In The Chronicle of Higher Education , Russell Jacoby has some reflections on the state of conservative intellectual life , which he regards as moribund. No news here. It’s long been a conceit of the Left that conservatives are dumb, and if not dumb, then deranged, or paranoid, or racist, or . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . but I apologize for being MIA. I’m at the ISI honors conference and just don’t have much time. Here’s some random reflections on the conference theme. . . . . Continue Reading »
President Obama’s remarks last week about the dependence of American businesspeople have provoked quite a bit of controversy. In case you’re living in a bubble, here’s what the President said: “There are a lot of wealthy, successful Americans who agree with me . . . . Continue Reading »
What is it about our elite culture that is so fixated on contraception? Over at Public Discourse , Greg Pfundstein and Meghan Grizzle report on the latest decision by the Gates Foundation to put more than $4 billion behind efforts to expand the use of contraceptives worldwide. As they point out, . . . . Continue Reading »
George Weigel on the war on (little) women and other insanities : The forces that defend Roe v. Wade know the fragility of that “exercise in raw judicial power” (as Justice Byron White, dissenting from the Roe majority, put it). That is why they defend it with such . . . . Continue Reading »
The tiny township of Corigliano d’Otranto, a small village on Italy’s heel, believes itself to be the country’s most philosophical hamlet. It might have something to do with the town’s mayor, Ada Fiore, who is also a philosophy teacher. Speculation aside, the town is drawing . . . . Continue Reading »
Today’s New York Times features a profile piece on Msgr. Gerald Ryan , the oldest working priest in the archdiocese of New York. The article portrays Msgr. Ryan as fully satisfied in his vocation, yet overworked and saddened by certain aspects of the state of the Catholic . . . . Continue Reading »
First off, apologies to Robert Miller for having gotten his point not quite right when I restated it in my post. At the risk of overanalyzing a topic that it is not really edifying to overanalyze (First Thoughts, your one stop shop for hotel porn!) I think it would be fruitful for me to offer . . . . Continue Reading »
“can’t vote Obama. too many executive orders.” So tweets Exene Cervenka , best-known for her days w/ LA punk/roots band X, and most fondly remembered for her days w/ the Knitters. I guess the logical X song to link to is the one that says “This Was Supposed to Be the New . . . . Continue Reading »
A Meditation on the Virtue of Acceptance Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington Blog Truth, Subjectivity, & Jungle Gods Rod Dreher, The American Conservative Jews and Muslims: Unite in Germany Arsalan Iftikhar, CNN Re: Retention Rates of Childhood Faiths Timothy . . . . Continue Reading »
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