Ludger Viefhues-Bailey, the “Distinguished Professor for Philosophy, Gender, and Culture at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, NY,” sees in Bill Keller’s recent call for Catholics who disagree with their Church to leave an, “important broader . . . . Continue Reading »
Elizabeth Scalia wonders whether anger begins to abate with gratitude : Last week, several friends who believe that “the church hates women” and works to suppress them, sent me a link to a story about historian and L’Osservatore Romano columnist, Lucetta Scaraffia, who, in an . . . . Continue Reading »
Readers may know by now that Metropolitan Jonah Paffhausen, leader of the Orthodox Church in America, resigned suddenly this past Friday night. It was Rod Dreher who broke the news , and for the better part of the weekend, hosted the primary forum for updates and feedback till word Sunday night . . . . Continue Reading »
Many are understandably disappointed by the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the ACA. But while the overall merits of the act and its implementation continue to be discussed and analyzed, a lot of people remain concerned and confused about how, precisely, the decision relates to the HHS . . . . Continue Reading »
If I were a state governor, I would refuse to expand Medicaid under Obamacare because that is how the Feds seduce states into making financial commitments they can’t afford—pay for it at first and then later, pull out the rug. (O-care pays 100% for awhile, then 90%. But that . . . . Continue Reading »
Writing on his blog earlier this month, Walter Russell Mead warns against the hubris of a secular ruling class, using as his starting point Christopher Hayes’s book Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy . He touches on Hayes’s critiques of . . . . Continue Reading »
Chief Justice Roberts and the Changing Conservative Movement Joe Alicea, Public Discourse Does Quantum Physics Make It Easier to Believe in God? Stephen M. Barr, Big Questions Online Paint-by-Number Hymns Anthony Esolen, Catholic World Report Atheist Teleology Edward Feser, Edward Feser . . . . Continue Reading »
“ . . . repeat conservative language or ideas, even when arguing against them.” So saith George Lakoff, Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at U.C. Berkeley, the most prominent advocate for the view, that so many hard-core liberals and professional Democrats seem to buy into, . . . . Continue Reading »
Obviously I can’t add much to Pete’s perfectly pitched analysis. I will emphasize that Romney’s campaign is not going that well. Obama—with the assistance of the MSM of course—is doing better than I would have guessed in pinning the heartless oligarch badge on him. . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Okay, I’m a Jindal shill, but even apart from that, this Politico story about Jindal’s appearance on ABC’s This Week is interesting for what it says about media dynamics. On one level, the debate between Jindal and Maryland governor Martin O’Malley is deeply . . . . Continue Reading »
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