I just stumbled across this piece on the Acton Institute site, which called my attention to the fuss kicked up by NPR over what the adjective “Christian” means. I find myself in agreement with the catholicity of Rev. Robert Sirico’s response—the part not quoted by the . . . . Continue Reading »
1. So I enjoyed the comments about ME in the thread below, but I don’t know what to do with them. 2. I, in fact, don’t agree that the big American choice is Locke vs. Tocqueville or how to mix the two appropriately. Neither is an American, to begin with. 3. What Americans need is a . . . . Continue Reading »
Easter and the Great Wedding to Come Jason Johnson, The Gospel Coalition Benedict XVI’s Easter Homily Vatican.va Christ’s Resurrection and Theological Relevance Glenn B. Siniscalchi, Homiletic & Pastoral Review Stop Congratulating Me on My Pregnancy Mary Rose Somarriba, . . . . Continue Reading »
Odd. This sounds like an authoritative statement to me:While we’re at it, stop using the imperative mood! I wouldn’t use the conditional mood either. And may you never have use for the optative . . . . Continue Reading »
The Center for Bioethics and Culture has a good film out called Anonymous Father’s Day, which deals with the emotional impact on children of sperm donors from not knowing anything about their biological fathers. This too is a form of reproductive commodification and the consequences in . . . . Continue Reading »
Most New Testament scholars agree nowadays that Mark 16:9ff. is not the original ending of Mark. Either it ended with v.8, or there was an original ending that’s been lost (sometimes thought to be something like Matthew’s ending but with differences similar to how Mark normally is . . . . Continue Reading »
National Review’s John Derbyshire has written a racist article at Taki’s Magazine, in which he envisions “the talk” about race relations with his children. Pertinent to the business of this blog, racism is a form of anti HE.Derbyshire traces what he claims to be the . . . . Continue Reading »
Scientists have announced that they have made mature eggs from ovarian stem cells. They want to fertilize said eggs and experiment on the embryos before destroying them after 14 days. From the Independent story:The first human egg cells that have been grown entirely in the laboratory from stem cells . . . . Continue Reading »
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