Recently I went on a walk with a friend, both of us sipping takeaway cups of Starbucks and she pushing her youngest child, chicken pox-afflicted, in the stroller. My friend teaches theology and ethics, and wed agreed to meet up and talk about matters LGBTQ. It was an especially rich . . . . Continue Reading »
Two days ago, the Catholic Herald posted a story about Pope Francis meeting with Rev. Dr. Nikolaus Schneider. The article is entitled Lutheran pastor meets Pope Francis in Rome, and the text of the article also refers to Dr. Schneider as a Lutheran pastor. Theres just one problem, . . . . Continue Reading »
A lot of attention has been paid to Lisa Snow, testifying on behalf of Planned Parenthood at a hearing in Florida regarding a bill that would require medical care for babies born after a botched abortion. To the surprise of many, and to the chagrin of Planned Parenthood, she couldn’t say what . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s OK to Love Your Hometown Justin Green, Daily Beast What Abraham Kuyper Did Eric Miller, Christianity Today Johann Jungnitz and the Necessity of Logic for Theology Eric Parker, Epistole The Orthodox Vision of Human Sexuality Fr. Thomas Hopko, Ancient Faith Radio Abortion After Tiller . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter’s post about about Obamacare and its effect on the national economy put me in mind of this recent Michael Ramirez cartoon. To do the post justice, I should find a complementary liberal political cartoon showing how perfectly marvelous America will be once the Affordable Care Act . . . . Continue Reading »
Yuval complains, quite rightly, that a modest slowing in the rate of increase of spending on Social Security could only produce a small bargain with the Republicans. It’s not a justification for significantly higher taxes. But “progressive” Democrats are outraged that there could . . . . Continue Reading »
On one hand, you might be surprised that the horrible news about Kermit Gosnell’s abortion clinic hasn’t gotten more attention. We are talking about a serial killer and his crew cutting the spinal cords of infants. That seems like a much more obvious news hook than the opaque and . . . . Continue Reading »
Alex Massie hails Margaret Thatcher as ” an accidental libertarian heroine .” In Massies telling, Thatcher was an economic liberal and a social conservative (in fact she was one of the few Conservative MPs to vote for decriminalizing homosexuality and also voted in favor of . . . . Continue Reading »