The article is behind a paywall, but a short news item from the Tablet (where Haldane’s piece is published) gives the gist: A leading academic has said the Catholic Church urgently needs to overturn its centuries-old ban on ordaining married men to ease the shortage of priests and . . . . Continue Reading »
Richard Garnett, the Notre Dame law professor who wrote the 2012 Supreme Court Roundup for our September issue, reviews John Jenkins’ new biography of the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist in the Wall Street Journal today. Although Garnett reports that the book will teach you . . . . Continue Reading »
In the course of downsizing his library, a faithful reader would like to give away the issues of First Things he has received over the past decade. Thus far he has not been able to find a good home for them. If you can suggest an institution (or a network analogous to the Theological . . . . Continue Reading »
I posted the following comment on my Facebook page. It’s generated an interesting discussion among my friends, including my wonderful former student, and Notre Dame Law School grad, Michael Fragoso (who does not quite see eye to eye with me on this one): Conservative Friends: I know . . . . Continue Reading »
Wesley J. Smith on why nature should not have “rights” : Of greater philosophical concern, the nature rights ideology subverts what I call human exceptionalism by elevating the natural world to moral equality with human beings—effectively diminishing us to merely another animal in . . . . Continue Reading »
Many of my pro-life friends are passing around this video as evidence that Romney has betrayed them on the social issues. While it indeed does portray Romney as a squishy moderate on abortion, the position it argues for is exactly that of George W. Bush and John McCain : No . . . . Continue Reading »
Romney got in a couple of good lines about the President’s fraught relationship with the Catholic Church at last night’s Al Smith Dinner: The President has put his own stamp on relations with the Church. There have been some awkward moments. Like when the President pulled Pope Benedict . . . . Continue Reading »
Last night I had the joy of getting together with my esteemed friend Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, who was at Princeton to give a lecture based on his new book on religion and science. His talk was characteristically brilliant. Religion is ubiquitous in human society, but religious geniuses are . . . . Continue Reading »
Putting Health’s Importance in Perspective Yuval Levin, The New Atlantis A Welfare System That Works Naomi Schaefer Riley, Philanthropy Roundtable The Struggle for Poland’s Soul Christian Lowe, Reuters Why the Christian Philosopher and Christian College Need Each Other . . . . Continue Reading »
1. There is some good news for Romney in the coming foreign policy debate. The expectations for Romney’s performance among the political class are as low as they could be. The Libya thing ironically helps here. People are expecting the love child of Inspector Clouseau and Buck Turgidson, so . . . . Continue Reading »
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