Nathaniel Peters

A forum of that title took place a few weeks ago at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer here in New York. Fr. Neuhaus spoke on what Benedict said to American non-Catholics. Many of his remarks will be reprinted in the forthcoming issue of First Things , but if you want to see them in full, as well as . . . . Continue Reading »

My colleague Amanda Shaw has a nice review of Leszek KoÅ‚akowski’s philosophical primer Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing? in the new July/August issue of Touchstone . The review isn’t available online, but do check it out if you find a copy of Touchstone . For more . . . . Continue Reading »

From the man who brought us great works of apologetics, refutations of relativism, and A Summa of the Summa , comes I Surf, Therefore I Am: A Philosophy of Surfing . Kreeft’s new book is released tomorrow, but here’s sneak peak at the introduction: Non-Introduction This book is for . . . . Continue Reading »

Jonathan Last rightly pointed out that I was overly optimistic about the new movie of Brideshead Revisited . In a long, meaty essay in the Independent , John Walsh examines the rumors over the film, what it was that Waugh himself was trying to communicate, and why the book is so highly esteemed. . . . . Continue Reading »

Logic dictates that if you introduce a policy that restricts procreation in a culture that values boys over girls, you will end up with significantly fewer girls. The New Republic reminds us that t hat’s exactly what’s happened in China : “The one-child policy was instituted in an . . . . Continue Reading »

On Real Clear Politics, Cal Thomas writes that the Lord Chief Justice Lord Phillips of the United Kingdom has ruled that “Those entering into a contractual agreement can agree that the agreement shall be governed by a law other than English law.” And that includes the Islamic legal . . . . Continue Reading »

In today’s Wall Street Journal , Dorothy Rabinowitz examines the hypersensitivity to race that recently manifested itself on Purdue’s campus and notes that it’s headed into the politcal arena. . . . . Continue Reading »

“I apply the Abraham Lincoln test for moral casuistry: ‘If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.’ Well, then, if waterboarding does not constitute torture, then there is no such thing as torture.” So writes Christopher Hitchens in the August issue of Vanity Fair , after . . . . Continue Reading »

The New York Times reports that a German activist for assisted suicide filmed himself assist a healthy seventy-nine-year-old woman end her life. Ms. Schardt, 79, a retired X-ray technician from the Bavarian city of Würzburg, was neither sick nor dying. She simply did not want to move . . . . Continue Reading »

On July 25, a new film of Brideshead Revisited will be released. It has much promise, especially with Emma Thompson as Lady Marchmain, so keep your eyes open for reviews and the movie itself later in July. . . . . Continue Reading »