I like the word brethren. Its specialized use is to denote members of a solemn or sacred brotherhood, sometimes including women too. Nobody would now say, “I have three sisters and two brethren,” unless he was telling a joke; he’s a member of an order of priests, and there are three . . . . Continue Reading »
Niebuhr, Kuyper, and Foggy Bottom Dean C. Curry, Patheos 2012 in Science, Part I Matthew Walhout, Books & Culture Let’s Give Chivalry Another Chance Emily Esfahani Smith, The Atlantic Tolstoy’s Christ and Temperament Helen Rittelmeyer Abolish Social Studies? Michael Knox Beran, City . . . . Continue Reading »
There are many reasons why America seems to be moving inexorably toward legalizing same-sex marriage. The Sexual Revolution that has swept American society since the 1960s is probably the main explanation. There’s plenty of evidence that Americans, especially Americans below a certain age, . . . . Continue Reading »
From the Philadelphia Inquirer : A Mennonite-owned cabinetmaker has filed a federal suit charging that the Affordable Care Act’s mandate on contraception coverage violates its constitutional rights. Conestoga Wood Specialties, citing the principles of religious freedom on which William . . . . Continue Reading »
It seems likely to me that virtually any unobjectionable Republican who Nikki Haley might appoint would retain the Senate seat that is opening up with Jim DeMint’s retirement. And if Haley’s likely Senate appointees are ideologically similar (and judging from their . . . . Continue Reading »
Since Peter Lawler asked, but the conclusions are sobering. 1. Of all the candidates who ran for the Republican nomination, Romney was best able to talk fluently about a range of national issues, while building a national campaign and fundraising organization. Perry could not do the former. . . . . Continue Reading »
At Mirror of Justice, Professor Rick Garnett of Notre Dame Law gives an update on Father Robert Araujo, S.J., and the cancer he has battled for many years. Longtime MOJ-contributor, thoughtful scholar, wonderful priest, and good friend Fr. Robert Araujo, S.J., has given me permission to ask all . . . . Continue Reading »
The essence of Christianity is to love one another, to have compassion, not to judge, but to forgive, to accept – no? Applied to politics, the implication seems obvious: unlimited tolerance, equality of lifestyles, etc: in a word, extreme liberalism. What’s wrong with this picture? . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter Kreeft has written an article for Touchstone called ” Clashing Symbols: The Loss of Aristotelian Logic & the Social, Moral, & Sexual Consequences .” The thinking goes as follows: Symbolic logic has eclipsed Aristotelian logic in nearly all philosophy textbooks. This is bad . . . . Continue Reading »
The estimable R.R. Reno’s wit is as dry as his martinis, so it is hard for me to know how seriously he meant the proposal in his “On the Square” essay ” Martinis and Taxes ” today, for a federal wealth tax. His friend, however, led him astray by invoking the . . . . Continue Reading »
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