1. So H.T., in the Ivan the K thread below, says that the writings of Leo Strauss are “utterly trivial.” And he so certain he’s right that he says that the burden is on others to prove him wrong. But “we Straussians” (even we lapsed Straussians) shouldn’t be . . . . Continue Reading »
The 36 million in a sense murdered by Mao and the Chinese communist leadership. Here’s my original post which attempted to visualize the number using our Vietnam War memorial as a prop, a post most important for its links to the must-see documentary China: The Mao Years. That post was on the . . . . Continue Reading »
I thank everyone who has posted comments on my article on Friday responding to Professor Reno, and I have a few responses. To Rick: I agree that complex regulations often benefit large firms because large firms, but not their smaller competitors, can hire sophisticated counsel that allow the . . . . Continue Reading »
In his treatise On Spiritual Friendship , Aelred of Rievaulx, a 12th-century Cistercian abbot, insists that we need to test our beliefs about friendship with Scripture. The treatise is a series of dialogues in which three monks join Aelred to examine their ideas about friendship in . . . . Continue Reading »
Here is Megan McArdle on the new Oregon Medicaid study. One implication is that a comprehensive prepayment model of health insurance might not be the most cost effective way to get people health care services. There is no statistically significant evidence that Medicaid improved the health outcomes . . . . Continue Reading »
Readers who’ve finished Ephraim Radner’s unambiguous review of Candida Moss’ The Myth of Persecution (May 2013) may be interested to know that the exchange continues in Notre Dame’s Irish Rover , the school’s alternative Catholic paper. Moss focuses on . . . . Continue Reading »
I posted earlier this week about the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom’s special report on violations of religious liberty in Syria . Also this week, USCIRF issued its annual, comprehensive (364 pages) report on religious freedom around the world . It makes for . . . . Continue Reading »
Robert T. Miller replies to R. R. Reno on capitalism and economic freedom : The debate on economic issues between conservatives and liberals is not about whether the government should regulate the market or whether wealth should be redistributed. Rather, the debate between economic conservatives . . . . Continue Reading »
In his warmly pastoral Friends in Christ: Paths to a New Understanding of Church , Brother John of Taizé discusses the rise of monasticism as a response to Scriptural injunctions to brotherly love. Monasticism, in this account, was the place where a uniquely Christian theology of friendship . . . . Continue Reading »
I just finished watching the Fox News special ” See No Evil ” on abortionist Kermit Gosnell, who is on trial in Philadelphia for multiple murders and other crimes. Gosnell can’t understand how it can be that he is facing prison and possibly even the death penalty for killing the . . . . Continue Reading »
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