Matthew Cantirino

Remembering Shahbaz Bhatti Anto Akkara, National Catholic Register Saving Happiness from Politics Marc De Vos,  National Affairs New York Times Advertisement’s Gutter Rhetoric John Leo, Daily Beast The Rule of God & The Whims of History Mark Noll, Patheos Adam Smith vs. Crony . . . . Continue Reading »

In an essay for the New Oxford Review , contributor M. P. Summers offers reflections on his travels in Sudan and Rwanda. It’s a personal narrative, but is also—have no fear—far better than a typical travelogue or indulgent tale of personal discovery. Summers seeks to elucidate . . . . Continue Reading »

Keith Riler, a corporate financial analyst by training and occasional writer for the American Thinker , offers an analysis of Planned Parenthood’s business model in this month’s Faith magazine. It’s a wide-ranging survey, although much of the data is drawn from primary sources. In . . . . Continue Reading »

Liberal Baptists Poised for Paradigm Shift on Sexual Issues? Andrew Walker,  Institute on Religion & Democracy My Female Faith Hero: Catholic Sisters Tony Blair,  Huffington Post UK The President Doesn’t Understand the Catholic Church George Weigel,  National Review U.S. . . . . Continue Reading »

The recent spate of ‘anti-Sharia’ legal proposals may have unintended consequences aside from these laws’ crass targeting of Islam. The Jewish Daily Forward reports that a bill under consideration in Florida has now also alarmed some Jewish groups, who fear the proposed . . . . Continue Reading »

Jewish Identity and Its Discontents Allan Arkush, Jewish Review of Books A Day at Rick Santorum’s Parish Molly Redden,  The New Republic Who Were Aquinas’ Favorite Authors? Taylor Marshall,  Canterbury Tales Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Priest Donal O’Sullivan , Hoover . . . . Continue Reading »

John Grondeleski at Homelitics & Pastoral Review takes an opportunity to clarify the Catholic Church’s teaching on the subject of cremation, an option that has slowly and steadily been replacing the traditional funeral for many Americans. the Church rescinded its prohibition on cremation . . . . Continue Reading »

The kaleidoscopic Stanley Fish has written a piece for the New York Times defending the substance of Rick Santorum’s recent claims about the nature of church-state relations being more fluid than strict separationists would have Americans believe. While Fish doesn’t endorse . . . . Continue Reading »

Administration Defunds ‘Snowflake’ Adoption Program Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post Eating Has Turned into Penance Kirk Leech,  Spiked Review of Books Nietzsche: An American Icon? George J. Marlin,  The Catholic Thing Marriage Decisions and the Importance of Judicial Reason . . . . Continue Reading »

Over at the Chronicle of Higher Education , Tom Bartlett links to Peter Singer’s take to the controversy over a recent paper arguing for the ethical acceptability of infanticide. While Singer doesn’t offer anything terribly new or shocking (by his standards) in the way of moral . . . . Continue Reading »