[Note: The following is R.R. Reno’s foreword to The Glory of Kings: A Festschrift in Honor of James B. Jordan , edited by Peter J. Leithart and John Barach.] James B. Jordan is remarkable. There are plenty of Bible preachers in America who know the Scriptures well. Lots of professors read . . . . Continue Reading »
1. It looks like the 9-9-9 plan is getting some real scrutiny. Cain is going to have trouble sustaining the argument that “Sure the math makes it look like my plan is a tax increase for the working poor and much of the middle class, but my advisors assure me that you should not believe . . . . Continue Reading »
Some of you will want to know about a new journal being produced by graduate students at the University of Dallas’s Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts. Ramify is published annually, and the editions for 2010 and 2011 are out. The articles, written by Dallas professors, graduate students, . . . . Continue Reading »
Michael J. New points out that the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on an important pro-life measure today : Today, the House of Representatives will likely be voting on H.R. 3, the Protect Life Act, sponsored by Rep. Joe Pitts (R., Pa.). This piece of legislation would prevent federal . . . . Continue Reading »
To find the answer, you’ll have to come to this year’s Merton Lecture at Columbia University on Monday, October 17, which will be delivered by our editor, R. R. Reno. Following in the vein of some of his recent writing , the lecture will likely be deeply-considered and perhaps even a . . . . Continue Reading »
Portland is experiencing a suicide crisis. From the Oregonian story:The number of suicides in Oregon — which has a suicide rate 35 percent higher than the national average — keeps climbing. According to the state’s violent death report, there were 566 suicides in 2008, 641 in 2009 . . . . Continue Reading »
When I was a kid, there was a huge controversy surrounding a concerted federal government/dental community pus to put fluoride in our drinking water as a way of reducing tooth decay. As I recall—and my memory is vague because I didn’t pay any attention at the time—the John . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column , Russell E. Saltzman explains the problems with the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP): I no longer believe the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) is in any way primarily an advocacy organization for sexual abuse victims. . . . . Continue Reading »
Obama’s Faith-Based Office appointee, Rev. Dr. Nancy Wilson, has recently written a rather striking piece for the Huffington Post, “ Should DOMA Dogma Be Law? ” Wilson fairly unloads her cartridge, implicating Timothy Dolan and the Catholic Church’s teaching on gay-marriage as . . . . Continue Reading »
The Moral Dimensions of Illegal Immigration PajamasMedia, Victor Hanson Inconvenient Truths About Homosexuality Crosswalk.com , Stan Guthrie Does Faith Mean a Better College Education? FRC Blog , Rob Schwarzwalder Catholics Express Unsettling Words in Response To Translation of Mass Washington . . . . Continue Reading »
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