James R. Rogers on Yoram Hazony and the Jeffersonians : The stories from the Bible so often come to us as isolated examples of pious or ethical behavior, that it’s frankly a relief to read Yoram Hazony’s book, The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture . Hazony reads these stories . . . . Continue Reading »
Today the staff is occupied by a discussion of last night’s Erasmus Lecture—-delivered by Jean Bethke Elshtain on the subject 0f loyalty—-with friends of the magazine including Wilfred McClay, Michael Walzer, Paul Griffiths, Robert Jenson, and George Weigel. Blogging, therefore, . . . . Continue Reading »
What Theodor Adorno Wrought Liel Liebovitz, Tablet Is Obama More Puritanical Than Romney? Peter Lawler, Big Think Fear and Trembling over the Red Mass Matthew J. Franck, Bench Memos How Capitalism Can Save Art Camille Paglia, Wall Street Journal A Myth That Needs Killin’ Mark Shea, Patheos . . . . Continue Reading »
From the Pew Forum’s report “‘Nones’ on the Rise: One-in-Five Adults Have No Religious Affiliation” (PDF), released this morning:In the last five years alone, the [religiously] unaffiliated have increased from just over 15% to just under 20% of all U.S. adults. Their . . . . Continue Reading »
1. I don’t know how to write a book, but if I were to write a book on the 2012 primary season, it would argue something like this: Critics of the Republican “base” considered Republicans to be invincibly ignorant, easily manipulated yokels and many of the candidates for the . . . . Continue Reading »
To complete our series on Jean Bethke Elshtain’s First Things articles before tonight’s Erasmus Lecture , we’d like to highlight this two-part discussion of proselytization and religious tolerance from our November 2002 issue. (Paul J. Griffiths wrote the first part . . . . Continue Reading »
Or how should we describe Mitt Romney foreign-policy wise? Is he a neo-con? A neo-neo-con? Honestly, I don’t know. I think Peter’s “Mender not an Ender” is the perfect description of the candidate domestically, “Blast from the Past , Mormon Version” is the . . . . Continue Reading »
Very quickly: Three new polls on RCP. All say it’s a tie. The Gallup is most encouraging in showing a Romney trend. Romney is also up to 235 on the no-ties electoral college board. He’s escaped from the McCain box and is on the march. But it’s clearer than ever he can’t win . . . . Continue Reading »
From Men and Wives by Ivy Compton-Burnett: “Well, my Harriet. Well, my dear, I heard you talking in a way that reminded me of our youth. I said to myself, ‘Why, there is my Harriet chattering like a girl!’ This is a brave morning for you.” “Godfrey,” said . . . . Continue Reading »
Buzz Bissinger, a life long Democrat, has decided to publicly explain why he’s supporting Romney this year (h/t Mollie Hemingway ). He says that the president’s poor debate performance, as well as some nagging doubts about the efficacy of his policies past and proposed, have led him to . . . . Continue Reading »
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