Breakfast with Lucian Cressida Connolly, Spectator Columbus and the Pizza Theory Robert Royal, Catholic Thing Confucianism and Democracy Joel Fetzer & Anthony Gill, Research on Religion Mobility Is No Answer to Dispersion Steve Randy Waldman, Interfluidity The Common Doctor for Common People . . . . Continue Reading »
Religion News Service has an interesting interview with Northwestern’s Elizabeth Shakman Hurd on the promotion of religious freedom in international human rights law. A number of states and regional organizations–including Canada, the EU, and the US–now have special . . . . Continue Reading »
Reading good literature will make you better in dealing with people, according to a new study published in Science. The study found that after reading literary fiction, as opposed to popular fiction or serious nonfiction, people performed better on tests measuring empathy, social . . . . Continue Reading »
Malcolm Gladwell’s new book, David and Goliath , received some attention from David Mills on this blog last week. At the same time, it was also the subject of two articles in The Spectator , both of which highlighted the troubling matter of ambiguity in application of the biblical story. In . . . . Continue Reading »
The 20th century is over. Marxism remains contemptible, anachronistic, and hasn’t a prayer of real comeback. To the extent that full-blooded socialism is returning to compete with liberal democracy for the allegiance of modern persons, it does so in populist garb—and in the future, its . . . . Continue Reading »
Hope you’re enjoying your long weekend (if you have one). I’ve been spending my own long weekend on very important business, such as catching up on The Good Wife , so I hope that everybody else has been spending their time equally well. And here’s some Monday reading for you. At . . . . Continue Reading »
There’s a very fundamental controversy lurking in the Machiavellian thread below that I want to highlight: Escoffier: The dichotomy may be false to a believer, but Nick is quite the opposite of a believer. There is natural death and that is it, lights out, worm food. The entire supernatural . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the really irritating narratives to come out of the shutdown/debt ceiling debate is the idea that the shutdown drowned out coverage of the incompetence of the Obamacare exchanges. Funny, but the excellent Fox News program Special Report with Bret Baier managed to cover both stories. The . . . . Continue Reading »
This time, it’s actually Friday! Here’s what we have for you today. At Postmodern Conservative , a serious response to Patrick Deneen, and some further thoughts on liberty . Peter Leithart is still reading about Rosenstock-Huessy , but he is also reading about Elijah . Dr. Boli . . . . Continue Reading »
Often, in my class on law and religion at St. John’s, we address difficult questions about where to draw the line on religious autonomy. How far should the state go in accommodating religious practices that conflict with state rules? Or, put in reverse, how much freedom from state control can . . . . Continue Reading »
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