Ryan T. Anderson

The Vatican has posted the Pope’s Message for Lent . This year he stresses the spiritual discipline of almsgiving along with the principle of the universal destination of earthly goods. There’s this: Almsgiving, according to the Gospel, is not mere philanthropy: rather it is a concrete . . . . Continue Reading »

Last week friends from Yale Law School and Yale Divinity School sent me an article in the Yale Daily News that covered the Reproductive Rights Action League at Yale (RALY) and the Yale Medical Students for Choice commemoration of Roe v. Wade . While other students were participating in the March . . . . Continue Reading »

Last week, Amanda wrote about Elizabeth Marquardt’s fascinating studies on the inner lives of children of divorce. On Sunday, Marquardt had an equally fascinating essay in the Washington Post about the living—and dying—of the adults of divorce. Here’s a bit from the beginning: . . . . Continue Reading »

In the New York Times today, David Kuo and John J. DiIulio have an op/ed on faith-based initiatives: ” The Faith to Outlast Politics .” Kuo and DiIulio are the former deputy director and director (respectively) of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Jim . . . . Continue Reading »

Anthony, the Office Linebacker is all fine and good—I don’t drink coffee anyway—but what this office really needs is the Evangelism Linebacker: “As a fish was created to swim in water, as a bird was created to fly, I was created to knock people out who don’t . . . . Continue Reading »

In the Catholic Church, today is the memorial of Saint Thomas Aquinas. In the Office of Readings for the day, we find this passage by Thomas: The Cross exemplifies every virtue Why did the Son of God have to suffer for us? There was a great need, and it can be considered in a twofold way: in the . . . . Continue Reading »

I’ve finally gotten around to reading the new issue of The New Atlantis . For those not familiar with it, The New Atlantis is published by the Ethics and Public Policy Center and has legitimate claim to being America’s premiere “Journal of Technology and Society.” In this . . . . Continue Reading »

Last week, Rusty Reno commented on the protests at Sapienzia University in Rome and Benedict XVI’s gracious bowing out. Well, this weekend over 200,000 students (both young and old) poured into St. Peter’s Square in a sign of support. (More details and pictures here .) The text of the . . . . Continue Reading »

We’re sending the March issue of FT to the printer today, which means things are busy in the office. So, instead of writing something new about what it’s like to work at FT, here’s what I said last year : If you’re a young writer or thinker—finishing your undergraduate . . . . Continue Reading »

“Farming cloned livestock should be banned because the animals suffer too much, EU ethics experts said last night .” Meanwhile, in the USA, there is no restriction—at all—on human cloning, be it for so-called “therapeutic” purposes (i.e. where a human being is . . . . Continue Reading »