Increasingly the medical intelligentsia are pushing a dual mandate on physicians in the name of cutting costs—one to patients and one to society—and when they conflict, many want the individual’s needs to be subsumed to the collective. This attempt to redefine medical . . . . Continue Reading »
A recent report by the Pew Research Center finds that, on average, fathers are either spending more time with their kids or rarely seeing them at all: In 1965, married fathers with children under age 18 living in their household spent an average of 2.6 hours per week caring for those children. . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column , Peter J. Leithart reviews Christian Smith’s new book The Bible Made Impossible : “Biblicist” is a fighting word. It’s what Catholics call “bibliolatrous” Protestants, what liberal Protestants used to call Fundamentalists, and what . . . . Continue Reading »
David Brooks on how Romney might attack Perry. I’m not convinced, but I can’t think of anything better. . . . . Continue Reading »
Disenchanting Determinism The New Atlantis , Caitrin Nicol Is Christian Just War Just Like Jihad? Patheos , Lee C. Camp 9/11 Ceremony won’t include clergy or formal prayers CNN Belief Blog , Eric Marrapodi Uphold Conscience Protection: Religious Freedom’s Contribution to the American . . . . Continue Reading »
In an article for The New Atlantis (a superb journal about technology and society), Gilbert Meilaender explains the difference between the kinds of transcendence aspired to by transhumanism compared to Christianity : Some of these attempts to extend life probably fall under the rubric of . . . . Continue Reading »
[Note: Joe Knippenberg beat me to this story , but I couldn’t resist posting about it too.] I owe Michelle Goldberg an apology. In commenting on her last week article on “dominionism,” I said it was the “dumbest article I’ve read all year.” I realize I was too hasty. . . . . Continue Reading »
In case you don’t know, Peter’s The Restless Mind is one of the very best books there is on Tocqueville. Either the best, or in the top three. His post below, which contains a number of fascinating angles for further inquiry, and particularly about Tocqueville’s (scattered, and . . . . Continue Reading »
My friends at the invaluable Mirror of Justice blog have noted and commented on New York Times editor Bill Keller’s snarky questions for and about the religious beliefs of various Republican candidates, but I feel compelled to add my two cents’ worth. Here’s one of . . . . Continue Reading »
So I’ve been thinking about John’s suggestion that Bachmann attack Perry on the conservative authenticity thing. So let’s take the issues of the Trans-Texas Corridor, the Texas Enterprise Fund etc. and the HPV vaccine thing. Her attacks could look something like this: . . . . Continue Reading »
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