A Truly Catholic Economy

Writing on the website Catholic Moral Theology, David Cloutier offers kudos to George Weigel for “offering [in  his latest column ] a forthright statement of the constructive and positive economic hopes that conservative American Catholics want.” Dr. Cloutier, a theology . . . . Continue Reading »

Romney’s Galluping into a Big Lead?

So I’ve gotten several enthusiastic emails from otherwise smart and sensible people about Romney being up seven in the new Gallup poll. I have to say I’m going to contain my personal enthusiasm until I see that surge confirmed by another poll. It’s not yet. But there is new reason . . . . Continue Reading »

South Carolina Bishop Refuses to Secede

A friend who follows the Episcopal Church — which at this point is somewhat like watching the Titanic when it’s already a few thousand feet under water — sends the link to a story on that body’s establishment declaring that the Episcopal bishop of South Carolina has abandoned . . . . Continue Reading »

A Modest Proposal on Divorce

French counter-enlightenment thinker Louis de Bonald’s uniquely strong proposal for discouraging divorce, as summarized by Mark Henrie: If divorce is allowed at all, therefore, parents should be treated as deceased and the children raised as wards of the state. This follows because “a . . . . Continue Reading »

On the Square Today

Leroy Huizenga on coming to grips with Vatican II : “What about Vatican II?” I asked my Catholic friend, in response to his assertion that Catholic doctrine is stable while the Church’s understanding thereof develops. We were in college together, young bucks full of vim and vigor, . . . . Continue Reading »

Sabato on Where We Are Now

1. Larry is as nonpartisan as analysts can be these days. 2. The debate, I think, was, from a debating expert’s point of view, a victory for the president. But in terms of changing minds, it was a tie. That probably means the erosion of Romney’s new slight advantage on the enthusiasm . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 10.18.12

O Captain My Captain David Fulton, Harvard Ichthus Envy and the Undoing of American Mores Theodore Dalrymple, Liberty Law Site Charting a New Model for Catholic Education Sean Kennedy, City Journal Return to Nature? An Ecological Counterhistory Lenny Moss, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Planned . . . . Continue Reading »