David Mills

Wisconsin Diocese offers birth control insurance, but warns employees not to use it , declares a local newspaper, reporting on the Catholic diocese of Madison’s bowing to a state regulation requiring health plans to cover contraception. [E]mployees will be expected to employ their consciences . . . . Continue Reading »

“Here’s a Rooseveltian way to address unemployment now at 1930s levels: Let’s create a National Infrastructure Corps to make urgently-needed repairs to roads and bridges, and put to work the disproportionately blue-collar army of unemployed,” writes David Goldman — . . . . Continue Reading »

In Mary and the Modern University , today’s first “On the Square” article, R. R. Reno reflects on the question of what Christianity in general and Catholicism in particular bring to the modern university, the typical secular answer being: nothing but obscurantism and blind faith. . . . . Continue Reading »

In More on Plagiarism , R. R. Reno admits that he feels repentant for reproving Paul Griffiths for thinking people saw knowledge as a possession and therefore saw plagiarism as stealing instead of lying.  He might be more surprised to find out how many people think it’s not lying . . . . Continue Reading »

Coming tomorrow in On the Square: first, R. R. Reno reflects on what Christianity in general and Catholicism in general brings to the modern university, and then David Goldman offers a Rooseveltian plan for increasing employment and challenging the unions. Until then, you might want to look at this . . . . Continue Reading »

A little late (our internet connection was down): In today’s second offering in “On the Square,” George Weigel celebrates An Anniversary of Consequence . Thirty years ago, on June 30th, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in  Harris v. McRae and upheld the . . . . Continue Reading »

In Our Abusive Balladeers , Joe Carter apologizes for his generation’s role in the debasing of our culture, and particularly for the violent and misogynist music Eminem and his peers. “On one of his earlier albums,” Carter writes, Mathers rapped about raping his mother, arranging . . . . Continue Reading »

In Desecration in Scranton , The Anchoress reports on the theft of consecrated Hosts from a church there. This is done, as you will guess, only for very wicked reasons, which she goes on to describe. For a Catholic, this is as horrifying as having a loved one kidnapped by someone you know is going . . . . Continue Reading »

A grimly amusing story from the BBC explaining  Why the US keeps minting coins people hate and won’t use . (I should credit my eldest son for sending me the link.) It begins: In hidden vaults across the country, the US government is building a stockpile of $1 coins. The hoard has topped . . . . Continue Reading »

“But, was it not precisely for such situations that marriage vows were designed?”, asks Elizabeth Scalia in Love, Limits, and Loss , today’s “On the Square” feature, commenting on CBS News correspondent Barry Petersen’s unusual marital arrangement. “For . . . . Continue Reading »