Over at the law professors’ blog, the Volokh Conspiracy , they’re discussing the question of why political donations from lawyers are running so strongly in favor of Obama. One commentator offers this explanation, “Could it be that most highly educated people agree with Obama, are . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday we read Yuval Levin fault Sen. Biden for conflating theology with biology when it comes to the morality of abortion and the beginning of human life. GetReligon ‘s Mollie, however, also criticizes Tom Brokaw for missing the opportunity to talk about Biden’s faith in a more . . . . Continue Reading »
Sally Quinn—and what made the Washington Post imagine this gossip columnist was an expert on American religion?— points out the hypocrisy of conservative Protestants both promoting male headship and cheering for Sarah Palin. To which Helen Rittelmeyer replies the answer is easy: Sarah . . . . Continue Reading »
Today, on the seventh anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks, countless Americans across the country will sorrowfully remember those who lost their lives. Today, the presidential candidates are taking a moment of silence, so to speak, from their campaigns to participate in a memorial event . . . . Continue Reading »
“Responsible citizenship is a virtue, and participation in political life is a moral obligation.” —The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship” New from Grassroots Films is a powerful short film, The Catholic Vote . “Vote . . . . Continue Reading »
We’ve heard a lot during this election season about the historic nature of the contest—and the contestants. At first it was either Hillary or Obama—the first female nominee or the first black nominee. Now it’s either Palin or Obama—the first female Vice President or the . . . . Continue Reading »
The Interior Castle has been lauded as the “most sublime and mature” of Teresa of Avila’s works, one which “expresses the full flowering of her deep experience in guiding souls toward spiritual perfection.” Rereading some passages this morning, I was struck not by the . . . . Continue Reading »
I continue to be amazed at the unvarnished vitriol aimed at Sarah Palin. In Salon today, not a fringe publication, the “popular culture” writer Cintra Wilson launches a demagogic diatribe—complete with Viagra jokes and which uses the f-word—that is so over the top it is past . . . . Continue Reading »
Kathryn Jean Lopez at National Review Online calls our attention to Congressman Steve Cohen (Democrat, Tennessee) who has taken to the floor of the House of Representatives to persuade us to vote for Senator Obama. Senator Obama you see was, like Jesus, a community organizer. Pontius Pilate, on the . . . . Continue Reading »
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