Mark Movsesian covers a recent circuit court ruling which could turn out to be “a major Establishment Clause case.” In Doe v. Elmbrook Elementary School , handed down on July 23, a panel of judges (including the well-known Richard Posner) drew interesting distinctions which may affect . . . . Continue Reading »
The Other War on Poverty Leon R. Kass, National Affairs Oswaldo Paya’s Overlooked Faith George Conger, Get Religion On Being a “Dorothy Day” Catholic Sarah Babbs, Ignitum Today When to Leave Your Church? Mark Tooley, Juicy Ecumenism Piecemeal Existence for . . . . Continue Reading »
Carl’s comments regarding Mary Eberstadt’s new book Adam and Eve After the Pill got me wondering. Was this book truly a game changer in the debate regarding the consequences of the sexual revolution (and “full modernity” as he puts it) or not? So I went out and bought the book . . . . Continue Reading »
First off, let me direct you to this Batman thread from the old No Left Turns site. Second, I saw The Dark Knight Rises and here are my thoughts below: There has been some discussion about whether The Dark Knight Rises is critique of Occupy Wall Street. The most obvious villain (though as it . . . . Continue Reading »
Good for UC Davis. It has punished two medical professors for conducting unethical medical experiments on brain cancer patients. From the Associated Press story: Two University of California, Davis, neurosurgeons have been banned from performing medical research on humans after they . . . . Continue Reading »
Speaking of nuns, Amy Koehlinger’s recent essay at Religion & Politics makes an unfortunate (perhaps unintentional?) suggestion that the church, and American sisters in particular, only became concerned with the poorest and most marginal post-Vatican II. That can’t be. St. . . . . Continue Reading »
Worth remembering: Few of the outraged critiques of the Vatican’s investigation of progressive nuns mentioned the fact that Rome had intervened because otherwise the orders in question were likely to disappear in a generation. Fewer still noted the consequences of this eclipse: Because . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s the ultimate highly literate American Exceptionalism blog, which is and is going to be a lot of help to anyone teaching American politics (including me). . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Isn’t the problem with the Penn State mega-penalty that the horribly monstrous violation didn’t involve any football players or Penn State students? 2. Is Crabby Ceaser walking backwards in the mode of his new favorite species toward Porcherism? 3. One reason I’ve haven’t . . . . Continue Reading »
Sebastian White, O.P., on divine judgement : Has Ted Kennedy been canonized? “I knew that when he left us he would go to heaven and help pass the bill,” Nancy Pelosi recently assured proclaimed, going on to assure us, “And now he can rest in peace. His dream for America’s . . . . Continue Reading »
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