David Mills

Although he “grew up as a socialist republican in Belfast,” and believes “there is also much about the Catholic Church’s teachings to rage against,”  Kevin Rooney argues in  The Backwardness of Catholic-Bashing that the current animosity to all things . . . . Continue Reading »

In today’s “On the Square” article, senior editor David Goldman shows how bad demographics lead to bad economies. In Fed Proposals to Counter “Deflation” Are Misguided , he writes that “Demographics drive deflation, and our demographics are not good.” For . . . . Continue Reading »

“Genetically engineered crops could save many millions from starvation and malnutrition — if they can be freed from excessive regulation,” declares an article in Nature (not available online). Ingo Potrykus, chairman of the Golden Rice Humanitarian Board , explains: Golden rice is . . . . Continue Reading »

Our friend and frequent contributor Archbishop Charles Chaput will be speaking at this year’s meeting of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars. The group, whose membership includes several members of  First Things ’ board, is meeting in Baltimore from September 24th to 26th. The . . . . Continue Reading »

We must be Experts in Stupidity , Joe Carter declares in today’s “On the Square” article.  After describing some attempts to ignore the obvious, he writes: Unlike these Rousseauian utopians, we can’t even pretend to know how to build a healthy political and social . . . . Continue Reading »

As a member of the Chesterton Review ‘s board, I should mention to you the publication of the latest issue, the Spring-Summer 2010 double issue . It includes Allan Carlson on a family-based economy, and articles on the philospher Slavoj Zizek’s view of Chesterton and paradox, Hilaire . . . . Continue Reading »

Writing in the University of Chicago’s magazine, the political scientist Jean Bethke Elshtain explained her defense of the Iraq war against two critical letters (scroll down the page about three-quarters of the way). One of them is particularly ad hominem , of the “find it sad that a . . . . Continue Reading »

We’re offering a Second Links today without a First Links, but the numbering refers to the time of day the items appear, not the order. After running a stop sign, an teenager led police in a one-mile chase, in a horse and buggy . The Amish seventeen-year-old rolled the buggy while turning . . . . Continue Reading »

Today in “On the Square,” George Weigel pays tribute to “one of the greatest of American Jesuits and the living embodiment of Catholic liberal learning at Georgetown.” He means Father James Schall, and this is very high praise. (Earned, I will add on the testimony of many . . . . Continue Reading »

Tomorrow in “On the Square,” Elizabeth Marquardt of the Institute of American Values reviews the cheerful new movie about children conceived from donor sperm, The Kids Are All Right . The reality, she suggests from her own studies, which produced the ground-breaking study My . . . . Continue Reading »