R. R. Reno on conservatism and gay marriage : Redefinition of marriage to allow same-sex unions undermines the proper separation of cultural and governmental power that is so important for a liberal regime. Marriage is an institution as fundamental as religion and morality. It is more primitive and . . . . Continue Reading »
Thinking Trivially About Radical Orthodoxy Benjamin Robertson, Second Nature On Dualisms Eva Brann, Imaginative Conservative St. Francis, Christian Love, and Biotechnology William B. Hurlbut, New Atlantis How I Believe in Roger Ebert Steven D. Greydanus, National Catholic Register Professor Judt . . . . Continue Reading »
This week had some big news in the world of movies. Unfortunately it didn’t include any new movies worth watching at the local multiplex. First, Roger Ebert sadly passed away. In certain circles, his style of movie criticism—thumbs and all—was criticized as simplistic, bordering on . . . . Continue Reading »
Because I really, really like this latest Ross Douthat column skewering Ivy League monopolism/elitism . His excuse for commenting comes from the silly dust-up over the Susan Patton letter advising young Princeton women to take their dating possibilities for finding a good husband during their four . . . . Continue Reading »
In Bayles’ telling, rap’s old school period was not just prior to the advent of rich sampling, but also prior to what we might call the gangsta-rap scam . Old-school rapping did the dozens, did f-bomb-dropping comedy, did “battle rap” exhibitions of verbal prowess, and was . . . . Continue Reading »
Next weekend, the Center for Irish and Irish-American Studies at NYU will host a conference marking the bicentennial of People v. Phillips , an early freedom-of-religion case involving the priest-penitent privilege: “ Religious Freedom in America, 1813 to 2013: Bicentennial Reflections . . . . Continue Reading »
Last summer, a federal appeals court ruled that a Wisconsin public high school could not hold its graduation ceremonies in a rented Evangelical church sanctuary. To do so, the court ruled, posed too great a risk of government coercion, proselytism, and endorsement of religion. Three . . . . Continue Reading »
Rand Paul has an impressive combination of ideology, determination and pragmatism. He has, as Allahpundit has written, the ability to “sell libertarian wine in conservative bottles.” He matters, and so it matters if aspects of Rand Paul’s particular style of libertarianism would . . . . Continue Reading »
Micah Mattix analyzes the first line of The Wasteland : Eliot’s “April is the cruellest month” is not so much about his conflicted response to spring (rooted in some forgotten childhood trauma) or about creating a linguistic puzzle to help us develop our skills of attention but about . . . . Continue Reading »
When Brandon Ambrosino told his English professor at Liberty University, a conservative Christian college, that he was gay, he was surprised by her reaction : “I love you,” she said. I stopped crying for a second and looked up at her. Here was this conservative, pro-life, pro-marriage . . . . Continue Reading »
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