Over at the Wall Street Journal , Kay Hymowitz, sees the story of Nadya Suleman, aka Octomom , as another troubling sign that fathers are loosing their foothold in society: But in all of this punditry one question goes missing: Where is Octodad? Surely Ms. Suleman’s babies have a father. Yet . . . . Continue Reading »
In a remarkable development, David Blankenhorn and Jonathan Rauch recently wrote an op-ed in the New York Times suggesting a way to achieve “reconciliation” on the gay marriage debate that would “temporarily satisfy both sides.” This morning, Sherif Girgis and Ryan T. . . . . Continue Reading »
In his recent FT article, John DiIulio warns that after the first hundred days or so, Obama and his faith-based council “will not be able to vote “present” on faith-based initiatives.” Nor, can he expect critics “to stay quiet or be satisfied with broad or bipartisan . . . . Continue Reading »
This doesn’t come as any particular surprise, I suppose. Doug Kmiec writes in Time magazine about the pope’s recent meeting with Nancy Pelosi, and he clearly prefers the politics of the latter. Perhaps the problem is that he reads—and misreads—too much politically into the . . . . Continue Reading »
From the October 2002 edition of The Public Square: (The following report is submitted by our ubiquitous correspondent George Weigel.) Outraged commentary quickly followed Bishop Timothy M. Dolan’s June 25 remark that his first priority as the tenth Archbishop of Milwaukee would be to talk . . . . Continue Reading »
In 2004, Archbishop Timothy Dolan gave our annual Erasmus Lecture entitled “The Bishops in Council” on the history of the American Catholic episcopate, the topic of his doctoral research. Click here to read the article. . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . and now, after rubbing in the losses of their alma maters to both FT’s editor and managing editor, Ryan T. Anderson wonders why his login information mysteriously stopped working for the FT blog . . . Just kidding. If Providence played football, Ryan, it might be a different story. As . . . . Continue Reading »
That’s what some people using the ocean version of Google maps think . Update: Google says no . . . . . Continue Reading »
First it happened to Jody’s beloved Hoyas , now to Mary Rose’s Friars . . . . . Continue Reading »
From the Archdiocesan Press Office : His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, has appointed His Excellency, Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of Milwaukee, to the Archdiocese of New York. Archbishop Dolan has served as the Archbishop of Milwaukee since 2002. He will be the 13th Bishop and 10th . . . . Continue Reading »
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