Boy, for all the criticizing of religion by secularists, many sure seem to want to be considered “religious.” First, there is the proposal to erect a “Temple of Atheisim.” Now, a soldier wants the U.S. Military to recognize humanism as a religion. From the AP . . . . Continue Reading »
Matthew Cantirino interviews artist and art historian Wayne Roosa : Q: So how do you see your faith and your art interacting, ideally? A: That question is important but it can lead into ways of thinking that become cul-de-sacs. First of all, every artist who is also a thoughtful person has . . . . Continue Reading »
Oh, this isn’t good. Those Himalayan glaciers that were supposed to have disappeared by 2035 according to the IPCC (since retracted as nonsense), haven’t even shrunk in ten years. From the Guardian story:The world’s greatest snow-capped peaks, which run in a chain from . . . . Continue Reading »
Business Insider , a site concerned with financial, media, and tech verticals, has published a piece entitled “ Time to Admit It: The Church has Always Been Right on Birth Control ,” which the authors acknowledge was inspired by the heated discourse surrounding the HHS mandate, and by . . . . Continue Reading »
From this morning’s First Links, here’s New York Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman arguing that we need to get rid of the warren that is today’s New York Penn Station: It’s time to address the calamity that is Penn Station. Nearly a half-century has passed since the . . . . Continue Reading »
Ninth Circuit Targets Anthony Kennedy Matthew J. Franck, Public Discourse Judicial Democracy Gerald Russello, Library of Law and Liberty Maggie Gallagher in Profile Mark Oppenheimer, Salon The Religion of Atheism Frank Furedi, Spiked Penn Station: A Disgrace That Must Be Replaced Michael Kimmelman, . . . . Continue Reading »
1. I think Peter and Rich Lowry over at NRO said a lot. 2. One huge advantage that Santorum will have over Gingrich is that conservative journalists won’t turn on Santorum the way they did on Gingrich (unless Santorum really melts down or something). Santorum . . . . Continue Reading »
Some writers and pundits, troubled by the obvious problems with the HHS mandate but still unwilling to denounce the administration wholesale, have been looking to Hawaii for a possible compromise position. Yesterday, however, Richard Doerflinger, spokesman for the U.S. Conference of Catholic . . . . Continue Reading »
Emma Watson, the young actress who played Hermione in the Harry Potter films, speaks out against some of the pressures young women face: I find this whole thing about being 18 and everyone expecting me to be this object..I find the whole concept of being ‘sexy’ embarrassing and . . . . Continue Reading »
After some days of conspicuous silence on the controversy, Sojouners’ God’s Politics blog has finally published this statement by Alec Hill, President of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA: At Stake: Religious Liberty.Last month, the Federal government mandated that Catholic . . . . Continue Reading »
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