Islam and Christianity in Britain: An Exchange [podcast] Damian Thompson & Michael Nazir-Ali, Telegraph Summer Reading for College Graduates Brett McCracken, Mere Orthodoxy The Schtick of Time Robert Fulford, National Post A Most Sincere Affectation Jonathan Askonas, Fare Forward Obama’s . . . . Continue Reading »
So Larry thinks I don’t know ANTS as well as I should but I’m getting there when it comes to members of OUR SPECIES. He “highly recommends” my sympathetic account of moderately socially conservative Darwinian or evolutionary psychologists, particularly Jonathan Haidt (who, . . . . Continue Reading »
and everybody else too. . . . . Continue Reading »
There has been a bit of back and forth recently at Psychology Today concerning the prevalence of ADHD in school-aged children in the U.S. and France. Here at First Thoughts , Collin Garbarino reported the opening piece by Marilyn Wedge and offered his own controversial opinion on the matter. Since . . . . Continue Reading »
This morning I tumbled down a rabbit hole of divinely inspired social media. I always knew that I could connect with friends and acquaintances through Facebook and Twitter, but I hadn’t considered using those platforms to strengthen my connection to God. As it turns out the Internet offers . . . . Continue Reading »
in the Guardian : . . . My best friend and I had been friends for 20 years, and then, one day, nothing. She stopped returning my calls; she ignored my messages. She was living in another country so I had no way of reaching her, no way to confront her. Months passed and I realised that my best . . . . Continue Reading »
Someone called “Writing Prompter” suggests this way of writing an essay : Pick up anything in your house with text on it that isn’t a book or magazine, then “Freewrite for fifteen minutes, recording as many words and phrases from the objects as you can, and taking note of . . . . Continue Reading »
Ludovine de la Rochère speaks to French protesters against same-sex marriage : We are neither a political movement, nor a faith-based movement, nor a coalition of hateful homophobes. Our adversaries have tried everything to paint us in such a way. But they have failed, because one cannot deny . . . . Continue Reading »
The National Catholic Reporter is not happy . The American bishops have appointed someone of “conventional views on marriage and sexuality” as the new head of their secretariat of doctrine and canonical affairs. Conventional means, as you will have guessed, Catholic . Fr. Peter . . . . Continue Reading »
Maybe the problem in the last election was Romney, or maybe we can attribute the elections results to other things. . . . . Continue Reading »
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