Michael Gerson is thankful for Chuck Colson’s life and example: In Memoriam: Charles W. Colson, A Life Well-Lived (1931-2012). Writes Gerson:I saw Chuck’s character close up. Chuck gave me my first job, as a research assistant working at Prison Fellowship. He also gave me a . . . . Continue Reading »
More on the” crises of competence and character” (as I call it) that has infected science—along with general society—as the West increasingly turns its back on what made it great and heads in a decidedly decadent direction. A UK scientist, now in the . . . . Continue Reading »
James R. Rogers on debt, gift, and sacrifice in the Hunger Games : The book, The Hunger Games , is of course better than the movie. The book’s story moves with the internal dialogue of the teen protagonist, Katniss. In contrast, the film’s story moves along through events external to . . . . Continue Reading »
I edit a newsletter published by the Discovery Institute called The Human Exceptionalist. The point of the work is to illustrate the many and varied issues in which human exceptionalism is either relevant, or more often, under attack. I write an introductory letter for each edition and excerpt . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at Mirror of Justice , Fr. Robert John Araujo, SJ continues to develop his thoughts on John Courtney Murray’s relevance to today’s political scene: The fact that the Church and State are different and distinct does not necessarily imply that they cannot have a relationship. . . . . Continue Reading »
On Christian Rock & Nietzsche’s Error Anthony DiStefano, Catholic Phoenix Why Universities Can’t Grant Religious Liberty David French, Minding the Campus Priests in Ireland Vow to Defend Seal of Confession Michael Brennan, The Independent Contraception and Signs of . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s been a Berry-filled week, in the aftermath of his Jefferson Lecture last Monday, which I’ve yet to read in full. For one, there was an affectionate puff piece in the NYT , a fine introduction to the man, and of course on Tuesday I drove over the hill for my bi-monthly fill of . . . . Continue Reading »
The Obamacarians don’t care much about the U.S. Constitution. Now, we have the Secretary of Health and Human Services admitting she didn’t even consider the constitutionality of imposing the “free birth control” rule, nor obtain a legal memo on the legal mandate . . . . Continue Reading »
Today, Rep. Paul Ryan delivered a speech at Georgetown University, an institution some of whose faculty had recently criticized him. Here’s the crux of the letter (signed by roughly 90 faculty—I recognize a few of the names, including E.J. Dionne, Jr., and note only that precious few . . . . Continue Reading »
The State of Israel’s declaration of independence—64 years ago on this day in the Hebrew calendar—was at the time, and has been forever since, a point of impassioned conflict. Even leaving aside the five Arab armies that immediately invaded the country and the substantial . . . . Continue Reading »
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