Colbert Report chaplain and envoy-at-large to the entertainment community, Jim Martin, S.J., has announced the very good news that Walter Ciszek’s With God In Russia, is now available on Kindle, courtesy of America Press. For anyone not yet familiar with Ciszek or this book, I urge you . . . . Continue Reading »
asks: A few months ago, Nicki Roswell had a knock on her door. A neighbour needed the back of her dress laced up and didn’t have anyone to do it for her. Ms. Roswell sympathized, since she lives alone herself, and fastened the woman’s clothing.The two are residents of Liberty Village, a . . . . Continue Reading »
If Republicans were truly serious about extending the natural rights thinking of the Founders and explaining it to the public, wouldn’t they start with late-term abortion on demand? That is far less abstract than (for instance) the relationship of the Obamacare mandate to the . . . . Continue Reading »
Four Italian intellectuals with sympathy for the politics of the Old Left issued a “Ratzingerian Marxist” manifesto late last year: Their manifesto is, in effect, an explicit declaration of appreciation of the vision of Pope Benedict XVI. Tronti [one of the four] says: The current . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m still scratching my head over a story that appeared in yesterday’s New York Times . Ace reporter Ethan Bronner, who has covered legal matters among others for many years, went out to Palo Alto for the kickoff ceremonies of a new law school clinic at Stanford Law School, the . . . . Continue Reading »
So I’ve been getting a good number of challenging emails about our recent postings. Here’s one (from someone most of you know and respect): Your view relies on viewing the open-endedness of Locke’s doctrine and the mixed or incoherent nature of the Founding. If true, the big . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, I’m home with a sick kid who is trying to take a nap, so while I’ve got a moment, 1. Peter Lawler says: I don’t agree with Yuval that “the pursuit of happiness” is replaced by “collective effort.” That does sound kind of socialist or fascist, but the . . . . Continue Reading »
My home state is one of a handful of states that provides dollar-for-dollar tax credits (up to a certain limit) for individuals and corporations that make contributions to student scholarship organizations, which in turn provide assistance to needy parents who wish to enroll their children in . . . . Continue Reading »
John Daniel Davidson asks, “Has American Fiction Lost Sight of God?” In an article in the New York Times Book Review last month, Paul Elie ponders why Christian belief figures, “as something between a dead language and a hangover,” in current fiction. He observes that the . . . . Continue Reading »
Michael J. New: After Roe v. Wade , conceptions increased by 30 percent. The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect has reported that child abuse has increased more than 1,000 percent since Roe v. Wade. The cohort of 14-to-17-year-olds born after the Roe v. Wade . . . . Continue Reading »
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