With a PhD from George Mason University and the rank of Major in the Marine Corps, Chad W. Seagren has plenty of credibility to write about economics and national service. But his argument in his superb essay ” Service in a Free Society ” is so common-sensical that it doesn’t even . . . . Continue Reading »
Today Public Discourse publishes the first installment of a two-part review-essay in which Ryan T. Anderson takes up Redeeming Economics , a new book by John D. Mueller. There’s a lot to chew on in this review, but I want to highlight just one of the interesting things Anderson . . . . Continue Reading »
Joe Carter’s column today brings to light an example of one of the odder phenotypes in the conservative political spectrum—conservatives who put, as Carter says, “preference for procedure ahead of principle.” When dealing with the right to life, there is hardly room for . . . . Continue Reading »
Rod Dreher explains why, in 2006, he left Catholicism for the Orthodox Church : The main reason why Orthodoxy is so attractive to converts, at least to this convert, is its seriousness about sin. I don’t mean that it’s a dour religion – it is very far from that! – but rather . . . . Continue Reading »
Here are my thoughts , which I hope complement John’s below. . . . . Continue Reading »
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed , Jennifer Moses, a Jewish “New Millennium mom,” wrestles with this question of why we allow our teenage daughters to dress like prostitutes : It’s almost like they’re saying, ‘Look how hot my daughter is.’” But why? “I . . . . Continue Reading »
Are you kidding me? China murders its condemned and religious prisoners—as in Falun Gong—for their organs, which are then sold for tens of thousands of dollars to rich line jumpers from the West. You can get a liver in a month in China—for the right price. It is an insidious and . . . . Continue Reading »
The big question on the Christian blogosphere has been whether it was appropriate for Americans—Christian Americans, specifically—to celebrate Osama bin Laden’s death.In one sense it’s moot. The celebrations two nights ago were spontaneous and immediate outpourings of deeply . . . . Continue Reading »
My 8-year-old son saw the news reports about Osama bin Laden’s death buzzing Monday on our TV. He took particular note of scenes of cheering crowds: flag-wavers in Times Square and at Ground Zero in New York City, baseball fans in Philadelphia, patriots in Boston, enthusiastic students on . . . . Continue Reading »
In an interview about their new book , American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us , sociologists Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell about one of the main findings that surprised them: Campbell: We were surprised at the evidence we found both in our data and in other data, like the . . . . Continue Reading »
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