Ed Kilgore writes on The Widening Political Divide Between Catholicism and Mainline Protestantism in The New Republic. He notes that, paradoxically, while evangelicals and Roman Catholics have come together on moral and political issues, mainline protestants and Catholics have drawn more closely . . . . Continue Reading »
Okay, pomocon readers, what is the significance of the following number sequence? 1 2 6 9 10 15 23 39 47 48 49 51 55 62 63 70 71 78 Hint: this has something to do with a piece much-linked-to today in the conservative blogosphere. . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m still thinking over this post from David Frum. Frum argues that Republicans are unlikely to make large gains among Latino-Americans by putting Marco Rubio on the ticket and would be better off trying to win over Asian-Americans by nominating the Indian-American Jindal for Vice . . . . Continue Reading »
So says Mr. Rod Dreher, the crunchiest conservative in St. Francisville, LA. . . . . Continue Reading »
Smithsonian has an interview with the author of evolutionary anthropologist Christopher Boehm, author of a book called Moral Origins: The Evolution of Virtue, Altruism and Shame. Boehm apparently researched the anthropological studies that have been published about all contemporary . . . . Continue Reading »
From Letters of Note , a letter of C.S. Lewis’ to BBC producer Lance Sieveking about the possibility of adapting his Chronicles of Narnia to the big screen: The Kilns, Headington Quarry, Oxford 18 Dec. 1959 Dear Sieveking (Why do you ‘Dr.’ me? Had we not dropped the honorifics?) As . . . . Continue Reading »
No, not that Commencement speaker controversy. That Commencement speaker controversy I understand. It’s relatively simple: The left-liberals who run the show at Georgetown have found a way to signal to the world that the nation’s oldest Catholic, and most famous . . . . Continue Reading »
I have heard stories of dining on fetal tissue in China, but didn’t discuss it here because I wasn’t satisfied with the reliability and considered it most likely an urban myth. But this story seems solid. South Korean authorities have seized pills made up mostly of human fetal tissue. . . . . Continue Reading »
William Doino Jr. on sex and the seamless garment : In his now-famous address at Fordham University, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, the late archbishop of Chicago argued that “the pro-life position of the Church must be developed in terms of a comprehensive and consistent ethic of life.” . . . . Continue Reading »
Our sense of entitlement—including not only to have a child, but the child we want—is driving us to ever greater extremes. The Daily Mail has a disturbing report about beautiful women selling eggs, rich men’s sperm, and paid destitute gestational carriers—you know, the . . . . Continue Reading »
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