“The discussion of socialist and Marxist attitudes to antisemitism . . . has often been confused by the erroneous and illogical assumption that left-wing parties are immunized against racial, religious, or ethnic prejudice.” So says Robert Wistrich in his latest book, From . . . . Continue Reading »
Nat Hentoff is a celebrated individual libertarian and had a storied career as a columnist at the Village Voice—hardly a precursor to the Weekly Standard. He has a good column out warning about the cost of Obamacare to the individual. First, he notes the rarely-discussed tax on medical . . . . Continue Reading »
Sense in the City Br. John Maria Devaney, O.P., Dominicana Evil Answered at the Cross R. Albert Mohler, Baptist Press Matt Swinton’s Declaration of Independence Beth Grisoli, Notre Dame Magazine The Polish View of the 2012 Election George Weigel, National Review Conceding a Point is Not a . . . . Continue Reading »
In The Chronicle of Higher Education , Notre Dame sociologist Christian Smith defends Mark Regnerus’s research on gay couples and child-rearing against what Smith calls a progressive “witch hunt”: Whoever said inquisitions and witch hunts were things of the past? . . . . Continue Reading »
The highly successful Atlanta-based restaurant chain Chick-fil-A has been much in the news these days, because president and chief operating officer Dan Cathy (whose father founded the family-owned business) apparently came out in opposition to same-sex marriage. Or did he? Terry Mattingly of . . . . Continue Reading »
More impressive—and far more courageous—than any of the predictable, crass attempts at politicizing the Colorado shooting (a project now being joined , unfortunately, by some religious voices), is this rather remarkable act : Colorado Community Church will host [church . . . . Continue Reading »
R.R. Reno’s recommended summer reading list : New York isn’t quite as extreme as Paris, but the city gets noticeably emptier at the end of July and into August. It’s almost quiet and peaceful. OK, not almost, but certainly less crowded and frenetic. And therefore friendlier to the . . . . Continue Reading »
One of my rock-ribbed beliefs is that we are to learn from academic pursuits, not merely about them. Since I teach literature, I tell my students that we are to learn from our stories and apply those lessons to their lives. Because college-educated persons have the responsibility and the . . . . Continue Reading »
Reihan Salam wondered how Luis Zingales’s proposals for a “pro-market populist” politics that defends “defends freedom of entry in all cases” translates into policy proposals. As I said yesterday , a major political problem with any “pro-market . . . . Continue Reading »
A lesbian woman wants to become pregnant through artificial insemination using sperm from a friend. The FDA says no. From the San Francisco Chronicle story:She is dating a woman. She is trying to conceive a child. She wants to use free sperm from a man she trusts. But the U.S. Food and Drug . . . . Continue Reading »
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