Free the China 16! Faith McDonnell, Juicy Ecumenism A Lament for Skepticism Enoch Kuo, Princeton Revisions The Anticlerical Pope? Russell Shaw, Catholic World Report Common Fault Lines in Evangelical Approaches to Homosexuality Kevin DeYoung, Gospel Coalition Defeating the Barbarians Rabbi Jonathan . . . . Continue Reading »
Which is to say, not just fathers but fathers married to the mothers of their children. Those who insist Americans should approve, or at least not worry about, the growing number of what are somewhat euphemistically called non-traditional families “conveniently ignore, or are in complete . . . . Continue Reading »
A lot of conversation on social media—not to mention with my wife—caused me to introduce these points as conversation starters: 1. One big difference between Ellis and Mattie is that Ellis doesn’t lose his leg as a result of the snake bite. We see his leg swelling up in such a way . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve told you often to listen to Pete. But you also gotta listen to Carl. I hustled down to the center of commerce that is Kennesaw, GA to see the movie MUD on his recommendation. It’s as good as he says. It’s as good as anyone could say. It is some combination of HUCKLEBERRY FINN . . . . Continue Reading »
Don’t believe the professional movie critics. Just as Superman Returns has seen its reputation (deservedly) decline since it came out, Man of Steel is likely to see its critical reputation improve in the years ahead. The most puzzling critique of Man of Steel is that it lacks the . . . . Continue Reading »
So I’ve gotten a lot of comments on my previous post and the fine article by John Miller on Harry Jaffa. One, from a prominent “traditional conservative” that said I was generous to Jaffa and would be attacked by his students as a result. I didn’t mean to be either generous . . . . Continue Reading »
Oh Billy Collins, I cannot say so much about those poems, the ones you write, the ones you read. I know like Ogden Nash you make my wife and I laugh, and you read your poems oh so well. And while I try to be somewhat funny here, I cannot but thank you (sincere!)—for your blend of verse . . . . Continue Reading »
Legend (or marketing) has it that on this day in 1789, Baptist minister Elijah Craig “invented” bourbon when he aged whiskey inside charred oak barrels. In June of 1929, however, when Kansas was still very much a dry state, the American Dialect Society’s journal American . . . . Continue Reading »
In a meeting with Latin American members of religious orders on June 6, Pope Francis reportedly spoke of a “gay lobby” in the Roman curia. Fr. Federico Lombardi, director of the press office of the Holy See, has declined to comment, explaining that the meeting was private. The source for . . . . Continue Reading »
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