I have been reading and hearing about Ted Cruz all day. You don’t have a second act without a first and he certainly has put on a heck of a first act. Touring about, I’ll mention the unexpectedly positive Chris Clizza at the WaPo , ” What Ted Cruz’s speech . . . . Continue Reading »
I was going to blog about Breaking Bad and Flannery O’Connor, but that would take too long and I have a few more thoughts about Ted Cruz. Over on twitter, Ross Douthat described Cruz as having become the leading candidate among “the axis of talk radio/Breitbart//RedState/etc.” . . . . Continue Reading »
A couple of days ago, in Francis Excommunicates Dissident, Not Man Sullivan Thought , I mentioned Andrew Sullivan’s misreading of Pope Francis — typical of such efforts, which would once have been called “jesuitical” — which his (Francis’) excommunicating a . . . . Continue Reading »
In Tu Belleza, Tu Misericordia , Maureen Mullarkey writes of the first Latin American winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, Gabriela Mistral. For readers interested in Mistral, there is an active foundation dedicated to her work, whose website includes (in Spanish) a great deal of . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s On the Square , George Weigel is still making the rounds in Eastern Europe. He considers a memorial to the fallen in Lithuania, the Hill of Crosses, and the greater battle for freedom (and faith) that memorial has come to symbolize: That struggle was led by some remarkable men and . . . . Continue Reading »
This past spring, Kermit Gosnell was convicted of murdering babies and breaking numerous laws at his Philadelphia abortion clinic. Though he was found guilty by a jury of his peers, Gosnell maintains that he is “spiritually innocent.” In an article in Philadelphia Magazine , Gosnell . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s On the Square , Janet Smith wonders: is she obsessed with social issues? Her answer is “yes,” but she doesn’t consider that a criticism: A few paragraphs from Pope Francis’ famous interview in America have unsettled people for many reasons. My reason for . . . . Continue Reading »
Communing with a Lubavitcher ‘Saint?’ Mark Kellner, GetReligion Philosophy Needs Conversation Nigel Warburton, Aeon Small Towns and Supersized Spirituality Jake Meador, Christianity Today How Flannery O’Connor Did Money Brooke Hatfield, Billfold Roots, Limits, Love Mark Mitchell, . . . . Continue Reading »
This month, Ashgate releases Volume III of Religion in the Public Space , part of its Library of Essays on Law and Religion series. The volume is edited by Silvio Ferrari (Milan) and Rinaldo Cristofori (Milan), and contains essays by, among others, Jürgen Habermas, Charles . . . . Continue Reading »
Ross Douthat shrewdly notes the differences between Ted Cruz and guys like Marco Rubio, Rand Paul and Mike Lee. Rubio is trying to move the Republican position on immigration in the direction of amnesty-first + expanded low-skill immigration. Rand Paul has developed an articulate, . . . . Continue Reading »
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