In the latest edition of The Hedgehog Review , Wilfred McClay has an excellent article examining the importance of teaching children moral frameworks, even if they eventually choose to reject them. Near the end, he offers this profound insight into the general cultural dispositions which have given . . . . Continue Reading »
As New York elects its first officially Democratic mayor in twenty years, Susanah Black at Front Porch Republic reexamines the legacy of the much maligned Tammany Hall: When it was functioning correctly, Tammany Hall served as a way to integrate the block-to-block fabric of New York . . . . Continue Reading »
Happy Wednesday! Here’s what we have for you today: At Postmodern Conservative , Pete Spiliakos writes on how to create a pro-life atmosphere in purple places. Peter Leithart is writing today on Plotinus , political theology , and Giacomo Leopardi’s book of hodgepodge . Dr. Boli reads . . . . Continue Reading »
While the Internet may be suffocating the world of print media, it has only enlivened the genre of the book review. In addition to the scores of websites posting book reviews daily, anyone with an Amazon password can share her opinion on a book with the waiting world. P.D. James wrote her . . . . Continue Reading »
At Mirror of Justice, my friend Rick Garnett has an interesting post about Guy Fawkes Day, which, for those of you who don’t know, was yesterday. The day commemorates the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, a conspiracy by British Catholics to blow up Parliament and end the . . . . Continue Reading »
Each summer, First Things hosts a Dominican student brother from the Province of Saint Joseph as a summer intern. The first student brother hosted was Br. Gabriel Torretta, O.P. in 2011, who entered the Dominicans in 2008 having studied pre-modern Japanese literature at Columbia University. . . . . Continue Reading »
Nature and God in Ethics Robert T. Miller, Public Discourse Developing Genre: St. Augustine and David Foster Wallace Bradley M. Peper, Marginalia The Good News About Power James K. A. Smith, Comment The Evolution of Evolutionary Language Peggy Rosenthal, Good Letters The Sherlock Holmes of . . . . Continue Reading »
Ramesh Ponnuru argues that Chris Christie’s impending win shows that a social conservative can win in purple (or even blue) territory. Samuel Goldman argues that the price for these social conservatives being elected is that they must not actually do much to advance their policies. I’m . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, it’s somehow, inevitably, Tuesday today. And here’s what we have for you to read: At Postmodern Conservative , Pete Spiliakos talks about the new Republicans (more on that here ), Carl Scott decries lies (and the lying liars who tell them), and Peter Lawler continues to talk . . . . Continue Reading »
The headline —-“Fewer home-school families cite religion as their main motivation”—-caught my eye. Is it really true that religious families comprise a smaller proportion of the homeschooling community than in the past? The article certainly makes that claim, even if it . . . . Continue Reading »
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