In today’s On the Square feature, Fr. Val J. Peter wonders whether it’s time to shut down the Campaign for Human Development In dioceses across America, bishops send out lists of collections that are to be taken up in individual parishes throughout the year. Some are local, but many are . . . . Continue Reading »
Written, of course, by ME . . . . . Continue Reading »
Emotional self-preservation will cause a lot of divorced (or soon to be divorced) parents to disagree with economist Bryan Caplan’s ” Rotten Spouse Theorem .” But I think an honest assessment of the evidence establishes it as all but irrefutable: Even after a bitter divorce, . . . . Continue Reading »
For the past few years, one of the highlights of my Fall has been the Love and Fidelity Network’s annual conference on “Sexuality, Integrity, and the University” at Princeton University. The two-day event, taking place this year November 4-5, provides college students and recent . . . . Continue Reading »
Who’s Allowed in the Public Square? Breakpoint , Jennifer Lahl Pornography, Public Morality, and Constitutional Rights Public Discourse , Robert P. George Some Tips for Interpreting the Rituals, Ceremonies, & Sacrifices in Leviticus The Gospel Coalition , Justin Taylor Mississippi May . . . . Continue Reading »
Charles Moore, the former editor of the Daily Telegraph , the Sunday Telegraph , and the Spectator , notes the commitment of the UK’s Conservative Party to gay marriage and registers an objection: Arguments on these subjects are tricky to make, particularly in the rough world of . . . . Continue Reading »
Whenever a Christian political activist uses a variation of “What would Jesus do?” you can be assured that they will claim that Jesus would support exactly the same political position that they do. That is why when liberal evangelical Jim Wallis asked ” What Would Jesus Cut? . . . . Continue Reading »
Progress. Senegal is slowly moving away from the practice of cutting off girls’ clitorises. From the New York Times story:,SARE HAROUNA, Senegal — When Aissatou Kande was a little girl, her family followed a tradition considered essential to her suitability to marry. Her . . . . Continue Reading »
But really, when you consider how much praise and attention is heaped on lyric writers, its astonishing how rare it is for any of its great exponents to try to dig a little deeper (or at least ramble on a little longer) than a three minute pop song allows. I have a theory about this. It’s a . . . . Continue Reading »
The term, “whipping a dead horse,” came to mind as I read a NYT opinion piece by their environmental reporter, Elizabeth Rosenthal. She bemoans the reality that the USA just isn’t that into global warming anymore. From “Where Did Global Warming Go?”:In 2008, . . . . Continue Reading »
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