When I mentioned the Love and Fidelity Network yesterday I neglected to mention their first annual conference, “Sexuality, Integrity, and the University,” on November 7-8 at Princeton University. The conference features talks by fine scholars such as Brad Wilcox, Miriam Grossman and . . . . Continue Reading »
A professor friend of mine at Notre Dame is working on a book about the British historian and MP Thomas Babington Macauley . When describing the book to me, he made special note of how the Classics replaced the Bible as the spiritual sustainance of many at that time. When Macauley’s beloved . . . . Continue Reading »
The San Fransisco Chronicle reports : The words, “bride” and “groom” will be restored on all California marriage licenses starting next month, state health officials announced Monday. On June 16, when same-sex marriage became legal in the state, the Department of Public . . . . Continue Reading »
In Baghdad yesterday , some Christians, joined by Muslims and others, led a peaceful protest to restore minority representation in Iraq. One priest from the Sacred Heart Church in Baghdad exclaimed: “They told us we don’t have a place in our government, and we don’t know . . . . Continue Reading »
Much of the early modern project of mass Enlightenment was based on the dogmatic rejection of religious belief as the benighted detritus of pre-scientific consciousness. Similarly, even those who offered foundational critiques of Enlightenment principles during what Philipe Beneton and Chantal . . . . Continue Reading »
Just sayin’. (H/t Hit & Run ) . . . . Continue Reading »
This is the kind of “science” story that drives me crazy. A scientist hypothesizes that “human evolution is over”—and it is taken seriously. From the story:Human evolution is grinding to a halt because of a shortage of older fathers in the West, according to a leading . . . . Continue Reading »
I had not expected to see the headline A Dionysian End to Summer in Inside Higher Ed , but we live in strange times: Smith College rings in the new academic year in a most revealing way. Still, administrators worry that its students may not be putting their best foot forward. As a result, the . . . . Continue Reading »
The last thing I want to do is prolong what has become a rather ugly debate over Conor’s suggestion that Palin be dropped from the ticket, but I think there’s some profit in pointing out one misstep in his logic. I could probably state my entire objection in a single . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday afternoon at Princeton University, First Things board member Robert P. George hosted a reception for pro-life and pro-family members of the Princeton community. At the end of his brief address, Prof. George invited those faculty members and ministers of religion who were present to say a . . . . Continue Reading »
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