As we continue our discussion of popular music and its discontents , I opened up the paper this morning to find a charming tribute to the place and milieu in which I grew up: the New Jersey hardcore scene. Although it’s partly a record review, the piece does a good job capturing the local . . . . Continue Reading »
I guess if our government’s Democratic leaders don’t get their way on Obamacare, they would just as soon tear the country apart. Having lost the political debate over Obamacare, and apparently unable to muster sufficient votes in the House to pass the Senate version of the bill as . . . . Continue Reading »
Continuing with my reply to JohnMark Reynolds’ original response, JMR said this:My view of the forms of government described in the Bible follows this pattern. The Bible gives us no sanctified form of government for this life.See: I think that JMR has made a somewhat-obvious oversight here: . . . . Continue Reading »
The real danger to children comes from messages like the one reproduced to the left, since it could scare parents out of providing their children important—indeed, potentially life saving—vaccines. This is particularly true now that the unlikely charge against vaccines as causing autism . . . . Continue Reading »
Does First Things influence American culture?James Davison Hunter, a professor of religion, culture, and social theory at the University of Virginia, would probably say “No” in his latest book, To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern . . . . Continue Reading »
The very smart, very serious Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, has an op-ed in the Washington Post called “If Republicans Keep Ignoring Abortion, They’ll Lose in the Midterm Elections.” She writes: Republicans oppose President Obama’s health-care . . . . Continue Reading »
Congressman Stupak agrees with your assessment , Steve. From an interview today with National Review Online : Stupak notes that his negotiations with House Democratic leaders in recent days have been revealing. “I really believe that the Democratic leadership is simply unwilling to change its . . . . Continue Reading »
“[M]y daughter, who has been studying Boethius, the great systematizer of the quadrivium, explained to me the connections between the arts of the quadrivium, in a way that also helped me see the way mathematics really does provide a unifying model for the order and design that underlies all . . . . Continue Reading »
Please excuse this excursion into areas not of direct concern to matters SHS. But my pal (and co-author) Ralph Nader deserves significant credit that he is being denied. Apparently, we have the lowest auto death rate in history. From the story:The fourth quarter of 2009 was the . . . . Continue Reading »
An Alaskan wolf pack apparently hunted and killed a jogger. Hunters are now out to kill the pack. From the story:Alaska authorities have dispatched teams of hunters to the Chignik Lake area of the Alaska Peninsular to hunt down the wolves they have concluded stalked and killed a special . . . . Continue Reading »
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