End-of-Life Care: A Debate Daniel Callahan and Peter Lawler, Heritage What is Eternal Life? Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington Blog Islam and Islamism Samuel Helfont, The Book Protest and Positivity Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Integrated Catholic Life The Primacy of . . . . Continue Reading »
Fans of the hit TV show LOST speculated after the first couple of seasons that it was secretly a presentation of Purgatory. The buzz over this thesis grew to such large proportions that the producers had to release a letter denying the rumors. Now two years after the show is finished, . . . . Continue Reading »
Arizona recently passed a law outlawing abortion after the 20th week—except in a maternal “medical emergency,” based on the potential that the fetus can feel pain at that age of gestation. My friends at the Bioethics Defense Fund have announced that, with their assistance and . . . . Continue Reading »
In what is, by now, a pretty familiar narrative : . . . in response to a threatened lawsuit by the Freedom from Religion Foundation , the city of Steubenville, Ohio, decided to revise its official seal (left) to remove the silhouette of a local landmark, the chapel on the campus . . . . Continue Reading »
When the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly of the Conservative movement within Judaism issued guidelines for homosexual marriage by a vote of thirteen in favor, none opposed, and one abstention earlier this year, a Gentile friend of mine e-mailed me . . . . Continue Reading »
William Doino Jr. on civil rights hero Roi Ottley and the pope : He was among the most celebrated writers of his time, a world traveler, pioneer of civil rights, and an acquaintance of Ernest Hemingway, but when he died, Roi Ottley was virtually forgotten—and forgotten, too, was his remarkable . . . . Continue Reading »
Ross Douthat, the only truly conservative NYT op/ed columnist (which may be why he usually runs on the back page of the Sunday opinion section), echoed much of what I have written here and elsewhere about how “freedom of worship” is attacking freedom of religion. He gets . . . . Continue Reading »
I have noticed that “science journalists” are among the most biased “reporters” writing in the media today. Certainly on the stem cell controversy, they joined—no led—the hysterical hype over embryonic stem cells and stifled adult stem cell good news, either by not reporting it—such as . . . . Continue Reading »
The Catholic World Report has posted a wide-ranging interview with New Criterion editor Roger Kimball. Kimball’s new book, The Fortunes of Permanence , collects his recent essays of literary, artistic, and cultural criticism. This interview reflects quite well what I’d call . . . . Continue Reading »
Defining Religious Liberty Down Ross Douthat, New York Times War Comes to a Syrian Monastery Bob Abernethy, Religion & Ethics Newsweekly In San Francisco, an Ecclesial Earthquake Greg Kandra, Deacon’s Bench The Grey-Clad Monk and the Institutional Church Julia Polese, Juicy Ecumenism The . . . . Continue Reading »
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