On the Square Today

Leroy Huizenga on why opposing gay marriage is rational, not religious : Many make the mistake of thinking that opposition to gay marriage is religious. A Facebook friend recently posted this quote: “Have you ever noticed the same people who claim that marriage is a religious institution only . . . . Continue Reading »

Why Not Ryan?

Well, I guess it depends on the alternative.  I agree that Romney would be better off with a positive, reformist message.  One of the reasons that the campaign has revolved so much around the latest Obama smears is that there is a hole where Romney’s positive message should . . . . Continue Reading »

Today’s VP-pick Commentary

The WSJ heads an editorial this morning with “Why Not Paul Ryan?Romney can win a big election over big issues. He’ll lose a small one.” Too risky, goes the Beltway chorus. His selection would make Medicare and the House budget the issue, not the economy. The 42-year-old is too . . . . Continue Reading »

Eucharistic Architecture

Many know that when his native France fell to the Nazis, Catholic philosopher and art theorist Jacques Maritain moved to Princeton.  What is less known is the impact he had there.  Conversations with Maritain seem to have re-invigorated the dormant faith of the unjustly neglected . . . . Continue Reading »

Pope Embraces ABC to Fight AIDS

Never let the perfect interfere with the good, the old saying goes. That seems to be the new approach taken by the Catholic Church as the Pope has dropped his adamant opposition to condoms in the fight against AIDS. From the Telegraph story:After decades of fierce opposition to the use of all . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 8.9.12

I, Nephi Adam Gopnik,  The New Yorker Puritanism and Democracy Thomas Kidd,  The Anxious Bench Concretizing the Abstract Ed Feser,  Ed Feser About That LCWR Speaker . . . Rod Dreher,  The American Conservative The Power to Destroy Michael Stokes Paulsen, Public Discourse . . . . Continue Reading »