In Homecoming , a journalist explains “What soldiers are searching for when they return from the frontlines.” (Interested readers will want to read our In the Name of the Sons .) In Whistling past the graveyard , a law professor reviews Stephen D. Smith’s new book The . . . . Continue Reading »
According to a story on ucanews.com , the website of the Union of Catholic Asian News, Christian leaders in Pakistan are urging their followers not to engage in discussions of Islamic doctrine with their Muslim neighbors. This warning came after the arrest of two Pakistani Christian brothers on . . . . Continue Reading »
One last item on the subject of praying for Christopher Hitchens, which I discussed here and a few days later here . The idea enraged some of our atheist readers and baffled even a few Christians. I bring it up again to pass on something sent me by our frequent contributor Father Edward Oakes. . . . . Continue Reading »
Paul Hockenos has a fine article in The Chronicle of Higher Education detailing plans by the German government to establish institutes for the study of Islamic theology. In Germany, the universites have faculties of Protestant and Catholic theology responsible not only for academic study but also . . . . Continue Reading »
The ongoing pogrom against babies with Down syndrome continues. In Australia, from whence I recently returned, two couples have sued their doctors for failing to diagnose their then unborn babies as having Down—thereby denying them the right to terminate the pregnancies. From the . . . . Continue Reading »
Pakistan Christians told to stay silent on Islam , UCA News In the wake of recent blasphemy accusations against Christians, Faisalabad Church leaders have warned Catholics not to discuss Islamic doctrine. “Do not talk about the religion [of the majority]. Our survival depends on this,” . . . . Continue Reading »
Being in New York in the run up to the 2008 presidential election was an interesting experience. All in a day’s walk, I’d pass vendors and happy consumers of Obama paintings, Obama rhinestone T-shirts, even Obama condoms. Sometime in October that year, a friend asked me if I could feel . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday, Ross Douthat has a thoughtful column that brings forward data that confirms what everybody knows. In the race for admissions to fancy private colleges and universities it doesn’t help to be a white and relatively poor Jane or Joe “For minority applicants,” Douthat writes, . . . . Continue Reading »
In Ecumenism. The True Story of a War That Never Was , the Italian journalist Sandro Magister reports that “The patriarchs of Moscow and Constantinople threatened a complete break with Rome in 2003. The pretext was Ukraine. But at the Vatican, Kasper and Ratzinger defused the danger.” . . . . Continue Reading »
When President Obama promised not to enforce federal marijuana law in states where medical marijuana laws exist, he violated his oath of office and opened the door to widespread criminality. Now, there may be factory pot farms established in Oakland. From the story:Oakland could approve a plan . . . . Continue Reading »
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