Ryan T. Anderson

The latest example of how Catholic schools succeed where others cannot, courtesy of George Will in today’s Washington Post . It began in 1996 with 79 students meeting in the four corners of a roller-skating rink. Today the 540 students — most from two-parent families with an average of . . . . Continue Reading »

Thanks, Amanda, for posting those links to the pieces in First Things on 9/11. I remember reading them at the time, and revisiting them again was instructive. Today I came across a homily that was preached seven years ago and subsequently published in the Wall Street Journal . I hadn’t seen . . . . Continue Reading »

We’ve heard a lot during this election season about the historic nature of the contest—and the contestants. At first it was either Hillary or Obama—the first female nominee or the first black nominee. Now it’s either Palin or Obama—the first female Vice President or the . . . . Continue Reading »

I find Will Saletan’s statistical analysis cum speculation on the probability that other political daughters have been pregnant out of wedlock a bit offputting. Some things should be private. But he does make a good point along the way: Is Sarah Palin the first nominee on a major-party . . . . Continue Reading »

Reports last month told of a meeting of some ninety prominent evangelical leaders deciding to support John McCain for president. While noting disagreements between themselves and McCain, the group concluded that McCain shared their most important views, on life and marriage. Matthew Staver, the . . . . Continue Reading »

Two interesting articles in the Wall Street Journal today. One about Bobby Jindal’s path from Hinduism to Christianity to Catholic Christianity: Mr. Jindal’s roommate at Brown University became his baptism sponsor. His parents did not attend the ceremony, which he says was . . . . Continue Reading »

Brian Brown, from the National Organization for Marriage , sends along the following: At 10:00am next Wednesday, July 30th, pastors and church leaders from across California will join together with their colleagues in Florida and Arizona, forming a “Pastors Rapid Response Team” to . . . . Continue Reading »

Jody noted some amusing mistranslations last week ( here and here ). Well, there are a lot more where they came from. John Derbyshire provides the best of ” Engrish .” (Note that according to our managing editor some of the spelling errors may offend our clientele.) So that’s what . . . . Continue Reading »

Continuing in my role as RJN’s press secretary, readers might be interested in this write-up on the Anti-Catholicism panel. The New York Times “City Room” blog reports : Experts say that anti-Catholic sentiment — much of it originating in, or as a response to, immigrants in . . . . Continue Reading »

Fr. Neuhaus has penned a reply to Doug Kmiec on Catholic political obligations and pro-choice candidates. It’s in the National Catholic Register , but only available to subscribers. The Pro Ecclesia blog has posted some excerpts: . . . The question is that of justice for unborn children. When . . . . Continue Reading »