As readers likely know by now, the eminent University of Chicago professor and political philosopher Jean Bethke Elshtain will deliver our annual Erasmus Lecture on Monday, October 8. Her topic is the “Nature and Meaning of Loyalty.” I’ve been preparing for the event by . . . . Continue Reading »
Robert P. George yesterday wrote about the phone calls allegedly made by the group Catholics for Obama to ask voters questions like “How can you vote for a Mormon who does not believe in Jesus Christ?” The Obama campaign denies the charges, according to an editor’s note in . . . . Continue Reading »
It is, writes Julianne Wiley, “a good example of the usefulness of academics in the production and distribution of moral equivocation” in her amazon.com review of Voting and Holiness . (It’s now the third on the list.) The book is a collection of essays by Catholic heavy-hitters, . . . . Continue Reading »
A First Things commenter has just been sentenced to forty-one months in federal prison for a comment he left on our site in 2010: Theodore Shulman, a pro-choice activist who in 2010 threatened to kill several pro-life leaders, has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison. Shulman, 51, . . . . Continue Reading »
reports: Sometimes, after a long, stressful day, there’s nothing more comforting than crawling into bed with your significant other and falling asleep in their arms. But what if you don’t have anyone to cuddle with in the first place? If you’re in Japan, you might think to go to a . . . . Continue Reading »
Leroy Huizenga on St. Hildegard of Bingen, Doctor of the Church : This Sunday, October 7, Pope Benedict will name Hildegard of Bingen a Doctor of the Church, having in early May extended her cult to the universal Church to remove all doubt about her status as a saint. Doctors of the Church are . . . . Continue Reading »
Redeeming Jealousy Charles Shonk, Dominicana Explaining the Controversy over the Orthodox ‘Civil Commission’ Pierre Atallah, Notes on Arab Orthodoxy Cell Phones as Meeting Points in a Featureless Landscape Alan Jacobs, The Atlantic The Church Has a Right to Its ‘Brand’ . . . . Continue Reading »
blogs: A Pennsylvania appeals court has overturned a trial court order giving custody of two children to their maternal grandparents rather than their father. The trial court penalized the father for his past polyamorous relationship. The case, V.C. and C.B. v. J.E.B. and C.C., is the . . . . Continue Reading »
BIG THOUGHTS HERE . . . . Continue Reading »
The big news is that Mitt was wonderfully prepared, full of specifics, eloquent in a plainspoken way, and struck exactly the right confidently yet calmly aggressive tone. Many Americans might have said, for the first time: You know, that guy would be a really good president. He certainly seemed to . . . . Continue Reading »
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