Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of All Saints, and I think the most quoted statement from Pope Francis’ Angelus message for the feast is, “The Saints are not supermen . . . .” The Holy Father, of course, says this to remind us that the saints are indeed people with . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s Friday! Nothing else needs to be said, really. Over at Postmodern Conservative , Peter Lawler takes a hard look at Patrick Deneen’s latest piece for the American Conservative , commenting: “I . . . think that Tocqueville’s famous chapter on soft despotism and all was a kind . . . . Continue Reading »
Every week, First Things receives press releases about events that our readers might find of interest. In the past, we’ve uploaded individual posts about some of these events, but we’ve decided to consolidate this information into one post every Friday. So check back each Friday for . . . . Continue Reading »
High on my list of contemporary heroes are Donna Hughes, a professor of women’s and gender studies at the University of Rhode Island, and lawyer Melanie Shapiro. These two fearless and determined women have done more than anyone I know to fight the unspeakable evil of human . . . . Continue Reading »
In Plato’s Republic , Socrates’ conversation with his friends over the nature of justice takes a startling turn when Thrasymachus drops a bombshell. It is more profitable, he argues, for people to be unjust than just, if they can manage to get away with it without incurring a bad . . . . Continue Reading »
You’ve heard it over, and over, and over again: The Citizens United decision empowered corporations! Enacted oligarchy! Or, let’s do an official one, from an HP writer : it “unleashed independent unlimited spending of unlimited contributions by corporations, including . . . . Continue Reading »
The Internet Makes Reading Easier Thomas L. Jeffers, Weekly Standard Two Legs, Four Legs and the Incarnation Alexander Pruss Study Theology, Even If You Don’t Believe in God Tara Isabella Burton, Atlantic A Coming European Euthanasia Decision Grégor Puppinck, Turtle Bay and Beyond The . . . . Continue Reading »
What happens when a whole people harden their hearts? Plagues. Back in my home state of California, the entrenchment of liberal governance, and the passive see-no-evil acceptance of it by broad majorities of the populace, is now directly threatening the safety of the people through a series of . . . . Continue Reading »
Mark , I’m with you all the way on preserving the special protection for religion in law. But I don’t see any difficulty in acknowledging that you can have religion without God, and especially without a specifically theistic conception of God. Is Hinduism not a religion? Buddhism? There . . . . Continue Reading »
Patrick’s little essay is pretty important. That’s not because he called attention to anything in DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA that we postmodern conservatives didn’t already know about. And that’s not because he’s challenging his readers over there at THE AMERICAN . . . . Continue Reading »
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