Readers in the New York area may want to know about two major lectures being offered by St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, the first coming up in just three weeks. At 7:30 on the evening of Friday, September 21st, Father John Behr will deliver the seminary’s annual Florovsky . . . . Continue Reading »
The website address is amusing, in a childish sort of way, but readers may enjoy for the article itself I Won’t Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar from the Harvard Business Review site. “Yes, language is constantly changing,” he writes, but that doesn’t make grammar . . . . Continue Reading »
So we’re in Convention Season this quadrennial election cycle; the GOP had theirs last week, and the Dems are having theirs now. The latter party has concocted a mythical GOP “War on Women,” a cynical ploy that shows significant signs of failure. After all, as Sandra Fluke is not . . . . Continue Reading »
Elizabeth Scalia on how our political idols won’t save us : The first time I observed American Christians creating idols of their ideologies was during the presidency of George W. Bush; I saw people put enormous faith in a president and his policies because—through their post-9/11 . . . . Continue Reading »
I am often asked how so many animal rights activists can also be so pro abortion. For example, when I debated Gary Francione at Columbia Law School about animal rights, he said he supported abortion throught the ninth month even though he believes rights come from mere sentience. Sentience . . . . Continue Reading »
Cost of birth control : depending on the method, between $15-50 a month Pregnancy test : $5-$20 Human life: Priceless. Just kidding. Only $1522. And you’re paying for it! Keith Riler has published a new Planned Parenthood article in the most recent issue of the UK’s Faith Magazine . . . . Continue Reading »
Making It Work Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing Who Was Sun Myung Moon? Eileen Barker, CNN Belief Blog Cardinal Gibbons and the Knights of Labor Donald R. McClary, The American Catholic Gregory Peck, Miroslav Volf, Christianity, and the Use of Force Mark Tooley, Juicy Ecumenism Muslims from Abroad . . . . Continue Reading »
Two links today. First, “At Stadium Club, young, professional women party while others strip,” from my hometown daily: It’s Friday evening in D.C., and three women arrive at the Stadium Club, a converted warehouse in Northeast. It is flanked by rundown brick buildings and a gritty . . . . Continue Reading »
From ” A Final Warning That the Pope Ignores at His Peril ,” a “cliches r us” leading article (or editorial) in the English newspaper The Independent attacking the “authoritarian,” “hardline,” thought-suppressing Pope Benedict and praising the . . . . Continue Reading »
This, of ourse, is the title of the instant classic of an exchange between Nick Eberstadt and Bill Galston in Saturday’s WALL STREET JOURNAL . Here are the summaries given of each position: Eberstadt: “With a treasure chest of government-supplied benefits readily available, a taker . . . . Continue Reading »
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