Amanda Marcotte thinks that the “Christian Right” have correctly identified their adversaries, and that the religious reaction—increasingly, she thinks, played out in the public square—amounts to the death throes of an old order. Some of her arguments are historically . . . . Continue Reading »
At least he read the piece, but John Farrell wrote right past the point in attempting to rebut my recent Weekly Standard column about the media’s biased coverage of Geron’s abandonment of embryonic stem cell research. From “A Conservative Protest About . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s On the Square feature, Robert Schwarzwalder and Julia Kiewit call on evangelicals to stand up for religious liberty : Every Christian school in the nation that offers insurance to its employees or students will be affected by the 2010 health care law—as schools like the . . . . Continue Reading »
In the latest edition of USA Today , Richard Garnett, a professor of law and associate dean at the University of Notre Dame, explains why the contraception mandate should be scrapped : James Madison, the “Father of our Constitution,” believed that America’s distinctive commitment . . . . Continue Reading »
Where Have All the Catholic Writers Gone? The Millions , Robert Fay Air Force Academy adapts to pagans, druids, witches and Wiccans Los Angeles Times , Jenny Deam Sexual Abuse and Moral Indifference Public Discourse , Mary Graw Leary Father’s presence cuts delinquency rates Herald Sun , . . . . Continue Reading »
From Radical Joe: A Life of Joseph Chamberlain , a reminiscence from his primary-school teacher: At one time, they wanted to get up a ‘Peace Society.’ I was very much against it, as I felt sure it would stir up quarrels among them, and they were of course forbidden to fight. However, . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday, I discussed with my class Robert Bellah’s famous 1967 essay entitled “ Civil Religion in America .” In a time when news commentators and some scholars express concern that there is too much religion in American politics, Bellah’s essay reminds us that religion has . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday, the first sunday in Advent, our English-speaking Roman Catholic brethren began using a newly revised liturgy that is closer to the Latin texts than the previous 1973 version in use for nearly four decades. Liturgy Training Publications has posted a comparison of the two texts for those . . . . Continue Reading »
A list compiled after being stumped by reference to an “equitable mustache” in Looking for a Ship and then turning to Google Books with mischievous intent. All of these are real. amiable equanimous tetragrammatonic guileless competent sincere white inquiring drooping dihedral . . . . Continue Reading »
We’ve dealt with this issue before when I reported about an article in the JAMA recommending the removal of morbidly obese children from their homes to foster care in very rare cases. That is how things start in matters such as this. A highly nuanced article may lead . . . . Continue Reading »
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