For a number of years I’ve been checking Jewish Ideas Daily, a site that featured writers I’d like to publish in First Things (and in fact often have). It’s now morphed into something new: Mosaic Magazine . This new web offering is the ultimate anti-Twitter. It’s goal is to . . . . Continue Reading »
In a baccalaureate address at Princeton University, Ben Bernanke reminded his high-achieving audience that the meritocracy is not synonymous with justice : The concept of success leads me to consider so-called meritocracies and their implications. We have been taught that meritocratic institutions . . . . Continue Reading »
BIG THOUGHTS HERE. I have an article on the content of LW’s speech coming out in a few days. Meanwhile, I agree with Pat Deneen that it would have been better had the speech actually had some humanistic content. But one speech can’t do everything, and rare is the commencement address . . . . Continue Reading »
Timothy George, the distinguished theologian and leader of Evangelical-Catholic dialogue, is the newest fortnightly web columnist for First Things . His first piece , which contrasts the spiritual outlooks of Pope Francis and Katharine Jefferts Schori, calls on Christians to take seriously . . . . Continue Reading »
Weaving a Sacramental Tapestry Daniel Edward Young, Called to Communion A Reflection on the Passion of Anger Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington Terry Eagleton: “We’ve Forgetten How to Read” Nick Mount, Globe & Mail The Real Roots of Homegrown Terrorism Frank Furedi, . . . . Continue Reading »
1. So Carl on Berry and Kate/Pete on taxes are classic posts. 2. Although there’s a lot about Wendell Berry that’s instructive and admirable, I have to admit I don’t love him. That’s because I just don’t think he’s empirically correct in so many ways. Carl . . . . Continue Reading »
1. I love Wendell Berry. Still. 2. I love Wendell Berry-ites, especially the evangelical Christian ones out there. Last year I attended a wonderful Wendell Berry book group which met in the jewel of Lynchburg, the White Hart Café, the best Inklings-themed beer-serving coffee shop on the . . . . Continue Reading »
Of interest to many readers will be David Goldman’s latest, A Yeshiva Curriculum in Western Literature , published in Hakirah: the Flatbush Journal of Jewish Law and Thought . “How should religious Jews approach the high culture of the West?” David . . . . Continue Reading »
Under my argument with Pete’s argument , there were some interesting suggestions that ought to be more public. Pete, Peter Lawler and I carried on the discussion here, but I would like to publicly note some fine arguments by our readers. From Art Deco: The problem, as always, is . . . . Continue Reading »
David Koyzis asks why we have Calvinist Baptists, but no Lutheran Baptists. He makes some good points in his piece . There is a certain awkwardness when discussing Calvinists within the Baptist tradition. Baptists are called Baptists because we baptize those who profess belief in Christ, while . . . . Continue Reading »
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