Russell D. Moore, president-elect of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention has issued a statement with Kevin Ezell, head of the Souther Baptist Convention’s North American Missions Board, on recent worries about the curtailment of . . . . Continue Reading »
!. So, as you can see on the thread below about PHILOSOPHICAL SECTARIANISM, the blog is pretty good way of learning about philosophy. The conversation is enhanced by the fact that you can read (or not just hear) what others have to say and take your sweet time before responding. Please join in. The . . . . Continue Reading »
R. R. Reno on capitalism and conservatism : Freedom creates problems. It’s a good thing, often rightly encouraged, but it has costs. This is true of political freedom, as the Founders recognized, which is why they feared pure democracy. It’s also true of moral freedom: see the decline of . . . . Continue Reading »
Somehow I have dropped the habit of reading the comics in our daily paper, and I really should try to re-acquire it. (Now there’s a suggestion for summer reading to add to Collin Garbarino’s list: read the comics! But do it all year ‘round.) I do usually catch the color . . . . Continue Reading »
Timothy Winter, a Muslim scholar who serves as director of studies at Wolfson College Cambridge, has drawn criticism after videos surfaced in which he criticizes homosexual acts. “You don’t even understand what your bodies are for,” Winter says. “How ignorant can you get? . . . . Continue Reading »
I spent a year of my life living as Nick Carraway, the narrator of The Great Gatsby , after I had answered a simple newspaper ad: “Waterfront 1BR Cottage. $215 mo. Refs. Req.” The landlord was an expatriate Polish aristocrat, regal in his every fiber. The tiny cottage was a wonder, . . . . Continue Reading »
Summertime in America. It’s a different kind of season. Kids are out of school. Parents are taking vacation days. The weather is warm, the beaches are full, and even the most business-minded among us loosen the collar just a bit. Summer has a slower pace, and that slower pace makes it the . . . . Continue Reading »
In chapter 2 of my own Political Visions and Illusions , I trace the development of liberalism in five stages: (1) the Hobbesian commonwealth, (2) the night watchman state, (3) the regulatory state, (4) the equal-opportunity state, and (5) the choice-enhancement state. The movement from each stage . . . . Continue Reading »
The Consecration Robert Fay, Booth The Un-humanitarian Charity of Martin de Porres Anthony Esolen, Touchstone The Joyful Sorrow of Pascha Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos, Mystagogy God Doesn’t Guarantee a Broadway Smash Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Wall Street Journal The Sex Lives of Unmarried . . . . Continue Reading »
Ross Douthat is on a roll lately. He points out that the recent Oregon study indicates that expanding health care coverage isn’t the most cost effective way to improve the well being of the poor and lower middle-class. I would agree, but I would put the emphasis in different places, not . . . . Continue Reading »
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