Mark Misulia

Inside Higher Ed has obtained a copy of a letter signed by numerous John Carroll University faculty, pitting religious liberty and freedom of conscience against women’s health: “We, the faculty of John Carroll University named below, are committed to freedom of conscience and religious . . . . Continue Reading »

Marc Fischer writes a surprising piece for the Washington Post with the headline “Black Pastors Take Heat for Not Viewing Same-Sex Marriage as Civil Rights Matter.” With Maryland (it seems) about to become the eighth state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage, it’s novel for . . . . Continue Reading »

Spring is around the bend, and readers of First Things have probably noticed the advertisement on the website and in the issue announcing that we are now accepting applications for the Junior Fellowship program. Lots can be said about the benefits of being a junior fellow: working closely with the . . . . Continue Reading »

The Immanent Frame is weighing in on the HHS mandate: “We’ve invited a small handful of scholars to comment on how the debate highlights enduring and nascent issues involving claims to multiple rights made in the context of American public life.” The group  includes professors . . . . Continue Reading »

In a piece oddly titled “ A Quiet Struggle Within the Gay Marriage Fight ,”(for it has not been quiet) Matt Smith writes for the New York Times via the Bay Citizen juxtaposing the Proposition 8 question in California with the internal struggle of mainline Protestant churches over question . . . . Continue Reading »

Stephen S. Schneck on CNN’s Belief Blog writes that the idea of a Catholic voters bloc “is patently ridiculous.” American Catholics mirror most of American voters, and are divided between Democrats, Independents, and Republicans at about the same percentage as the electorate as a . . . . Continue Reading »

Today is President’s Day, and Joe Romm , a long-time climate-change awareness advocate, admittedly disappointed by what he hoped would be inspiring rhetoric from Obama on the subject, has written an interesting survey of the literary and rhetorical virtues of America’s present and past . . . . Continue Reading »

While the heated reaction against the HHS mandate is now nothing new, the responses from Catholics and their “reasonable friends” have not all been the same. Christopher Tollefsen at Public Discourse has helpfully outlined and explained each of what he opines are six different (though not . . . . Continue Reading »

Ellis West has published an op-ed for the Richmond Times-Dispatch arguing that “if the questions is whether the [contraception-coverage] regulation violates the religious freedom guaranteed in the First Amendment, the answer is clear. It does not.” Thomas Berg at Mirror of Justice thinks . . . . Continue Reading »

It has long been an unfortunate admission among Catholic Christians that they are not as biblically literate as their Protestant counterparts. Professor Gary Gutting , writing for the New York Times, makes good on this mark in a remarkable piece about why Catholics have no particular reason why . . . . Continue Reading »