Mark Movsesian

We can tell ourselves that the conflict is temporary and superficial, that other civilizations are moving inexorably toward our understanding. But the clash is profound and perduring. Continue Reading »

I confess I don’t follow Argentine politics. So when an Argentine friend posted the message “Yo Soy Nisman” on her Facebook page this week, I didn’t get the reference. I asked her about it, and she directed me to several news items on the death Sunday of an Argentine prosecutor, Alberto Nisman, who was about to testify about an alleged deal to immunize the perpetrators of one of the worst anti-Semitic attacks in recent history. It is an astonishing story. Continue Reading »

For those who are interested, our latest podcast at the Center for Law and Religion Forum is on the Supreme Court’s decision this week in Holt v. Hobbs, the prison beard case. My colleague Marc DeGirolami and I analyze the holding and discuss its implications for religious liberty. You can listen to the podcast here. Continue Reading »

The murders at Charlie Hebdo were not justified, and we oughtn’t surrender our values to placate Islamists. But it’s worth remembering that much of the world, not only Islamists, sees things rather differently from us. Continue Reading »

Past presidents have visited the cathedral, but none has attended a Christmas liturgy. Continue Reading »

To all who celebrate, a very Merry Christmas. And Happy Theophany. Continue Reading »

Did Egypt’s president just call for a radical rethinking of Islam? Continue Reading »

A holiday recipe Continue Reading »

From Foreign Policy, a moving essay on how Iraqi Christians are observing this Christmas season. Last month, the author, Christian Caryl, visited Erbil, in Iraqi Kurdistan, where Chaldean-rite Catholics, refugees from ISIS’s summer campaign, live in tents in a church courtyard: Continue Reading »

Whatever the formal policy, the MTA appears to apply it in a rather arbitrary way. Continue Reading »