Pete, Gosnell was merely doing what he was paid to do; getting rid of unwanted children. That’s why his trial is not a major story and is not of interest to the media, save, perhaps, for what happened to those few women harmed, which is a local story of criminal malfeasance or rather, . . . . Continue Reading »
The Crossroads Cultural Center and the American Bible Society host Dr. Giorgio Ambrosio and Stephen M. Barr on what The God Particle can tell us about human beings and our place in the universe. “The God Particle . . . and Me: A Quantum Leap from the Subatomic to . . . . Continue Reading »
After weeks of growing frustration, pro-lifers took to Twitter en masse Friday to express disbelief and outrage over media silence on the multiple-murder trial of American abortion provider Kermit Gosnell. And the media, at least some of it, seems to be listening. The outrage was almost certainly . . . . Continue Reading »
It seems like this is the day when a critical mass of journalists at “mainstream” (liberal-leaning but not explicitly partisan liberal outlets) have decided that their credibility is now on the line and they have to more aggressively cover the Gosnell murders. They were finally shamed . . . . Continue Reading »
Gay marriage, pro or con? That’s one of the basic political debates these days. And yet, the debate as it occurs 99% percent of the time is not about the actual issue before us. Over at NRO, a call by two former RNC operatives Liz Mair and Marco Nunez, for the Republican Party to abandon its . . . . Continue Reading »
As I read Communion and Liberation President Julian Carrón’s letter to the Editor of the Italian newspaper La Repubblica published on Wednesday, I felt like he was channeling Richard John Neuhaus. With Italy in complete political gridlock since February and a hung parliament due to . . . . Continue Reading »
There was a time when those of us who paid attention to the First Amendment religion clauses could find a lot of grist for our mills in judicial battles over public holiday—er, Christmas—displays. That particular front in our so-called culture war has died down a bit, only to be . . . . Continue Reading »
In what seems like a bizarre modern appropriation of the damnatio memoriae , Kermit Gosnell’s Wikipedia entry is being considered for deletion . From the original deletion request : His case has not received national attention. It is a local multiple-murder story in Pennsylvania, . . . . Continue Reading »
In a very fine article in the American Conservative, ” Sex After Christianity ,” Rod Dreher explains how the growing support for gay marriage reflect deep and profound changes in our moral imaginations. He writes, correctly I think, that “gay-marriage proponents succeeded so . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter Leithart describes Rupert Sheldrake’s eccentric ideas : Scientists and non-scientists frequently equate the materialist worldview with science itself, but Sheldrake argues that much of our everyday experience, not to mention recent scientific research, points in the opposite direction. . . . . Continue Reading »
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