A recent Gallup Poll revealed that nearly half of Americans believe in a fairly strict version of creationism, and that “theistic evolution” is apparently on the decline. Believers and nonbelievers alike often find it difficult to reconcile evolution with theism. Thus, there is a . . . . Continue Reading »
Successful autodidact and author Ray Bradbury died Tuesday night. He was 91 years old. . . . . Continue Reading »
Dr. John F. Crosby’s lecture on the legacy of twentieth century phenomenologist Dietrich von Hildebrand was greeted by a full house and fine conversation at the First Things editorial headquarters last evening. After mingling over wine and cheese, guests took their seats while the founder and . . . . Continue Reading »
Patrick J. Deneen on E.J. Dionne and the contradiction of Progressive Catholicism : Dionne has been lambasting the Catholic leadership for its “conservative” positions, and praising the Church’s “moderate and liberal” elements, whether bishops, religious, or lay. He has . . . . Continue Reading »
Ray Bradbury, the master of science fiction, died this Tuesday in Southern California ( New York Times obituary here ). In the December 2008 issue, John Wilson recalled the moment he met Bradbury . They shared a love for walking: I remember—decades ago, while I was working at . . . . Continue Reading »
The Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET) is one of the major transhumanist Websites. The writers there really take the nonsense of uploading minds into computers and fashioning a post humanity seriously.I have opined often that transhumanism is a religion, that is, . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Thanks so much to KATE for energizing a thread that surpasses in quantity and quality even those that we had in the good ol’ NLT days. The facts are lonely, sinking single moms and repulsively unmanly men. The causes remain a bone of contention. I’m not blaming the welfare state all . . . . Continue Reading »
American Caste Kay S. Hymowitz, City Journal The Waste Land App Tess Taylor, Threepenny Review Priests for the New Evangelization Fr. Roch Kereszty, Homiletic & Pastoral Review Why Can’t Christian Films Be Better? Fr. Bryce Sibley, Crisis Using Undictionaried . . . . Continue Reading »
Shameful deeds are almost always accompanied by shameless lies. Some members of Congress who shamefully voted against the prohibition of sex-selective abortions are shamelessly claiming (or permitting their spokesmen or surrogates to claim) that the proposed legislation was unnecessary . . . . Continue Reading »
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