Dr. Margaret Barker will be giving the 2012 Fr. Alexander Schmemann Lecture at St. Vladimir’s Theological Seminary in Yonkers on Sunday, January 29th at 4:00 p.m. The lecture will be titled “Our Great High Priest: The Church as the New Temple.” Barker, according to the . . . . Continue Reading »
Republicans believe that in close elections, recounters will keep counting, and counting, and counting—until the Democrat leads—after which, the counting stops. I don’t want to get into that (comments about Bush v Gore will not be posted), but that alleged formula is . . . . Continue Reading »
1. I’m not sure it is good policy, but Santorum’s policy of no corporate income taxes on manufacturers, might do him some good when added to the stuff about his biography, etc. He might be able to rally a constituency for working class-oriented, right-leaning industrial . . . . Continue Reading »
To balance yesterday’s rather optimistic “On the Square” article The Potomac and the Tiber —I don’t myself see much reason to believe that Gingrich has been affected by Catholic social teaching—here is a different view of Gingrich’s character, Newt the . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Ron Paul was deprived of his night to shine. Given his organization, enthusiasm, his huge number of crossovers and first-timers, his showing was disappointing. And it’s going to have been his best night. So let me repeat that this guy is no danger to America, because he has no chance of . . . . Continue Reading »
Every year, the Center for Bioethics and Culture asks me to predict the next year’s events in bioethics. Each year, I comply—and generally have a pretty good record of seeing the events that our way come. But last year, I scored close to perfect. That’s because I bought a . . . . Continue Reading »
This article suggests that Mitt Romney may have found a way—what took him so long?—to reach some religious folks who are suspicious of Mormonism on theological grounds. Consider this passage: On Sunday afternoon, potential voters in Atlantic waited for Romney at the Family Table . . . . Continue Reading »
George Weigel on breaking (more) bad liturgical habits : As I remarked late last year, the introduction of the third edition of the Roman Missal and the new translations of the liturgical texts offer the entire English-speaking Church an opportunity to correct some bad liturgical habits that have . . . . Continue Reading »
I thank R.R. Reno for pointing us to Leon Wieseltier’s essay on Alex Rosenberg’s exercise in reductionism, The Atheist’s Guide to Reality . (And yes, Edward Feser’s review was a real pleasure as well.) Reviews like this do us a double service: while they . . . . Continue Reading »
Shift in Chinese Propaganda Emphasizes Two-Child Families Evan Osnos, The New Yorker The Gift of the Guild Matthew Milliner, Millinerd Margaret Sanger’s Ideology of Control Angela Franks, Public Discourse How Luther Went Viral The Economist The Mother of Meaning: Connecting the Infant . . . . Continue Reading »
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