Back in March, a group of North American Catholic moral theologians started an intriguing new blog called Catholic Moral Theology . Since its inception I’ve read nearly every post and have found the contributors to be consistently thought-provoking and always worth reading. My opinion . . . . Continue Reading »
The wholesale slaughter of unborn girls that has ravaged countries like China, India, and Korea is perhaps the most characteristically modern tragedy, perfectly fitted to a fleshless Internet age. There are no stacks of bodies, no horrified crowds of onlookers, no fiery speeches. Just bureaucracy, . . . . Continue Reading »
How Divorce Lost Its Groove , The New York Times (Pamela Paul) Social Contracts, Human Flourishing, and the Economy , Public Discourse (Samuel Gregg) Church of England To Approve First Openly Gay Bishop , The Telegraph (Jonathan Wynne-Jones) Some Methodist Clergy Defy Gay Marriage Ban , USA Today . . . . Continue Reading »
Carl’s music posts have been great. I simply want to add this— So I have always been shallow. Perhaps I have been looking for love in a trifle. It is one of the reasons why I have always liked the band NRBQ. I love a trifle in a band like NRBQ. A friend of mine says that NRBQ sound like . . . . Continue Reading »
[Note: Since my “On the Square” column today is about Peter Singer, and since few people are aware of how radical and influential Singer is in the field of ethics, I thought it would be worthwhile to dust off this post from last summer to shed some light what he believes.] To give a . . . . Continue Reading »
Obamacare is so purposely complex nobody knows the details. Just ask former Speaker Pelosi who infamously said we had to pass it so we could find out. What a joke.Well, now it seems that bad drafting and the chaotic process has made it so people who should not qualify for free health . . . . Continue Reading »
Attention theologians and philosophers: a critique of Augustine’s theology of time helps the school choice movement develop better political strategy . Special bonus: find out what America can learn from beauty queens about the best approach to teaching creation and evolution! . . . . Continue Reading »
The greatest truth ever known to man is quite obviously the Good News of our salvation. The Lord Jesus came to be our sinless substitute, providing the necessary payment for sin through his death, resurrecting three days later. Now, through the work of the Holy Spirit, those whom he calls may abide . . . . Continue Reading »
George Weigel on the rise of the anti-Catholic Catholics : Ecclesiastes notwithstanding, there is something new under the sun in the annals of American anti-Catholicism; and that something is the rise of the anti-Catholic Catholics, self-described Catholics who make a career (or at least part of a . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s the link we can believe in for the Spacey Philosophy post below. It turns out to have been a ratings bomb at Big Think, because it was too philosophical in an insider postmodern conservative way. Random point no. 2: Tell me why the Republican race isn’t Bachmann vs. Romney, with . . . . Continue Reading »
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