In today’s column , Luke Foster reflects on President Obama, the legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois, and Christian hop-hop. Healing racial wounds in America must go beyond government policy and economic reform and address family norms in our nation’s most marginalized communities. Yet, from . . . . Continue Reading »
Riots broke out in a Paris suburb this weekend after police ticketed a woman wearing the full Islamic veil, or burqa, on a local street. Since 2011, France has banned the burqa in public places on pain of a €150 fine. The details of this weekend’s incident are unclear, but police . . . . Continue Reading »
In his On the Square this morning, William Doino Jr. debunks five falsehoods and/or partial truths about Pope Francis: “Since the opening days of his papacy, a flood of commentators have come forth to tell us what to expect of him, only to miss the mark.” Doino concludes by . . . . Continue Reading »
THE WAY WAY BACK is a well-executed coming-of-age film, written and directed by Jim Rash and Nat Faxon, the same guys that did THE DESCENDENTS. You’ll enjoy it. It has a similar feel to that film, particularly in some of its observations on contemporary society, but a more engaging (and far . . . . Continue Reading »
The First Amendment Center recently published its annual survey of the ” state of the First Amendment .” I wish I could say that I was heartened by all the findings, but I’m not. Consider these results: Only 10 percent of the respondents stated that freedom of religion was . . . . Continue Reading »
God’s Child: The Odd Thomas Series Hunter Baker, Touchstone How to Survive a Fairytale Alexandra Petri, Verily An Interview with Russell Moore Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post Why We Need Jacques Ellul Bryan Kibbe, Comment From Mad Marxist to Compassionate Conservative Emily Belz, Gospel . . . . Continue Reading »
At the American Conservative , John Rodden and John Rossi present ” Not Hitler’s Pope: What history taught Pius XII about resisting tyrants ,” an efficient but substantive overview of Eugenio Pacelli’s dealings with the Nazis first as papal secretary of state under Pope Pius . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the consequences of the inner city violence that Peter mentions in the previous piece was the rise of the SWAT team. The country’s first official SWAT team started in the late 1960s in Los Angeles. By 1975, there were approximately 500 such units. Today, there are thousands. According . . . . Continue Reading »
So I blame myself for the extended discussion in the thread of the Zimmerman case. But only here, at POSTMODERN CONSERVATIVE, is it intermingled with an analysis of one of Flannery O’Connor’s first stories. Summer’s here, and the time is right, to read Flannery once more. I have . . . . Continue Reading »
A quick addendum to my Detroit post, from Holman Jenkins of the WSJ, Detroit’s Bankruptcy Is So 1990s which is subtitled, When we reach the promised land, quantitative easing will be for everybody. Jenkins say, “Under the new economics, it’s possible to have . . . . Continue Reading »
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