Watching television late last night, I learned to my surprise that Anthony Weiner had pulled into a slight lead in the polls in the race for the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York City. One might have thought that after his episodes of serial sexting, followed by a week of outright denials . . . . Continue Reading »
My time to offer a substantive post was used up by reading all the excellent threads that have popped up in the recent days. Thanks to Carl for finding some good stuff in COPPERHEAD. That shows we can be fair and try to be balanced. Because he can’t help but tell the truth that it’s not . . . . Continue Reading »
Why, one may wonder, did the Windsor minority justices not see that certiorari was granted in one of the other marriage cases they were asked to hear? Sevcik v. Sandoval in particular brings the basic issue more clearly into view than did Windsor , but cert . was . . . . Continue Reading »
Excellent analysis by Steve Negus of Morsi’s Year over at The Arabist. I briefly met Negus when teaching at Skidmore. Behind his calm objective tone, however, the real possibility of a horrendous civil conflict and/or coup stares out at you. And if you look at the other recent posts there, an . . . . Continue Reading »
I saw COPPERHEAD today. Were I a tough movie critic, I suppose I’d give it a C or a B-, mainly for dramatic shortcomings. But still, you should go see it in the theater if you can, because you know you’ll have oodles more chances to see Monsters U and Man of Steel and the new zombie movie . . . . Continue Reading »
Given the failure of the Enlightenment project and the disturbing phenomena of today’s shrill, incommensurate, and emotivist moral discourse, Alisdair MacIntyre has argued that we face one of two options: return to a teleological account of the order of natures or embrace the inherent nihilism . . . . Continue Reading »
The U.K. is gearing up to legalize reproductive technology that manipulates genes. It’s the beginning of a technological revolution that will have a transformative influence over culture ten times greater than the invention of the Pill. This revolution will begin as a therapeutic imperative . . . . Continue Reading »
Eric Rassbach, Deputy General Counsel for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty : Unfortunately the final rule announced today is the same old, same old. As we said when the proposed rule was issued, this doesn’t solve the religious conscience problem because it still makes our non-profit . . . . Continue Reading »
Farewell, George W. Carey Various, American Conservative MLK for Muslims Imam Khalid Latif, Journey Through NYC Religions When the Battle Was Lost Msgr. Lorenzo Albacete, Il Sussidiario What Marriage Is, and Isn’t Robert P. George, Intercollegiate Review When Do Humans . . . . Continue Reading »
Those with a mild concern for self-government in America might be feeling a little bit despondent this week. It seems that the people really don’t govern that much. Yes, elections matter, as the saying goes. But rule by an election is a different thing altogether from self-government. Self . . . . Continue Reading »
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