The Academy of Arts and Sciences published a report and accompanying video offering two justifications for the humanities, says Micah Mattix in today’s column . The humanities are important, first, because they teach students to be “creative” and . . . . Continue Reading »
“My youngest son and I just finished a road trip,” says Peter J. Leithart in today’s column . ”I think it was somewhere between Wisconsin and Minnesota that it began to dawn on me that . . . in, with, and under the teeming diversity, we are one country.” Social . . . . Continue Reading »
“We’re in the middle of a debate, with neither side’s position ‘inevitable.’ This discussion is healthy for our democratic republic. And it would be wrong for the Supreme Court to shut down this conversation prematurely.” So says Ryan T. Anderson commenting on the . . . . Continue Reading »
Matthew , that 2008 Campbell study is only one in a long line of empirical studies looking at how religious education (and also secular private education) affect tolerance for the rights of others, as well as other democratic values and practices such as voter participation and volunteer work. The . . . . Continue Reading »
So I’ve been away in DC for a few days, mainly on family business. Sorry if I didn’t get to hang out with YOU, but I just didn’t have time. I did get to speak to Yuval for a while. And he and Pete pretty much agree on this immigration thing. Pete, you’ve been noticing, has . . . . Continue Reading »
Recently the Onion , the best fake-news site around, ran a satirical piece entitled “ Nation Currently more Sympathetic to Demise of Planet Krypton than Plight of Syria .” It’s funny because it’s true. It’s also kind of sad. Some people will point to things like this and . . . . Continue Reading »
Founders Chic Thomas S. Kidd, Books & Culture The Baptist Bearing Robes and Incense William E. Yoder, Christianity Today St. Joseph, Protector of Preachers Br. Gabriel Torretta O.P., Dominicana Equality and Marriage Ryan T. Anderson, The Foundry Aliens and Strangers Marvin Olasky & Os . . . . Continue Reading »
The redoubtable Fr. Robert Barron, in one of his regular (and regularly illuminating) forays into film criticism (when does this guy have time to go to the movies?), reviewed the new Superman movie Man of Steel at RealClearReligion. I recommend the review—not sure about the movie, on the . . . . Continue Reading »
Surprise, surprise: A song from Kanye West’s new album has drawn a lot of controversy. “Blood on the Leaves” gets its most prominent sample from Nina Simone’s rendition of “Strange Fruit”: Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees Blood on the leaves No one seems to . . . . Continue Reading »
“The world has heard enough of the so-called ‘rights of man.’ Let it hear something of the rights of God.” A powerful proposition—startling, perhaps even dangerous. When Pope Leo XIII uttered these words at the turn of the twentieth century, he issued a . . . . Continue Reading »
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