As Joe noted yesterday , our friend Jordan Ballor called attention to and discussed this article about philosophical counseling. In part, Jordan emphasizes the way in which this developing niche (a kind of secular version of pastoral counseling, though I suspect that the latter often has a . . . . Continue Reading »
The Center for Law and Religion (CLR) at St. John’s University School of Law, which is under the direction of First Things contributor Professor Mark L. Movsesian, has launched a very impressive new blog called the CLR Forum . It includes a Scholarship Roundup , which comprehensively compiles . . . . Continue Reading »
Pete has provided a shrewd reading of the polls below. He says, “My read is that Bachmann supporters who are worried about conservative authenticity think of Perry as more authentic than Romney, and Romney voters who are worried about governing competence think that Perry is more competent . . . . Continue Reading »
A Liberal Idea of Civility A commenter who goes by “Remember Rollen” had this to say in the discussion on Hunter Baker’s article on dominionism:If a “gay rights” law touching basic matters of justice cannot be justified in terms we can reasonably expect others to . . . . Continue Reading »
After having read Irving Kristol’s The Neoconservative Persuasion and read/listened to some comments on him here and here , some reoccurring themes in his work came up which might of interest to Pomo Con readers: 1) Culture: Our own James Poulos describes Kristol as “A secular . . . . Continue Reading »
“Christianity isn’t a list of rules, it’s a relationship” is how the cliché goes and I’ve never been very fond of it. While I agree that Christianity is about the transformative power of the gospel in the real lives of God’s children and not about keeping . . . . Continue Reading »
Tobacco use has never been a temptation for me and I certainly would not advise anyone else to take up the habit. However, it seems there is a relationship between widespread availability of Bibles and cigarette use unknown to most of us. J. Mark Bertrand reports on the connection: Smoke ‘Em . . . . Continue Reading »
The assisted suicide movement teaches people how to commit suicide by self starvation. To be clear, I am not talking about when people stop eating as a natural part of the natural dying process. That isn’t suicide. But rather, refusing food and water, not because one can’t . . . . Continue Reading »
The first round of Perry vetting hasn’t laid a glove on Perry’s appeal to right-of-center voters. According to Public Policy Polling, Perry is in an incredibly strong position. He is the plurality first choice for GOP voters in a three way race against Bachmann and . . . . Continue Reading »
A couple of days ago at NRO , the estimable Michael Barone ruminated on the subject of same-sex marriage. He casually professed himself in favor of this revolution in the institution of marriage—giving an extremely bad reason that suggests he has not thought a great deal about . . . . Continue Reading »
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