The Failures of College Trustees K. C. Johnson, Minding the Campus The Marriage Decline’s Political Consequences Garance Franke-Ruta, The Atlantic Opposing Government Not the Same as Opposing Community Katrina Trinko, The Corner John Chanche and Mississippi Catholicism Pat . . . . Continue Reading »
Russell E. Saltzman on bachelorettes and Humanae Vitae : I am rethinking Humanae Vitae , Pope Paul VI’s 1968 encyclical condemning artificial birth control. Well, actually not rethinking since I cannot remember ever thinking about it much at all, ever, except dismissively. So best . . . . Continue Reading »
The European Court of Human Rights has refused to impose euthanasia on the EU based on the right to family life. From the Reuters story:The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that it’s up to individual countries to decide on euthanasia. It also decided, however, that the German . . . . Continue Reading »
Professor Robert George at Princeton has been one of the most articulate spokesmen for the view of marriage as a union of one man and one woman. He has demonstrated the absurdity of liberal claims that there is no rational basis for objecting to same-sex marriage. Today on Public Discourse he has . . . . Continue Reading »
I grow weary of the continual attempts to spin and cover up the depth of the death culture of the Netherlands. For example, recently, articles have celebrated the official 2.8% euthanasia rate. But that doesn’t include assisted suicide (0.2) and the fact that 23% of euthanasia deaths . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m particularly proud today to be a member of the board of directors and the executive committee of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. Founded by Kevin “Seamus” Hasson in 1994, the Becket Fund is committed to defending the religious freedom rights of people of every . . . . Continue Reading »
Embattled Ecumenism: A Review Randall Balmer, Christian Century Love, Yiddish, and the Problem of Bioethics Darren J. Beattie, The New Atlantis Czechs Close to Compensating Churches K.S., Eastern Approaches The Road from Atheism Ed Feser, Ed Feser Leading Protestant College . . . . Continue Reading »
President George Bush’s greatest success was the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPfAR), his signature program to assist poor countries afflicted with AIDS. According to a Standford study, between 2004-2008, the program saved 740,000 lives.That benefit has continued . . . . Continue Reading »
Ross Douthat and Diana Butler Bass have had their say. Now Rachel Held Evans has weighed in on the issue: Liberal Christianity, Conservative Christianity, and the Caught-In-Between. She finds lacking in both positions a sense that “we’re in this together, that, as followers of Jesus, we . . . . Continue Reading »
So the NRO crew has been writing a lot about the possibility of Romney picking Bobby Jindal for Veep. Rich Lowry is for it. Andrew Stuttaford worries that the Jindal exorcism story from back in his college days could turn into a major problem. Ramesh Ponnuru has suggested a big . . . . Continue Reading »
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