A new poll suggests that a majority of parents in New York City oppose distribution of Plan B to high school students: Fifty-three percent of New Yorkers think that Department of Education should not be dispensing Plan B to high school students. A poll commissioned by the Chiaroscuro . . . . Continue Reading »
Fewer Protestants, but Better Protestants? Terry Mattingly, GetReligion The Wrong Side of History Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Catholic New World Glory and Indignity: The Strange Life of John Randolph Allen Mendenhall, The University Bookman Does the Name “Theophilus” Violate the . . . . Continue Reading »
So I’ve gotten a couple of emails asking me to say something about the death of McGovern. There has been a lot of conservative commentary about his basic decency and class. He was a gentleman and eventually even a fine businessman. The man is not to be confused with the general looniness of . . . . Continue Reading »
I agree with everything Pete says below: All the polls are tied, except Gallup and one other. Negative for Obama: His approval rating is higher than his one for handling the economy. For Romney: He’s more liked than he was, but still not that much. The “turnout model” is always . . . . Continue Reading »
According to Real Clear Politics, the average of the presidential head-to-head is tied at about 47% each (it is Obama +.2% but close enough.) Obama’s job approval average is still between 49% and 50%. This time in 2004, George W. Bush had the exact same job approval average . . . . Continue Reading »
I don’t believe this book is really about biblical womanhood, or biblical anything. YWB is a book about the Bible and how we read it. To fulfill her objective to live out this year of biblical womanhood and prove that there lacks a complete of consensus on what it is, Evans employs a feminist . . . . Continue Reading »
This month’s Pew Report on religious affiliation in America has drawn much well-deserved attention, particularly two of its findings: a continuing increase in the percentage of Americans who do not identify with any religion – the “Nones” – and a continuing decrease in the . . . . Continue Reading »
Mary Ann Glendon and I will be appearing this coming Monday (October 22) at 7:30 p.m. in DiGiovanni Hall at the Harvard University Catholic Center to discuss “Catholic Faith and Public Life.” All are welcome. . . . . Continue Reading »
Last month’s issue of First Things had an exchange between Patrick Deneen and Daniel Mahoney. Deneen repeated many of the arguments he has made in other articles and posts e.g. Lockeanism =’s Progressivism . On the other hand, he did seem to pivot to the center on one . . . . Continue Reading »
So I just saw (for the second time) the very moving film ONE TRUE THING. The English professor/novelist/husband/dad (played brilliantly by William Hurt) is a multi-faceted jerk. To make a long story short, his narcissism and vanity crowed out any sustained sense of personal responsibility to those . . . . Continue Reading »
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