The Gingrich/Paul exchange on the PATRIOT Act was entertaining and all, but did any one notice any particular policy issue in dispute? One guy was talking about the PATRIOT Act helping prevent the destruction of a city and the other guy was talking about it violating our rights. . . . . Continue Reading »
Yuval Levin offers a characteristically learned and thoughtful account of the great political divide of our day: The difference between these two kinds of liberalism—constitutionalism grounded in humility about human nature and progressivism grounded in utopian expectations—is a crucial . . . . Continue Reading »
In her latest On the Square column , Elizabeth Scalia notes that niceness isn’t always a virtue: Lately I have noticed in some of my acquaintances the development of a very grave and solemn habit, indeed—a tendency to expect niceness in everyone they meet, particularly in professed . . . . Continue Reading »
The FDA has withdrawn approval for the use of Avastin to treat advanced terminal breast cancer as a life extender. I wrote about this earlier, when the FDA decision was preliminary, suggesting that the benefit of the doubt should probably be given to keeping the drug approved. I stated . . . . Continue Reading »
Christian complaints of being willfully misunderstood by secularists will win far more sympathy when those same Christians stop willfully misunderstanding contemporary art. P.D. Young has some advice in that regard : “If you cannot name five contemporary artists, you need put all . . . . Continue Reading »
The Washington Post has come out with a piece on Mitt Romney’s role as a leader in the Mormon Church (retreading an earlier piece in the Times ) that is already being picked up by modern-day anti-Mormon zealots. On Twitter, Chloe Angyal of Feministing describes it thus: In which Mitt . . . . Continue Reading »
Elizabeth Marquardt outlines the three avenues from which group marriage will come : the fringes of the left, from the darkest corners of the fundamentalist right, and from the laboratories of fertility clinics and hard scientists around the world. The debate about legal recognition of polyamorous . . . . Continue Reading »
Christian hip-hop artists Lecrae and Trip Lee talk to pastor Eric Mason about bridging the divide between historically black churches and Reformed theology. Theological Imperialism and the Black Community from The Gospel Coalition on Vimeo . Even if you’re not fans of hip-hop, . . . . Continue Reading »
What is wrong with you Catholics? Why are ya’ll willing, as Nancy Pelosi claims, to let women die because of ” this conscience thing “? Catholic health-care providers in particular have long said they’d have to go out of business without the conscience protections that Pelosi . . . . Continue Reading »
Sometimes a Tweet is better than a blog. It forces me to be short winded, which makes Secondhand Smokette happy. For anyone interested in some of my shorter thoughts than found here, my Twitter handle is @forcedexit. Check it . . . . Continue Reading »
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