My friends and fellow bloggers are talking about metaphysics. So, I will jump in. Matt Milliner announces, “Attempts to overcome metaphysics [have] been shown to be themselves irrepressibly metaphysical.” Matt Anderson insists:Either a natural order exists, or we impose it. Either . . . . Continue Reading »
Tomorrow in “On the Square,” senior editor R.R. Reno will explain what is a far greater but also subtler danger to the intellectual than error. Until then, you may want to read or check teh discussion of today’s “On the Square” article, senior editor David . . . . Continue Reading »
I was on Barry Lynn’s Culture Shocks radio program today. Lynn is a political liberal and he and I have disagreed about issues before. But he and I were rock and rolling about animal rights versus animal welfare and the subversive nature of animal rights advocacy. Check it . . . . Continue Reading »
Every so often, Gallup and other polling companies go around the world asking the citizens of different lands how happy they are. Forbes ’ website today published the most recent iteration of the “happiness” poll , in which the Scandinavians, as usual, came out on top. Also among . . . . Continue Reading »
Last week the New York Times carried one of those slow news, feel good, summertime stories . The recently renovated museum of the history of science in Florence was christened the Galileo Museum, honoring one of the most famous scientists of the early modern era. Simple story, it would seem. But . . . . Continue Reading »
A study by USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism confirms what anyone who uses the Internet already know: Internet users want everything for free . Millions of Americans use Twitter — just don’t ask any of them to pay for it. The annual study of the impact of the . . . . Continue Reading »
A very light day. The Buddhist nation of Bhutan Proposes an ‘Anti-Conversion’ Law that will punish “proselytizing” that “uses coercion or other forms of inducement,” a law Christians fear is so broadly worded that they will be falsely accused. Adam Kirsch’s . . . . Continue Reading »
This isn’t an BIID case, but it is disturbing nonetheless. A disabled girl wants her leg amputated so she can better engage in sports. From the story:A brave schoolgirl has decided to have her leg amputated—because she wants to become a world-class athlete. Danielle Bradshaw, 11, . . . . Continue Reading »
For those who like this kind of thing, here is something sent to Father Edward Oakes by a reader of his E.T., Phone Here . It’s a selection from the first epistle of Alexander Pope’s An Essay on Man . Say first, of God above, or man below, What can we reason, but from what we know? Of . . . . Continue Reading »
An order of Benedictine nuns near Avignon have just signed a record deal with Universal Music—the same label that brought you Lady GaGa and U2—for an album of Gregorian Chant. The nuns are from the Abbaye de Notre-Dame de l’Annonciation in Le Barroux and their congregation was . . . . Continue Reading »
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