Everything’s been coming up Whit Stillman for me lately. Re-watched Barcelona, for various reasons found myself reading both Jane Austen and Lionel Trilling, and then my wife gave me the scripts of Barcelona and Metropolitan for my birthday. Here’s a reflection a couples years ago about . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday, the Democratic National Committee announced the appointment of Rev. Derrick Harkins as Director of Faith Outrreach. The Washington Post story about the appointment describes Rev. Harkins as “a popular D.C. pastor with a shaved head and a remarkable résume .” . . . . Continue Reading »
An abortion/medical conscience controversy is riling the decidedly pro choice state of Washington, presaging what I think will become one of our own most contentious bioethical controversies. The issue involves the existence and extent of “conscience rights” for . . . . Continue Reading »
As Matthew Schmitz notes in an earlier post , a furious effort is now being mounted to challenge the official proposal for an Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, DC. But before critics are accused of ‘having nothing to offer themselves,’ consider the National Civic Art Society’s . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column, Peter J. Leithart on the complementarity of mysticism and activism: Both sides can make a good case. Activists point out that true religion and undefiled is to visit orphans and widows in distress. They stress that faith without works is dead. Activists emphasize . . . . Continue Reading »
Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions By Rachel Held Evans (Zondervan Publishers, Grand Rapids, MI) 2010Asking questions about what you believe can be a very good thing. This is a truth I share with Rachel Held Evans (RHE). Having our beliefs . . . . Continue Reading »
Frank Gehry’s proposed design for an Eisenhower Memorial—-featuring large screens surrounding a statue of Eisenhower as a barefoot boy—-has drawn a great deal of controversy. This came to a head in a recent public meeting when Gehry was confronted by an audience member. From . . . . Continue Reading »
“Personally, I’ve sometimes wondered whether “compassionate conservatism” came out, in effect, to big-government conservatism,” says Timothy Dalrymple. “I no longer think that’s the case. Although Bush expanded government spending, he often directed that . . . . Continue Reading »
Artist and self-styled experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats is hoping to persuade the art world to join scientists in the Copernican Revolution—nearly 5 centuries late. In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus made the humbling observation that the Earth revolves around the sun. Modern physicists . . . . Continue Reading »
Is the US Declaration of Independence illegal? BBC , Matt Danzico and Kate Dailey The New Singleness Public Discourse , Maggie Gallagher The Supply-Side Economics of Abortion The New England Journal of Medicine , Theodore Joyce, Ph.D. Finding Forgiveness on Death Row Los Angeles Times , Richard A. . . . . Continue Reading »
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