The European Union’s right to “family life” is being used for potentially pernicious purposes. For example, as we discussed several months ago, the European Court of Human Rights has taken a case that will decide whether the right includes to make a family member dead . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column , Joe Carter explains the “mutual help” model of marriage: The institution of marriage, under this model, becomes the joining together in a one-flesh union of two individuals, a physical embodiment of the mysterious paradox of unity and diversity. . . . . Continue Reading »
On the plus side: the Atlanta Diocese of the Episcopal Church is taking on a substantive theological question concerning the patristic heritage of the church. On the negative side: well, let’s listen in : Whereas the historical record of Pelagius’s contribution to our theological . . . . Continue Reading »
John Stuart Mill apparently once (at least once) referred to the Tories as the stupid party, a label some are also quick to apply to contemporary conservatives and Republicans here in the U.S. What Mill meant, and what his self-conscious and unself-conscious followers mean is at least this: . . . . Continue Reading »
Readers of SHS may recall the indictment of Ted Goodwin and other Final Exit Network activists, accused of assisting the suicide of a man in remission from cancer who was distraught at his disfiguring surgery. The defendants challenged the indictment, denied by the Georgia Court of . . . . Continue Reading »
Authority in the Education of a Human Being Public Discourse , Anthony Esolen Criticizing the Vatican shouldn’t always be a sign of anti-Catholicism National Post , Charles Lewis Obama: God Wants Us To Put People Back To Work USA Today , David Jackson The Overblown Islamist Threat New . . . . Continue Reading »
In an interview with Utah’s Deseret News, New York’s Archbishop Timothy Dolan expresses hope in the wake of the New York marriage defeat: If traditional marriage advocates can find the right tone in making their case, Archbishop Dolan believes they will ultimately come out on top, . . . . Continue Reading »
So I saw Cain on the Fox Special Report show yesterday. I’m going to ignore all the stuff about sexual harassment because I don’t know what is true and I figure it will shake out in the next couple of weeks (or even faster.) I’m more interested in some of Cain’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Note: Earlier today I denounced as a waste of time the attempt by Republicans in the House to reaffirm ‘In God We Trust’ as the national motto . A reader thoughtfully asked whether there is some value in reminding Americans that it is in God that we must trust. My answer is yes and no: . . . . Continue Reading »
This math question has been floating around the interwebs recently: The answer may initially seem obvious, a rather straightforward application of probability. But if you look at it more closely you’ll see that it’s the type of question that Epimenides might ask if he was a statistics . . . . Continue Reading »
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