I’m posting this in a most self-indulgent way to get your reaction. So Protestants in their way degraded marriage by depriving it of sacramental status as a manifestation of the divine personal logos in this world. Marriage became predominately natural but still somewhat Christian. It . . . . Continue Reading »
1. I agree with Pete and Carl on the Seidman article. Nonetheless, it obviously has no legs. Here was (libertarian judicial activist) Randy Barnett’s reaction: Well, now we can get the income tax declared overturned if we can get five votes. 2. That reminds me of all the political lessons I . . . . Continue Reading »
Please, please, please, will someone at the next Obama press conference (surely there will be at least one of these before March Madness commences) ask him the following question? Imagine that after careful study a government official — say, the president or one of the party leaders in . . . . Continue Reading »
Ross Douthat effectively discusses what we should all be reading, mostly in periodicals, in 2013. He calls it “How to Read in 2013” and is suggesting we could all effectively read more of what the rest of the political spectrum has to say. That necessitates what to read, and . . . . Continue Reading »
George R.R. Martin’s fantasy novel Game of Thrones is the first novel in a seven book series titled The Song of Ice and Fire which has been turned into a hit HBO show. This post is confined to the first book and will not address the show’s sleaziness, but those interested in . . . . Continue Reading »
Via The Arabist , I found this primer on the new Egyptian constitution, by one Zaid Al-Ali at Open Democracy . Very thorough, and plausibly seeking to lay out the good news and the bad, from a broadly liberal perspective. The summation: Altogether, in comparison with Egypt’s constitutional . . . . Continue Reading »
So here are some additional reflections on the Christian view of marriage and the family. They are mainly based on what I read in Christopher C. Roberts’ excellent Creation & Covenant: The Significance of Sexual Difference in the Moral Theology of Marriage . Everything I say here is . . . . Continue Reading »
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Reagan started his political life trying to win over the other party’s voters alongside mobilizing his own party’s base. In this forum, Henry Olsen talks about the difference between “reaching out” and “inclusion.” Olsen says: I think reaching out says . . . . Continue Reading »
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