Alan Jacobs : Stikkin’ it to ya . Apart from being self-satisfied and intellectually shallow , Linda Hirshman misses the real source of inequality between the sexes and adheres to a myopic, one-dimensional view of human flourishing, making it impossible for Hirshman to understand how any . . . . Continue Reading »
If you haven’t read it already, be sure to check out George Weigel’s short reflection titled “Giving Thanks for America.” Here’s an excerpt: The vagaries of scheduling put me in Europe for the week before the November 4 election. In conversations in both Rome and . . . . Continue Reading »
Larry Arnhart provides this characteristically astute response to my post below about Darwinian Conservatism. Instead of offering a genuinely postmodern view, he criticizes me for adopting a "distinctly modernist assumption of transcendendalist dualism" that traffics in the . . . . Continue Reading »
The exchange “Is Mormonism Christian?” between Bruce D. Porter and Gerald R. McDermott from our October issue generated, needless to say, quite a bit of discussion. And First Things features editor R.R. Reno piqued interest even more when he interviewed Porter and McDermott about their . . . . Continue Reading »
Thru Walter Olson at Secular Right , I perused this morning the Buckley-hosted Sharon Statement , "adopted in conference at Sharon, Connecticut, on 11 September 1960." Olson wanted to get this point across: the statement’s choice of language can also be seen as a deft stroke of . . . . Continue Reading »
Ethical regenerative medical research, coupled with animal experimentation, is leading toward the alleviation of tremendous amounts of human suffering. Israeli scientists have cured mice with type 1 diabetes. From the story: Lewis grafted healthy islets into diabetic mice and treated them with an . . . . Continue Reading »
The winter 2008 issue of the Review of Faith and International Affairs focuses on perspectives on “Islam and Pluralism.” The journal includes a roundtable of responses to A Common Word Between Us and You , the October 2007 letter from Muslim leaders to the Vatican and other Christian . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday, First Things board member Prof. Robert P. George, was one of 24 recipients of the Presidential Citizen’s Medal, one of the nation’s highest civilian honors. The medal is awarded to those who have “performed exemplary deeds of service for their country or their fellow . . . . Continue Reading »
A few days ago, Keith Pavlischek drew our attention to Mollie Ziegler’s response to Newsweek ‘s article “The Christian Case for Gay Marriage.” Since then, she’s written two follow-up pieces ( here and here ), and Christianity Today weighed in as well, reminding us that . . . . Continue Reading »
One reason I’m so eager to defend "shame culture" is that I think there are spiritual goods to be gained by courting shame. An early Christian story in support of that idea: As Thecla listens to Paul’s preaching through a window of her home, her virginal chastity is already . . . . Continue Reading »
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