I was surfing the television a few nights ago and came across something on EWTN that really irked me. It was an embarrassingly stupid show called “I was a Teenage Darwinist.” It featured some mountebank striding up and down in front of an audience, wisecracking and sneering at Darwinism . . . . Continue Reading »
Has everyone read ” A Vote for Sarah Palin ,” the Daily Article here at First Things this morning? I’m not sure what to make of the nomination and would be interested in your thoughts. Email us here . . . . . Continue Reading »
Discovery News reports that the Hubble Space Telescope has captured images of a collision between two distant galaxy clusters. The crash occurred at such a high rate of speed that dark matter could actually be seen separating from ordinary matter: The images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday, I excoriated the media for their howling attempt to obliterate Governor Sarah Palin’s viability as a candidate for vice president by giving credence to a vicious rumor—an actually, a malicious hoax intended to destroy Palin because she represents a strong cultural strain in . . . . Continue Reading »
The 2008 Republican Platform was released by the RNC earlier this week, and it’s well worth skimming alongside the Democratic Platform for Change . Following are a few highlights on the life issues. “Maintaining The Sanctity and Dignity of Human Life,” one section is titled in the . . . . Continue Reading »
Those who are wondering about the state of our long-time contributor Avery Cardinal Dulles might enjoy this update on his 90th birthday party from Rocco Palmo at Whispers in the Loggia . The upshot is that the cardinal is greatly incapacitated, so please keep him in your prayers. . . . . Continue Reading »
From a religious publisher, an email just arrived urging me to take advantage of a sale on “End Times Books.” Why are they so heavily discounted? What does the publisher know that the rest of us don’t? The whole thing makes me a little nervous. . . . . Continue Reading »
In the latest issue of the New Yorker , Peter J. Boyer weighs in on the importance of religious voters in the upcoming presidential election and the difficulties both parties are having connecting to that crucial segment of the electorate. The article, while not entirely impartial, does an . . . . Continue Reading »
I enjoy Clive James, but in a recent issue of Times Literary Supplement , he casually remarks that the composer Arnold Schoenberg “actually had to concentrate quite hard to stay unpopular.” No, man, let’s not start thinking down that road. Unpopularity came as naturally to . . . . Continue Reading »
Ibn Khaldûn is the Muslim theologian and scholar who in 1377 wrote the Muqaddimah , the world’s earliest critical study of history. In his epic work, Ibn Khaldûn never balks at giving the study of history respect and praise: It should be known that history is a . . . . Continue Reading »
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