At Christianity Today , Emory University’s John Witte mounts a defense of anti-Sharia legislation : A constitutional battle over Muslim family law has begun. In November 2010, Oklahoma voters approved a state constitutional amendment banning the use of Muslim Shari’ah and other . . . . Continue Reading »
Approval of the controversial proposal that the Church of England ordain women bishops required two-thirds voting in support in three different bodies—-the Houses of Bishops, Priests, and Laity. Tellingly, it was in the last, most popular, of the three that the measure ran aground, with . . . . Continue Reading »
Marco Rubio was caught off guard during an interview by Michael Hainey for GQ. He was asked how old he thinks the earth is. His response: I’m not a scientist, man. I can tell you what recorded history says, I can tell you what the Bible says, but I think that’s a dispute amongst . . . . Continue Reading »
Elizabeth Scalia on the Mass of the very old men : SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 6:25 AM: In the palest light, I follow footprints left in the season’s first frost, just a few minutes behind the regulars. The church’s glaring overhead lights are softened by the flame-glow of a few dozen . . . . Continue Reading »
I think the RSV — in whatever edition, including Ignatius’ 2nd Catholic Edition — is better than MBD gives it credit for. It stands in the grand tradition of English Bibles, beginning with Tyndale, it’s accurate and readable and dignified. The ESV is based on the RSV, but it has . . . . Continue Reading »
From Without a Stitch in Time , a Peter De Vries short story collection: “What I’m going to do is, I’m going to declare moral bankruptcy,” I said. “I mean, we keep using the term in that sense, why not follow it through? When a man can no longer discharge his financial . . . . Continue Reading »
The Chronicle of Higher Education last week published a rather odd article on the evolution of eugenics excerpted from Nathaniel Comfort’s new book The Science of Human Perfection: How Genes Became the Heart of American Medicine . It’s odd because, though it acknowledges the evils that . . . . Continue Reading »
Richard John Neuhaus wrote in these pages that if he had the authority, “everyone would use the Revised Standard Version.” Over at The American Conservative , Michael Brendan Dougherty fires off a volley against the venerable translation: The mainstream option for believing . . . . Continue Reading »
So David’s article is interesting more for its listing of various young conservatives than its actual content. I just don’t have time to comment much right now, but I thought I’d get it out there for your consideration. My TALKING POINTS for now are pretty random: 1. Our Pete . . . . Continue Reading »
Florida Senator Marco Rubio has attracted a lot of unwelcome attention by equivocating in response to a question regarding the age of the earth: I’m not a scientist, man. I can tell you what recorded history says, I can tell you what the Bible says, but I think that’s a dispute amongst . . . . Continue Reading »
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