The Pill Isn’t Good for Women Erika Bachiochi and Catherine R. Pakaluk, National Review Decline of Working Class Catholic Family George J. Marlin, Catholic Thing HHS Mandate and Cooperation with Evil Robert T. Miller, Public Discourse Sex, Lies, and Rick Santorum William McGurn, Wall Street . . . . Continue Reading »
Oh good grief. A book reviewer named Justin Moss, discussing a book called Ethics and Animals, completely misstates the definition of human exceptionalism. From the Metapsychology blog:In the first chapter, Gruen identifies and analyzes a philosophical view she refers to as “human . . . . Continue Reading »
I talk about it on another channel. . . . . Continue Reading »
Sigh. I like it when prominent politicians criticize euthanasia. But I wish they would be more careful with their words because when they get the details wrong, it can do more harm than good. Such might have been the case with Rick Santorum in an interview with James Dobson. He told the . . . . Continue Reading »
The LA Times blog referred to my friend Ben Mitchell and his fellow panelists at the hearing on the HHS mandate as “hyperbolic.” Mitchell, in particular, employed Roger Williams’ famous comparison of violations of religious liberty with “the rape of the soul.”It . . . . Continue Reading »
1. I think it is a huge deal for Santorum. My sense is that a large plurality of potential Republican voters would prefer to vote for Santorum, but also don’t want to vote for a bumbler or sure loser. This group doesn’t want to vote Romney, but they’ll do it if . . . . Continue Reading »
Sorry if that sounds like the beginning of a shaggy dog story. In the study of political communication, one of the most fruitful concepts employed by scholars in the last two decades has been “framing theory,” which concerns the way in which a story, a person, a decision, an . . . . Continue Reading »
Maybe we shouldn’t be surprised that the government wants to classify pregnancy as a disease. It’s the logical consequence of the way our culture externalizes responsibility for sex. When I was a teenager, I was not yet a Christian but I was very pro-life. Among several . . . . Continue Reading »
This is so unsurprising. Much was made a bit ago that the Heartland Institute receives donations to fight global warming alarmism. Well, it turns out that the supposed proof came from deceptively obtained papers and one alleged forgery. The guilty party for the . . . . Continue Reading »
In the game of Operation that is the blogosphere, James Poulos’s tweezers have hit the metal edge and set the buzzer ringing with “ What Are Women For? ” and its follow-up — and I have a theory why that has nothing to do with feminism. If you believe his critics, . . . . Continue Reading »
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