Joe Carter

In what is sure to be a blow to the anti-relativity-theory folks *, NASA recently ran an experiment designed to test Einstein’s general theory of relativity —specifically the “mass distorts spacetime” part: Einstein was right again. There is a space-time vortex around Earth, . . . . Continue Reading »

In today’s On the Square, David Mills observes that many European liberals are wringing their hands over the killing of Osama bin Laden: Few would definitely condemn the American action, bin Laden being too obviously the enemy even for the most sentimental of liberals to excuse him, as so . . . . Continue Reading »

1. The Physics of Clown Cars In fact, a clown car is fully functional. “We remove all of the interior,” explains DeSanto, “including the door panels and the headliner, and paint the windows except for a small slot for the driver to see through. The driver sits on a milk crate. We . . . . Continue Reading »

A recent research study concludes that during the nineteenth century polygamy hurt the evolutionary fitness of Mormon wives: Polygamy practiced by some 19th century Mormon men had the curious effect of suppressing the overall offspring numbers of Mormon women in plural marriages, say scientists . . . . Continue Reading »

[Note: This post originally appeared on the blog in 2009.] I’m a sucker for movies, lists, and religious discussions. So when Arts & Faith started compiling lists of Top 100 Spiritually Significant Films in 2004, my interest was naturally piqued. (They’ve put the list out a few other . . . . Continue Reading »

Does promoting limited government require abandoning a commitment to the poor? Ryan Messmore, whose answer is a firm “no” , argues that non-government institutions can provide personalized assistance to help individuals fix relational problems, overcome poverty and lead healthy lives: . . . . Continue Reading »

John McCormack of The Weekly Standard reports : The House of Representatives voted today on the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” which bans direct federal funding of elective abortions and federal funding of insurance policies that cover elective abortions, such as policies that . . . . Continue Reading »

David Bentley Hart explains why the “irrelevance” of John Paul’s theology of the body is truly relevant (in another sense) to contemporary bioethics: No serious consideration of the life and work of John Paul II can ignore his Theology of the Body, or avoid asking what relevance . . . . Continue Reading »

In an article on the decline of the Church of England, Albert Mohler notes that when a church forfeits its doctrinal convictions and then embraces ambiguity and tolerates heresy, it undermines its own credibility and embraces its own destruction: The formality of state occasions may provide drama . . . . Continue Reading »

With a PhD from George Mason University and the rank of Major in the Marine Corps, Chad W. Seagren has plenty of credibility to write about economics and national service. But his argument in his superb essay ” Service in a Free Society ” is so common-sensical that it doesn’t even . . . . Continue Reading »