In her column on Tuesday, Is the Church Suppressing God’s Will? , Elizabeth Scalia took on the latest effort by the editors of the National Catholic Reporter to argue for one of what seem to be their two favorite innovations, the ordination of women (the other being the goodness of . . . . Continue Reading »
Nicholas Frankovich considers whether St. Nicholas really existed : Nicholas, bishop of Myra and a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, was born in the third century and died in the fourth. There, I said it. That he ever lived at all was questioned by some historians in the . . . . Continue Reading »
So I felt so guilty about Jason’s charge that I was somehow mocking or being nasty to Rod Dreher that I decided to repeat and add to what I’ve said before on crunchy analysis to at least get credit for think a lot about being a crunchy without actually being one. . . . . Continue Reading »
Austin , I don’t want them “banned in schools,” I just don’t want them taught in government monopoly schools where parents are virtually compelled by law to send their kids. If we had school choice, all parents could send their children to schools that aligned with their . . . . Continue Reading »
Musically, not that impressive, an instance of the Beatles’ rock-meets-music-hall mode, but winsome enough if you don’t listen to it often. It’s fun, and it knows it’s sing-song-y. Irony-hounds might even ask whether that hints at some kind of reversal being the true message. . . . . Continue Reading »
Pink News is reporting that the Russian government is considering banning homosexual propaganda nationwide. Many municipalities in Russia have already done so, including Saint Petersburg. Russia is taking an increasingly active role globally in pushing back against the Homosexual Internationale. . . . . Continue Reading »
For FT readers who might be interested, I’ll be the speaker tomorrow at the New York Guild of Catholic Lawyers First Friday series. My talk, which will address the law of religious symbols in the United States and Europe, will begin at 8:15 am at the Church of Our Saviour, 59 . . . . Continue Reading »
In response to Matt’s post about Trollope , I thought I’d point out the observations of another nineteenth-century European visitor—-“a perceptive Frenchman,” Justice Scalia once called him—-who also wrote about American religion. (Have Supreme Court justices . . . . Continue Reading »
Thanks to the “First Links” below, I see that Ross Douthat answered some of the critics of his ” More Babies, Please ” column before I got around to writing about it yesterday . But it would be really instructive to read Sarah Sentilles’ ” Do Not Have Sex with . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . is the title of a propaganda video being shown in some public elementary schools. It bills itself as a general exploration of the many varieties of what a family can consist of—-you know, cross-racial couples, adoption and guardianship, families that speak Spanish at home. And . . . . Continue Reading »
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