At Ground Zero, a Beacon Diminished James Panero, Wall Street Journal Against Aesthetics William Logan, New Criterion How a Nun Turned a Garage into a Global Network Renée K. Gadoua, Religion & Politics The Church and the Communal Christian William Newton, Blog of the Courtier Loyal . . . . Continue Reading »
This might be the quietest big news of the week. The American Enterprise Institute is hosting an event for Utah Senator Mike Lee to unveil his new family-friendly tax reform. If Lee’s plan is much like Robert Stein’s, the plan would involve expanding the child tax credit and making it . . . . Continue Reading »
If you really want to understand what it going on today in the theater known as American politics, you won’t find the answer among the usual pundits—not even among the smartest ones like David Brooks, Bill Kristol, George Will, or Charles Krauthammer. Look instead to that venerable Dane, . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s On the Square , George Weigel discusses the greatness of Chesterton: Fr. Ker reminds his readers just why that’s the case, which has to do with both the depth of Chesterton’s insight and the breadth of his literary accomplishment. Catholics who know GKC primarily as one . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s On the Square , J. David Nolan considers the way the regrettable Colin McGinn has revealed some real problems in philosophy, ones that reach a bit deeper than sexism. Professional philosophy has become, for many, an exercise in egoism: To be sure, there are real perversions of . . . . Continue Reading »
The Tech Intellectuals Henry Farrell, Democracy Fleeing an Aramaic Town Ruth Sherlock and Magdy Samaan, Telegraph The Libertarian Case for National Service Pascal Emmanuel-Gobry, Cato Unbound The Passing of Mary Philip Jenkins, Anxious Bench N. T. Wright Saves Worship Songs Andrew Byers, . . . . Continue Reading »
You may have missed the news amid the turmoil in the Middle East, but last week Salt Lake City hosted its first ever Comic Con sci-fi and comic book convention. Perhaps it was the energy generated at Comic-Con San Diego last month, or perhaps it was a particular resonance with the city’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Here in New York the votes in the primary elections for mayor, city council, and comptroller are almost finished being counted. Christine Quinn, once thought to have a lock on the election, will not even make the Democratic runoff if there is one. Reading the news stories brings you to . . . . Continue Reading »
The Imagine Sisters Movement with Catholic Lighthouse Media, the Institute on Religious Life, Our Lady’s Rosary Makers, and the Laboure Society and created by Lumen Vere Media and Altius Studies premiered its Light of Love film last Sunday night, showcasing the lives of five women religious, . . . . Continue Reading »
Another Syria-themed On the Square . Just because Pope Francis has condemned the war doesn’t mean faithful Catholics need to: The pope must know that dialogue is not the “only” solution to the Syrian conflict. It would be a good thing if the pope would acknowledge the just war . . . . Continue Reading »
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