Scientists disagree, but MAYBE . It’s the lack of this CAPABILITY that caused Walker Percy to say that there’s more ontological distance between each of us and a DOLPHIN and a DOLPHIN and a rock. But, who knows, maybe those undeniably cute and smart mammals experience the joy of shared . . . . Continue Reading »
Elizabeth Scalia on the Pope’s Benedict option : When Pope Benedict XVI departs from the Chair of Peter on the evening of February 28, he will remain briefly at Castel Gandolfo while his new quarters are readied, and will then take on the gift and burden of monastic enclosure, which he has . . . . Continue Reading »
Or more Walker Percy . The symposium Saturday is in THE WILSON LIBRARY at UNC. . . . . Continue Reading »
Sociologist Neil Gilbert argues that (in Sandra Tsing Loh’s Atlantic paraphrase ) “financial need is not the force behind women’s shift in the past 50 years from work in the home to work in the market-place.” Rather, the driving force is “the desires of those . . . . Continue Reading »
The latest front in the Baptist battle over Calvinism and Arminianism has opened at Louisiana College, where the administration has decided not to renew the contracts of three faculty members—- Jason Hiles , Kevin McFadden and Ryan Lister . The latter two have doctorates . . . . Continue Reading »
A Puritan and a Biologist on Beauty Justin Hawkins, Fare Forward Ecumenism, Asceticism, and the Common Good Dylan Pahman, Ethika Politka The Lost Art of Persuasion James K. A. Smith, Cardus What Hollywood Did to Johnny Cash Lee Habeeb, National Review Paperwork Against the People Rob Horning, . . . . Continue Reading »
Humor magazine McSweeney’s posts a satirical cover letter for the world’s most discussed job opening: Dear sir or madam, I am writing to apply for the position of Pope. I recently received my Bachelor of Arts, or “artium baccalaureus,” from Dartmouth College, with a major . . . . Continue Reading »
James Poniewozik has an interesting review in Time of the recent Oscar show, looking at the way Seth MacFarlane acquitted himself in his hosting duties. Poniewozik viewed MacFarlane as a flop; the most particular concern was that the host didn’t understand the lines that surround the . . . . Continue Reading »
In a long post , Rod Dreher takes the measure of the recent resignation of Cardinal O’Brien of Scotland in the wake of charges of untoward advances on seminarians and young priests some thirty years ago. I have no particular desire to defend the honor, innocence, or reputation of Cardinal . . . . Continue Reading »
The resignation of Cardinal O’Brien as Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, within a month of the date on which his formal resignation would normally have taken effect, is both shocking and sad, for he was a well-known and well-liked figure within the Catholic Church in Scotland, in . . . . Continue Reading »
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