Presidents have it in their gift to honor civilians who have served the nation with distinction with prestigious medals that are conferred at White House ceremonies. Of course, there is bound to be controversy about whom presidents choose to honor. In particular, one can hardly expect universal . . . . Continue Reading »
One of loyal readers wants to play this game. How many of said movies have you seen? Which have most stayed with or influenced you? (That’s not quite the same as which are objectively the best.) My quick answers. About 90—in a few cases I’m not . . . . Continue Reading »
Happy Wednesday! Here’s what we have for you to read today: Over at Postmodern Conservative , Carl Scott is also reading The New Republic . Peter Leithart is still reading about the Trinity , and also Objectivism (not that Objectivism . . . I think). Dr. Boli made a few mistakes : “The . . . . Continue Reading »
What does it mean that the Atlantic and Matthew Yglesias’ Moneybox blog both ran appreciative posts today about Pope Francis’ recent apostolic exhortation, or that the Daily Caller published a story about conservatives’ reactions to the exhortation? As someone who has been . . . . Continue Reading »
Atonement, Theosis & St. Paul Patrick Henry Reardon, Preachers’ Institute Are You Really Calling for a Schism, Tony Jones? Billy Kangas, The Orant Dissident Gardens Hal Parker, American Reader Bones of the Book Robert Moor, n+1 Catacombs on Google Elise Harris, National Catholic Register . . . . Continue Reading »
One: Liberalism’s Inevitable March Suffers a Serious Set Back I guess today is TNR day on pomocon! That’s because the source of this argument, TNR editor Franklin Foer , is more important than the argument itself. Still it’s no slouch argument: Liberalism has spent the better part . . . . Continue Reading »
Happy Tuesday! Here’s what we have for you to read today. Over at Postmodern Conservative , two short (even Leithartian) posts from Peter Lawler as he reads the New Republic : why Malcolm Gladwell makes you stupider , why the Iran deal is doomed . Quoth Maureen Mullarkey : “The lunatic . . . . Continue Reading »
In the blogging world, what follows is known as a “bleg”: As some First Things readers know, in my day job, I’m the Director of the Center for Law and Religion at St. John’s University in New York. The Center has its own blog, the Center for Law and Religion Forum , which . . . . Continue Reading »
“New Pew Research Analysis Finds No Clear ‘Pope Francis Effect’ Among U.S. Catholics” reads the headline of a press release from the Pew Research Center’s Religion and Public Life Project. The release explains that though 79% of American Catholics rate the pope . . . . Continue Reading »
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