MSNBC was positively crackling with outrage yesterday that the U.S. Senate rejected the U.N. treaty for persons with disabilities. John Kerry, the treaty’s Senate shepherd, said it was “the saddest day of his 28 years in the Senate.” He was flabbergasted that the Senate did not . . . . Continue Reading »
Logos Severed from Mythos James Matthew Wilson, Anamnesis “Great Art Survives”: An Interview with Dave Brubeck Ian Marcus Corbin, Commonweal On the Aims and Ends of Dialogue Peter Berger, The American Interest Healthcare Law Architect Heads to Big Pharma Natasha Lennard, Salon . . . . Continue Reading »
The other day Ross Douthat of the New York Times wrote a column entitled ” More Babies, Please ,” remarking on the news that America’s birthrate has gone into decline since the beginning of the “Great Recession.” It was full of his characteristic thoughtfulness . . . . Continue Reading »
Ms. Anna Williams quotes some interesting observations from noted scholars in her recent post on “The Common Law and the Constitution.” Yet an important counter-point from Justice Scalia’s 1998 essay A Matter of Interpretation highlights what happened in between the common law’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Seventy-nine years ago today, the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, repealing old dry and dreadful, was ratified. What better way to celebrate than with this festive pomegranate cocktail ? Pomegranate Poinsettia 1 oz. Pomegranate Liqueur 1 oz. Cointreau 1 oz. Orange Juice 3 oz. Champagne . . . . Continue Reading »
The great American jazzman Dave Brubeck has died a day short of his ninety-second birthday. Many may not know that Brubeck was a Catholic convert who actually composed a Mass even before he became a Catholic. The Mass had been commissioned by Ed Murray, editor of Our Sunday Visitor . From PBS, here . . . . Continue Reading »
Is the common law an obsolete relic of our history as an English colony, or is it still a principle of sound constitutional interpretation? Does it protect citizens’ liberty, or undermine it? How does common law interact with the evolution of our culture and legal system? The Library of Law . . . . Continue Reading »
George Weigel on the universal plague of child sexual abuse : While the Savile case was breaking, reports of large-scale sexual abuse in Boy Scout troops were being released by court order. Those crimes, plus the extensive (if largely ignored) research on sexual abuse in U.S. public schools, plus . . . . Continue Reading »
Some days ago, Kate Blanchard, a friend of mine from our days in graduate school at Duke who is trained in theological ethics, wrote a piece for the Huffington Post entitled ” My Two Abortions ,” in which she related her experiences of an ectopic pregnancy and a fetus which (who?) died . . . . Continue Reading »
After suffering a stroke yesterday, Greek Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim of Antioch passed away in a Beirut hospital this morning. Deputy Parliament Speaker Farid Makari commented, “The Orthodox community has lost a historic, great man who led his people with great wisdom in a . . . . Continue Reading »
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