For readers in the New York City area: This coming Sunday, September 22, the Dominicans at St. Catherine’s are hosting Fr. Thomas Joseph White from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., for a lecture titled ” Faith and Intelligence: Why it is wise to . . . . Continue Reading »
“How are we supposed to reconcile the Apostle Paul’s rather low opinion of himself with the high esteem others had for him?” asks Stephen H. Webb. The answer, provided in today’s On the Square , is stage fright: If Paul suffered from stage fright, then the incongruities . . . . Continue Reading »
What some call “irrational contrarianism,” James R. Rogers points out, might also be “the true belief that the government perhaps ought be smaller.” From today’s On the Square : Mann and Ornstein, as well as other GOP critics in the media, miss the deep frustration . . . . Continue Reading »
On J. M. Coetzee’s The Childhood of Jesus Michael Duffy, The Millions Animal Sacrifice Powered Ancient Jerusalem’s Economy Tia Ghose, Live Science This Man Moved to a Desert Island to Disappear. Here’s What Happened. Kent Russell, New Republic Do Young Catholics Even Understand . . . . Continue Reading »
First off (notice than I using that instead of SO now and again), let me call attention to the very favorable attention our Carl, our Jean, and our Jim have received from PowerLine’s Scott Johnson . Our Jim has always claimed to be a FEDERALIST 49 constitutionalist, which means he believes . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve been talking recently with an Episcopal priest about the ongoing agonies of the Anglican Communion. Although he and I find ourselves in different places on the questions of the hour, he and I were also a bit surprised to see each other struggling to articulate a very similar posture . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve been gratified by the encouraging response given my initial American Liberty posts, in which I outline my theory of the five American conceptions of liberty. It looks like I will have a chance to present my ideas to a wider intellectual audience soon, but remember that you read about it . . . . Continue Reading »
California is about to open a litigation “window” that temporarily allows victims of sex abuse for whom the statute of limitations has run out to sue the employers of their abusers. The prime target is of course the Roman Catholic Church, with the Boy Scouts also on the radar. Over on . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s On the Square , Steven Smith reviews Verbum , a study software aimed primarily at Catholics: The commitment of Logos to continue to develop more Catholic resources is, also, quite impressive. Virtually all papal encyclicals are now available (or will soon be), as well as the . . . . Continue Reading »
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