Many readers will be familiar with Christian Legal Society v. Martinez , the Supreme Court’s 2010 opinion upholding the constitutionality of an “all-comers” policy at the UC-Hastings law school. The all-comers policy required student groups, including religious . . . . Continue Reading »
“ First Principles: Natural Law and the Theologico-political Question ” The seminar will be taught (and students will be housed) on the campus of Princeton University from July 28 – August 10 . This year’s seminar will focus on the relation between natural law and the . . . . Continue Reading »
Should the next pope be a nun? a group of nuns? a non-Catholic? David Mills picks apart the refrains that have typified much of the press coverage of Benedict in a column for the Pittsburgh Catholic : Some of these supposed experts just get things wrong, like the television reporter who solemnly . . . . Continue Reading »
Early on in Mark Vernon’s insightful book The Meaning of Friendship , there’s this throwaway observation: “In TV soaps, the characters always have their friends to return to when their sexual adventures fail; lovers come and go, but friends remain.” Reading that sentence, I . . . . Continue Reading »
“If you value the work that religious enterprises do, if you value the free exercise of religion, then you’re going to at least be sensitive to regulatory mandates that impose new and often pretty burdensome costs on them,” our friend and writer Richard Garnett told NPR yesterday . . . . Continue Reading »
Wesley J. Smith on euthanasia’s euphemisms : When a social movement must rely on euphemisms to obfuscate its goals, it is a good bet that there is something wrong with its agenda. From its very inception, euthanasia advocates have euphemistically bent language as a means of convincing society . . . . Continue Reading »
T.S. Eliot wrote, “And the end of all our exploring / Will be to arrive where we started / And know the place for the first time.” “That place,” says Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein at The Velvet Kippah , “for many Christians today, is looking more Jewish all the . . . . Continue Reading »
Guided by a Cloud Br. Joseph-Anthony Kress O.P., Dominicana The Godless Delusion Neilson MacKay, Arma Virumque Turmoil in a Closed Community Sam Leith, Times Literary Supplement The Next Pope and His Name David Gutterman, Jewish Daily Forward Times Obsession with Church Reaches New Heights The . . . . Continue Reading »
There’s an important Angelo Codevilla essay in Forbes : As Country Club Republicans Link Up With The Democratic Ruling Class, Millions Of Voters Are Orphaned . Not sure if I agree of his analysis of the Republican Party, which is obviously the main point of the essay, but I do agree with . . . . Continue Reading »
Remi Brague is no stranger to PomoCon and First Things readers. So it goes with saying that he is one of the most brilliant and knowledgeable thinkers and writers living today. His immense erudition, his intense study, and his mastery of Greek philosophy, as well as medieval Islamic, Jewish, and . . . . Continue Reading »
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