Going Benedict, Orthodox Jewish Style
by Bethany MandelThe Jewish community has a great deal more experience than the Christian community at operating independently of many of society’s boundaries. Continue Reading »
The Jewish community has a great deal more experience than the Christian community at operating independently of many of society’s boundaries. Continue Reading »
Just what does it mean for a river to have “rights”? Continue Reading »
Market-oriented health care reform needs political entrepreneurs who will mobilize those millions of Americans who don’t have lobbyists but who would benefit from more secure and cheaper health care. Continue Reading »
Evelyn Waugh’s slim and critically unappreciated novel, Helena, is, at bottom, an act of faith in the reality of revelation. Continue Reading »
Mosaic (and Noahic) teachings regarding the death penalty are revelations of God and teach us of God’s grace, mercy, forgiveness, and love. But how? Continue Reading »
Does the Bible provide principled grounds for abolition of the death penalty? Continue Reading »
Does the federal law prohibiting “sex discrimination” forbid us to countenance the category of “sex”—and thus of “sex discrimination”? Can the rule of law survive a yes answer to question one? Continue Reading »
The pope’s deepest problems are the result of self-inflicted wounds. Continue Reading »
Why are Dostoevsky’s novels so compulsively readable? What makes his characters seem so alive? Continue Reading »
I became aware of the clash between Harnoncourt and Richter, right around the time when my own musical taste became more mature and critical, at age fifteen or sixteen. I was a Richterian; Harnoncourt struck me as harsh and uncouth. Continue Reading »