of justice, the laws . . . . Continue Reading »