Matthew Schmitz

I noted this morning that the Obama HHS mandate has contributed to a crumbling of the Catholic left, and Matt Cantirino offered further evidence of that crack-up in the form of a column by E.J. Dionne. Now I see that even secular stalwarts are backing away from the administration’s decision. . . . . Continue Reading »

BuzzFeed responds to recent ribbing of Mitt Romney with a helpful primer on “garments,” the underclothes worn by Mormons: Though it’s common in Mormon-mocking rhetoric to use some variation on “magic Mormon undies” to describe the garment ( paging Bill Maher ), . . . . Continue Reading »

Actually, Gay Marriage Is Discriminatory Patrick Lee, Public Discourse HHS Mandate No Liberal Victory Ross Douthat, New York Times Rabbis Face Off Over Kosher Jesus Randy Boswell, National Post Germany Has Fastest Growing Jewish Population Ofer Adaret, Haaretz Time to Press for Vouchers Charles J. . . . . Continue Reading »

What’s going on with the Catholic left? Michael Sean Winters drew wide notice for his break with the Obama administration over its contraceptive and abortifacient mandate last week, and many eyebrows were raised when the fiercely liberal Cardinal Mahony of Los Angeles began denouncing the . . . . Continue Reading »

Michael Kazin and Russell Arben Fox  have critiqued Newt Gingrich’s claim that “The centerpiece of this campaign . . . is American exceptionalism versus the radicalism of Saul Alinsky. ” Like them, I find many contemporary denunciations of Saul Alinsky to be unhinged. . . . . Continue Reading »

Is Europe More Pro-Life Than America? Austin Ruse, Catholic Thing Anti-Muslim Law Wielded Against Jews Elli Fischer, Jewish Ideas Daily HHS Mandate and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act Ed Whelan, Bench Memos Social Justice Starts with Communities Adam J. MacLeod,  Public Discourse Vatican . . . . Continue Reading »

Bishops Betrayed David Gibson, Religion News Service An Interview with Mustafa Akyol Haroon Moghul, Religion Dispatches Winning Hispanic Evangelicals Gabriel Salguero, Washington Post The Cornerstone of Religious Freedom Archbishop Timothy Dolan, Wall Street Journal I’m with the Amish on This . . . . Continue Reading »

The Art of the Non-Apology Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune The First Sexual Revolution Faramerz Dabhoiwala, Guardian Social Conservatism for Millenial Voters Deirdre Cooper, Public Discourse The Caging of America Adam Gopnik, New Yorker Could Pro-Lifers Retake the Democratic Party? Mark Stricherz, . . . . Continue Reading »

De Botton’s Anesthetic Atheism Ned Resnikoff Romney’s Tithing Mark Hosenball and David Henry,  Reuters Disability and Joy Charles J. Chaput, Public Discourse Liberal Jurists on  Roe v. Wade Timothy P. Carney, Washington Examiner Bureaucracy’s Creep Against Life Michael . . . . Continue Reading »

Robert P. George puts the Obama administration’s contraceptive mandate in perspective: Interestingly, Obama and his people have been willing to break the hearts of those on the left when it comes Guantanamo, rendition, basic procedural rights of detainees and those accused . . . . Continue Reading »