David Mills

In Judge Walker and the Language of the Law , Hadley Arkes quotes the judge’s now somewhat famous declaration that ““Relative gender composition aside, same-sex couples are situated identically to opposite-sex couples in terms of their ability to perform the rights and obligations . . . . Continue Reading »

Coming tomorrow in “On the Square,” R. R. Reno examines the nature of Western self-hatred and the reasons for it. Then, in the second item, to be posted later in the morning, Sarah Hinlicky Wilson reflects on the status of the ecumenical movement (it has its good points and its bad . . . . Continue Reading »

In his latest Spengler column, David Goldman ask s Why Don’t Americans Like Muslims? After surveying the “predictable” responses to the mosque being built near the 9/11 site, he presents what data we have to answer the question (while noting that “It is hard to find . . . . Continue Reading »

In today’s second “On the Square” feature, George Weigel writes In Defense of Israel’s Legitimacy . In it, he describes the new Friends of Israel Initiative, which intends to challenge the campaign of moral and political delegitimation to which the State of Israel has been . . . . Continue Reading »

A different side of the controversy over the mosque being built near Ground Zero: the Greek Orthodox church destroyed on 9/11 still can’t get permission to rebuild . The details in the Fox News story are of the he said/he said variety. The Port Authority has previously claimed the church was . . . . Continue Reading »

“Sperm-donors’ children are banding together to try to ban anonymous sperm donation in hopes of saving future generations from the frustrating search that all too often ends in heartbreak,” reports the Associated Press. The story quotes the study My Daddy’s Name is Donor by . . . . Continue Reading »

Conservative Christians are the homosexual person’s greatest ally in one important way, Joe Carter argues in Gay Gene Eugenics , today’s “On the Square” offering. Advances in biomedical technology, however, should push the two groups to agree that the biological basis for . . . . Continue Reading »

Thirty or so years ago, when the homosexualist movement got moving in the Episcopal Church, they argued for giving the “lesgay community” the same opportunity to solemnize their (allegedly) monogamous relationships as heterosexual couples had. The arguments were variations of “God . . . . Continue Reading »

“Vienna is dying,” Elizabeth Scalia wrote in her journal during a visit to the city a few years ago. While traipsing its avenues and hopping on and off of buses, we see a materialistic society bearing more dogs on leashes than children in strollers. The concierge is from Turkey. The hotel . . . . Continue Reading »

“The concepts of private and public have undergone a strange new shift in American culture,” notes Joseph Bottum in today’s “On the Square” article, Publicizing Privacy . He illustrates and illuminates the shift through a family eating in a restaurant, his . . . . Continue Reading »