The Washington Post has a story this week about vandalism at a Protestant cemetery in Jerusalem. The vandals toppled stone crosses from graves and smashed them to pieces. The incident is the latest in a string of recent attacks on Christian sites in Israel: The attack joins a list of high-profile . . . . Continue Reading »
The Funeral-Industrial Complex Jessica Mitford, Lapham’s Quarterly Simplicity Without Iconoclasm Duncan Stroik, Sacred Architecture Can We Get Our Heads Around Consciousness? Michael Hanlon, Aeon CGI Apocalypse: The Veiling of Nature Stratford Caldecott, Imaginative Conservative What . . . . Continue Reading »
In a comment on my last post , Karen K wrote, I wonder if your book will be exploring the practical aspects too? What I see is difficulty in people knowing how to form these kinds of deep friendships. So many lonely people walking around and we can’t seem to break through the barriers to . . . . Continue Reading »
So it’s hardly surprising that you’d find in Yuval’s journal a sensible and rigorous criticism of “the presumption of liberty” theory of judicial review (by Joel Alicea). Here’s a taste: Barnett’s presumption eliminates the need to demonstrate a conflict . . . . Continue Reading »
A report published this week by the Irish Health Information and Quality Authority into the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar, the woman who died while seventeen weeks pregnant in an Irish hospital, has determined that she failed to receive the most basic of care and that numerous . . . . Continue Reading »
First off, I direct you to the threads for lots of good stuff—including very complicated and smart musings by Escoffier on just how strange Mansfield’s interpretation of Machiavelli is, together with a Big Mach numerology puzzler (for those who care about such stuff). Other news: The . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s Thursday—that day that is, for some reason, not a Friday, but which will sometimes let you bumble along believing it to be a Friday until about 3:00 in the afternoon. I am, of course, not speaking from experience. Anyway, here’s what we have for you to read: At Postmodern . . . . Continue Reading »
As I continue to work on my book on friendship , a project primarily for other celibate gay/lesbian/same-sex attracted Christians, I’m increasingly aware of the need to speak honestly about all the ways friendship can involve significant disappointment and struggle. Finding the appropriate way . . . . Continue Reading »
Pride and Prejudice in Academiotics Victoria Dailey, New Yorker The New Narcotic Morgan Bennett, Public Discourse The Tyranny of Data Sarah Ngu, Fare Forward The Printing Press and the Reformation Barry Waugh, Reformation21 What Is An American Conservative? Patrick J. Deneen, American Conservative . . . . Continue Reading »
So I have nothing new today. Please read the three great threads on GIRLS, TYLER COWEN, and Carl’s view of LIBERTY. There’s nothing else going on anywhere that’s smarter and more timely than they are. Most important, for now, is Pete’s post below this one. I would summarize . . . . Continue Reading »
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