John D. Carlson talks about just war in today’s On the Square ; a just war, he argues, is not separate from the idea of punishment: The United States and many other nations have forgotten if not deliberately abandoned the idea of using military force to punish—just as Americans and many . . . . Continue Reading »
Calvinists get a bad rap, but how many of the critics really understand him? James R. Rogers points out how few of us read the Institutes or bother to think seriously about Calvin in today’s On the Square . Instead, we rely on easy stereotypes: Some of the answer certainly derives from . . . . Continue Reading »
I missed this few-weeks-old big Peter Beinart piece, The Rise of the New New Left , the first time around, and am linking it here mainly to see what y’all think about it. Its most interesting aspects are a general “yes” to the above question, and an effort to present Bill de . . . . Continue Reading »
Germain Grisez on Pope Francis’ Interview Patrick Brennan, Mirror of Justice The Barbarism of Reason John Gray, New Statesman The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics Kevin Mulligan, Times Literary Supplement Legislative Prayer and Judicial Review Rick Garnett, SCOTUS Blog Marxists in Queens Buzz . . . . Continue Reading »
So to advance the “conversation,” sometime we have to move a comment from the thread to separate post. That’s most likely to happen when someone agrees with ME. Listen to the wisdom of djf: Unfortunately, instead of painting a picture for ordinary voters of what’s going to . . . . Continue Reading »
The finale was a very entertaining and sometimes moving disappointment - though a disappointment by the extremely high standards of the show. There were many things to like (spoiler alert, of course). The reptile part of my brain enjoyed watching Jesse choke the life out of Todd. It was even better . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s On the Square , James D. Conley is also interested in moral courage: Increasingly, Catholics are told that if they cannot conform to secular morality, they should leave the secular sphere. That Catholic hospitals must compromise, or be exiled. But we cannot abandon our flocks. Like . . . . Continue Reading »
Watch a film with William Doino in today’s On the Square , where he talks about Serpico and doing the right thing: Most of us will never be in a situation anywhere near as perilous as Serpico was, and yet most of us have likely witnessed wrongdoing of some kind, and tried—or been . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m on the Council on Casinos. a group sponsored by the Institute for American Values. Our purpose is to fight the spread of gambling in America. See our report, Why Casinos Matter . As David Mills noted earlier, the Institute’s director, David Blankenhorn, has penned a . . . . Continue Reading »
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