I am traveling and so forgive my conscripting the magnificent Charles Krauthammer as the primary opiner in this post. But he has splendidly, articulately, and very succinctly summarized the constitutional crisis that the Obamacarians have brought upon this country with either malice . . . . Continue Reading »
Beginning with a quote from Philip Rieff is usually a good sign, and Thaddeus Kozinski does so in his Religious Freedom and the Triumph of the Therapeutic , published on the Center for Morality in Public Life’s Ethika Politika weblog. He argues, as have others, that opposing the . . . . Continue Reading »
Edmund Burke once said: Boldness formerly was not the character of Atheists as such. They were even of a character nearly the reverse; they were formerly like the old Epicureans, rather an unenterprising race. But of late they are grown active, designing, turbulent, and seditious. I wonder what . . . . Continue Reading »
It has long been an unfortunate admission among Catholic Christians that they are not as biblically literate as their Protestant counterparts. Professor Gary Gutting , writing for the New York Times, makes good on this mark in a remarkable piece about why Catholics have no particular reason why . . . . Continue Reading »
Jeremy Lin’s Faith David Brooks, New York Times Redefining Religious Activity Meir Soloveichik, Jewish Ideas Daily Contraception and Catholicism Christopher Tollefsen, National Review The Fraternal Character of the Priesthood Nicholas Frankovich, American Catholic Model of Temple Mount Comes . . . . Continue Reading »
The city of Savannah, Georgia, has banned snakes from its St. Patrick’s Day Parade because it does not think that inebriation and dangerous animals are a good combination. Obviously that would be a very bad combination. All that remains to be proven, then, is that the sort of snakes Americans . . . . Continue Reading »
There has been a lot of thoughtful commentary on the HHS Mandate the last couple of weeks. Ross Douthat and Yuval Levin argue that Obama levels the ‘little platoons’ of civil society in favor of expanding the power of the state. Here is Levin: “In this arena, as in a . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Found a cool new blog today: Pundit and Pundette. Classy. Christian-friendly. Links to lots of good music. 2. One of the things I’m reading right now is the new Brookhiser bio of James Madison . It seems to have been overlooked a bit, but it’s quite good. Tasty morsels on what an . . . . Continue Reading »
Religious liberty has very quickly become of intense concern for religious groups across the country, especially for those that will be directly affected by the HHS mandate. But more generally, a broader trend of restrictions on religious freedom seems, if not imminent, at least soon-to-be fiercely . . . . Continue Reading »
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