How Often do Ethics Professors Call Their Mothers?
Eric Schwitzgebel, Aeon
The Really Big One
Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker
Will Marriage Dissidents be Treated as Bigots, or Pro-Lifers?
Ryan T. Anderson, The Federalist
Under Francis, there's a new dogma: Papal Fallibility
John L. Allen Jr., Crux
A political system, along with such supportive traditions as the rule of law and loyal opposition, is supposed to be a durable fixture on the political landscape and ought not to be changed lightly. It should be amended only when a favorable consensus can be achieved, and if that consensus is not forthcoming, then the constitution remains as it is. Continue Reading »
We’ve been very good at getting heart, lung, liver, because we know that, so I’m not gonna crush that part, I’m gonna basically crush below, I’m gonna crush above, and I’m gonna see if I can get it all intact.”An undercover video released this morning purports to show Dr. Deborah . . . . Continue Reading »
El Chapo Escapes Again
Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker
Is it Time for a National Divorce Law Too?
Laurence Kotlikoff, Forbes
Harper Lee's ‘Watchman' Is a Mess That Makes Us Reconsider a Masterpiece
Maureen Corrigan, NPR
Freedom From Loneliness?
Michael Knowles, Point Magazine
A priest's op-ed provides a clear example of the problems faced by the Roman Catholic Church. Continue Reading »
Information and History
Alan Jacobs, New Atlantis
Culture-War Vertigo? Free-Solo Fear? Mind the Rock
Dominic Verner, O.P., Dominicana
Greece Agrees to Its Third European Bailout After Marathon Talks
Simon Shuster, TIME
Pope Says He Wasn't Offended by Communist Crucifix
Associated Press
Courts Support Obama’s Contraceptive Policy, but Challenges Remain
Robert Pear, New York Times
The latest edition of First Things magazine, soon to be available online, contains an important piece by Princeton sociologist of religion Robert Wuthnow, “In Polls We Trust.” Actually, it’s one of the most important pieces on American religion I’ve read in quite a while. Not for what it . . . . Continue Reading »
On Pope Francis’s recent visit to La Paz, Bolivia, he received an unusual—and many would say, offensive—gift. Evo Morales, the first indigenous president of Bolivia, presented Pope Francis with a wooden crucifix made of a hammer and sickle. A video shows Pope Francis considering the gift . . . . Continue Reading »
The Great Accumulation: A Review of The Ransom of the Soul, by Peter Brown
Karl Shuve, Hedgehog Review
The Garbage Man Who Would Be King
Matthew Schmitz, American Interest
Behind the Scenes with Dwight Eisenhower, Billy Graham, and the Makers of American Civil Religion
John G. Turner, Christianity Today
What Finland Can Teach America About Baseball
Brian Costa, Wall Street Journal
Many Christians feel homesick for a day when they could be fully Christian in public. A rejection of the Christian faith is solidifying in our laws. The implicit primacy of Christian faith which has spanned centuries in the West is fading. The modern-day followers of Christ cry out as in Palestine . . . . Continue Reading »
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