Matthew Schmitz

Islam and the Right to Life Suzy Ismail, Public Discourse Planned Parenthood’s Hostages Robert P. George and O. Carter Snead, Wall Street Journal Communion by Degree Michael Liccione, Sacramentum Vitae Is Usury Still a Sin? Thomas Storck, Distributist Review Cohabitation Study Off-Base . . . . Continue Reading »

Adam DeVille, the editor of Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies , has a review of the First Things -produced film The Creed: Creeds, according to this mindset—the product of feverish readings of Foucault and Nietzsche—are little more than the products of a will-to-power in . . . . Continue Reading »

Is There a Jewish Concept of Beauty? David P. Goldman, Tablet Personally Opposed, but Sleeping with the Enemy Stephen J. Heaney, Public Discourse The Rise of Urban Homeschooling Linda Perlstein, Newsweek A Counselor’s Convictions on Trial Mark Oppenheimer, New York Times Army Silences . . . . Continue Reading »

Today the Wall Street Journal features Richard Cipolla’s reflections on living as a married Catholic priest. Among other things, Cipolla speaks in favor of priestly celibacy: My experience as a married Catholic priest for 28 years brings to mind several thoughts, both practical and spiritual. . . . . Continue Reading »

How to Fight the Man David Brooks, New York Times College May Lower Marriage Chances United Press International Divorce Counseling Law for Couples with Minors Loretta Park, Standard-Examiner What Raskolnikov Knew Anthony Esolen, Touchstone Obama’s Touts Faith Laura MacInnis, Reuters . . . . Continue Reading »

Writing at Get Religion , Mollie Ziegler Hemingway nails down the essence of the Komen for the Cure fracas. Liberals aghast over Komen’s move are being forced to acknowledge that Planned Parenthood is very far from the uncontroversial, mainstream organization they thought it was: . . . . Continue Reading »

The Fight After Komen Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, Christianity Today Christian Fears in Arab Spring Oren Dorell and Sarah Lynch, USA Today Conservatives and Poverty Ryan T. Anderson, Public Discourse WA Senate Passes Gay Marriage Bill Rachel La Corte, Associated Press Contraception Mandate Not Just a . . . . Continue Reading »

There has been a spate of stories about Occupy Wall Street protesters disrupting pro-life events (on one occasion , they reportedly showered a group of female Catholic students with condoms). All this has led Ben Johnson to ask, “Why does Occupy Wall Street support Big Abortion?”: The . . . . Continue Reading »

Komen Drops Planned Parenthood Support Sarah Pulliam Bailey and Ted Olsen,  Christianity Today Steven Pinker’s Wrongness on Dignity Christopher Kaczor, Public Discourse Capitalism and the Hebrew Bible Aryeh Spero, Wall Street Journal Should the Church Have to Dispense Birth Control? . . . . Continue Reading »

Charles Murray’s Values Inequality W. Bradford Wilcox, Wall Street Journal An Administration’s Against Civil Society Yuval Levin, National Review Catholic Colleges Consider Trustee Roles Libby A. Nelson, Inside Higher Ed Nature, Nurture, and Liberal Values Roger Scruton, Prospect . . . . Continue Reading »