There is no Mitch Daniels candidacy for reasons of family, and now there is no Chris Christie candidacy for reasons having to do with concerns for being governor of his state and not really wanting to run for president (at this time). So the two men who most impressed me are not running. Will talk . . . . Continue Reading »
In the summer of 1993 I was in the library of a Marine Corps base in Okinawa when I stumbled across a new journal of “religion and public life.” Although I didn’t know what I had been missing, I knew that this was exactly what I had been looking for. Since an officer had recently . . . . Continue Reading »
I could try to be big in the eyes of the world, what matters to me is what I could be to just one girl . . . Ah . . . the calming beauty of Pet Sounds , where to my ears, the undercurrent of melancholy is more than compensated for by the main pull of gentle encouragement, even if it does end on the . . . . Continue Reading »
By denying certiorari , the Supreme Court let stand a 9th Circuit ruling that affirmed World Vision’s right to fire employees who didn’t share the organization’s religious views. For my money, this is an important tea leaf to read before the Court takes up the Hosanna-Tabor . . . . Continue Reading »
Most days I just don’t want to go there. While I disagree with my friends on the egalitarian side of the gender role debate, I think they know I respect them and their studious work on the subject. But I believe we have reached a point in the debate, at least at a popular level, where we find . . . . Continue Reading »
So it appears that Christie ain’t running. Pete started gushing (again) before his guy said yes. I even caved after imagining a classy contest among Romney, Christie, and Cain. Now it’s once again Romney, Cain, and Perry can’t be counted out. Sometimes it’s darkest before it . . . . Continue Reading »
In her latest On the Square column , Elizabeth Scalia laments the government’s attempts to reshape the notion of rights and entitlements: A big story getting barely any press outside of Catholic media is that the government is getting ready to press ahead with policies intended—note the . . . . Continue Reading »
Our friends at the Acton Institute have begun leading a worthwhile new initiative to take on the challenge of global poverty: PovertyCure is an international network of organizations and individuals seeking to ground our common battle against global poverty in a proper understanding of the human . . . . Continue Reading »
Miroslav Volf, author of the new book, Public Faith, speaks about the need to save liberalism as a way of securing an open public square where all faiths can meet and work for the common good.I am increasingly persuaded that the contemporary debate over liberalism has been hampered by the failure of . . . . Continue Reading »
Structured Homeschooling Gets an A+ ScienceDaily Homeschool Blindspots JoshHarris.com , Reb Bradley What is Jesus doing now? The Briefing , Peter Orr The Political Pulpit New York Times , Stephanie Strom Study: Modern economies ‘rise and fall’ with nuclear families Washington Times , . . . . Continue Reading »
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