We’re in the middle of our Fall fundraising campaign, a new effort to raise funds for the mission and work of the First Things website. I hope you will step forward to be counted among those who give. The First Things website does many things. We provide one and often two (and sometimes even . . . . Continue Reading »
Tensions between Ukraine and Russia, (On The Square: “ Putinism and the Ukrainian Catholic Church ” ) spiked the moment former Ukrainian Prime Minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, received the maximum, seven-year prison sentence for her part in negotiating a natural gas contract that obliges the . . . . Continue Reading »
A common criticism of Evangelicals is that we are dogmatic. Since we do in fact have dogma, this would appear fatal. If you don’t like dogma, you will not like us.It does not help to point out that non-Evangelicals also have dogma. People don’t just dislike dogmatic Evangelicals, they . . . . Continue Reading »
Good news on the IPSC front. Scientists have created working liver cells from skin cells. From the MSNBC story:British scientists have developed a new stem cell technique for growing working liver cells which could eventually avoid the need for costly and risky liver transplants. A team . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Avik Roy nails it on why Romney is getting away with murder on Romneycare. There is a lot there, but one take away is that Romney is a very smart guy who works very hard on his evasions. His opponents are lazy and short sighted when it comes to health care policy. They . . . . Continue Reading »
What to make of the #occupy “movement?” Well, come to think of it, I unknowingly did say something about it a few weeks back when I wrote a far too long post on Joe Pug’s contemporary folk song I Do my Father’s Drugs. So my contribution to the punditry’s occupation with . . . . Continue Reading »
As Joe noted earlier , yesterday marked the 49 th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council. Of course, determining the precise ‘effects’ of Vatican II can be a perilous venture, not only because it involves the task of historical analysis, but also because it is so . . . . Continue Reading »
Michael W. McConnell surveys the Supreme Court’s 2010 decisions : The Supreme Court completed its 2010 term at the end of June with no blockbusters, few surprises, and an unbroken string of victories for free-speech plaintiffs. It was a year to take a deep breath before the onslaught of . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column , Joe Carter examines the truth about condoms and disease: In 2000, a Federal panel surveyed the published epidemiology literature and found there was not enough evidence to drawn an adequate conclusion. In other words, while we have sex educators claiming that . . . . Continue Reading »
Columbus Day has come and gone, but debunking myths never goes out of date. Rachel Motte takes on the silly notion (still taught in some textbooks!) that Columbus believed the earth was flat : “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue . . . ” but not because he wanted to defy any . . . . Continue Reading »
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