1. So I’ve gotten a couple of complaints (really) that my contribution to BBS below was insufficiently sensitive to diversity issues. Well, that’s true. 2. The HR officer who called Sheldon in was a black woman skilled, as Leonard would say, in handlIng human relations issues. . . . . Continue Reading »
Carl Henry: Not Just for Calvinists Matthew Pinson, Gospel Coalition The New French Catholic Youth Marie Lemonnier, Le Nouvel Observateur / Worldcrunch On Avoiding ‘Prosperous Wickedness’ James V. Schall S.J., University Bookman Why Private Schools Are Dying Chester E. Finn Jr., . . . . Continue Reading »
A nudge from Ben Boychuk about The Politico’s Behind the Curtain by Allen and Vandehei who are discussing “Why the GOP thinks it could blow it” which is all about conservatives letting their outrage get away with them. They have their little list, including comparisons . . . . Continue Reading »
So here’s a round-up of reactions to the new Obama administrative mandate—the if I’m offended (however unreasonably) you’re in trouble college speech code. Ken Masugi reminded me of the trouble Sheldon Cooper has had with his university’s human resources officer. But . . . . Continue Reading »
“Opponents of gay marriage are now treated by the press in the same way queer-rights agitators were in the past: as strange, depraved creatures, whose repenting and surrender to mainstream values we await with bated breath,” writes Brendan O’Neill in Spiked! Which . . . . Continue Reading »
Maybe by conservative donors being smarter with their money. . . . . Continue Reading »
That title is the motto of my university and the basis of a final exam question I asked the sophomores in my “Great Books” core course. The answers were interesting (in a disheartening way). The students “get” making a difference (a phrase added to our motto a little . . . . Continue Reading »
Add this to Matthew Schmitz’s recent inventory of Pope Francis’ ability to convey spiritual concepts in pithy, almost meme-like phrases: Pope Francis warned against “gentrification of the heart” as a consequence of comfortable living, and called on the faithful to . . . . Continue Reading »
BIG THOUGHTS HERE (Sorry about the earlier link.) . . . . Continue Reading »
R. R. Reno on Rabbi Gilles Bernheim’s plagiarism : In the March issue we published “Homosexual Marriage, Parenting, and Adoption,” written by Gilles Bernheim, Chief Rabbi of France. Or so we thought. It turns out that Rabbi Bernheim plagiarized some portions. Also today, Pete . . . . Continue Reading »
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