Christopher Hitchens has what we are told is terminal esophageal cancer. Hopefully, that process will reverse or take a very long time. But because he is famous, in a sense all comments about his personal situation—as opposed to his work—take on the aspect of a community . . . . Continue Reading »
Thomas More College now has posted the video of a recent talk R.R. Reno gave on the ancient roots of today’s liturgy: You can find related videos by people like Anthony Esolen and George Rutler on Thomas More College’s video channel . . . . . Continue Reading »
Losing Insight: A Critique of the National Association of Evangelicals’ “Nuclear Weapons 2011” Statement The Institute on Religion and Democracy , Alan F.H. Wisdom Plan to Widen Availability of Morning After Pill is Rejected New York Times , Gardiner Harris Supreme Court Won’t . . . . Continue Reading »
Peggy Noonan writes as favorable an assessment of the Newt candidacy as a reasonable person could. She doesn’t make much of his personal failings or, as Mr. Ceaser puts it, the way he’s made his living over the last decade. It’s just that people who know him and have worked with . . . . Continue Reading »
Readers of First Things may be interested in a new documentary on sperm donation called Anonymous Father’s Day . The film had drawn high praise from some diverse sources. Here’s Kathleen Sloan of the National Organization of Women: Anonymous Father’s Day gives a . . . . Continue Reading »
Obama’s Solyndra debacle was crony capitalism that cost the federal government $500 million. Freddie Mac was crony capitalism that cost the federal government $72 billion and counting. Gingrich got paid over a million dollars to be a shill for Freddie Mac and recommend the . . . . Continue Reading »
This letter to the editor from a physician about the failure of Oregon’s doctor-prescribed suicide guidelines to protect a vulnerable patient is poignant, but ultimately, irrelevant. All that matters is a desire to die by the patient coupled (for now) with a terminal diagnosis. . . . . Continue Reading »
Sr. Edith Selzler on the Immaculate Conception of . . . Mary : The title of the feast has sometimes led to confusion about who was being immaculately conceived, many thinking it was Jesus through Mary’s virginity. Not so; it was Mary herself, being conceived without the effects of original sin . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column , Russell E. Saltzman reflects on death and denial: This has been a death-obsessed year for me, and no fun. Actually it’s been a couple of those years, starting in 2009. It has become an intrusive preoccupation. I reread some of my contributions on these . . . . Continue Reading »
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