The framers of the North Carolina Constitution of 1776 made it abundantly clear as to what kind of people they wanted to serve in their new state government. Article 32 states: That no person who shall deny the being of God, or the truth of the Protestant religion, or the divine . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, I don’t really know. But that’s what we need right now. Any ideas about where to go for the best reporting and analysis on this? Meantime, a pretty solid blog, Robert Koehler’s Marmot’s Hole , is probably the best bet, even though Robert’s skill-set is more . . . . Continue Reading »
The Crossroads Cultural Center, in conjunction with the American Bible Society, will be hosting a presentation by applied scientist Dr. Giorgio Ambrosio and professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Delaware and First Things Advisory Council member Stephen M. Barr . . . . . Continue Reading »
In a piece recently published in the Wall Street Journal , Suzy Lee Weiss, a high-school senior, claims that colleges have been lying to her for years. She writes: Colleges tell you, “Just be yourself.” That is great advice, as long as yourself has nine extracurriculars, six leadership . . . . Continue Reading »
George Weigel on reforming the Curia : The cast of mind in the Roman Curia must be changed, so that the entire Curia thinks of itself as its many good people now do: as servants of the New Evangelization, not as the twenty-first-century version of a papal court. That means that those curialists who . . . . Continue Reading »
” Throughout, the cardinal was the very picture of tranquility .” Richard John Neuhaus and Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, 1988. Read Ratzinger’s lecture on behalf of the Institute on Religion and Public life here . . . . . Continue Reading »
Some of you may remember Kevin Roose . In 2007, as a student at Brown University, he went undercover for a semester at Liberty University and reflected on his experience in The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner’s Semester at America’s Holiest University . Here is a . . . . Continue Reading »
The British newspaper The Independent has an article by Matthew Bell on the Alpha Course , which it describes, interestingly, as “British Christianity’s biggest success story.” Being the Independent , and standing at the far distant extreme of secularism, . . . . Continue Reading »
Mom’s Faith Wins Out Naomi Schaefer Riley, New York Times Curia Reform? Bank on It John L. Allen, Jr., National Catholic Reporter Interlocutions: Defining First Principles Steven Wedgeworth & Peter Escalante, Calvinist International The Few Witnesses to the Resurrection Bl. John Henry . . . . Continue Reading »
So I was watching Fox News’s excellent Special Report with Bret Baier . Baier was reporting about how the special exchange for small businesses is going to have to be delayed for another year. This is on top of other reports that Obamacare will cost the government more than expected, will . . . . Continue Reading »
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