I was told last Friday by this site’s SBE (“senior blog editor”), Ivan Kenneally, that an encounter between any two members of the postmodern conservative masthead, for whatever licit reason, is sufficient to warrant a posting. So here I am. I had occasion on Thursday to visit . . . . Continue Reading »
I have been a speaking fool (don’t agree so fast!) for the last week and a half, and have not had a chance to post on last week’s astonishing Newsweek cover story: “The Case for Killing Granny.” (I will bet the POTUS was not please with this cover!)Evan Thomas, one of . . . . Continue Reading »
For many First Things readers, Gary Bauer is a name from the past. The former president of the Family Research Council resigned his leadership of the organization while campaigning for the presidency several years ago. Since that time, he has continued to have some currency among . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s a rainy day here in the Carolina foothills, and I have been out in the driveway washing the dog. What possesses a person to wash a dog in the rain? Well, I think “possesses” is the key word here, because having just finished washing a dog in the rain, I can’t really . . . . Continue Reading »
Irving Kristol , writer, editor, and social philosopher, has died in Washington at the age of eighty-nine. Dubbed the “godfather of neoconservatism”, Kristol played an influential role in the intellectual and political culture of American conservatism for over forty years. Our prayers . . . . Continue Reading »
The following is from an interview of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. It appeared in U. S. News & World Report . (HT: Ignatius Scoop ) You are also a pro-choice Catholic, and I was reading some stories out of your home state recently where one of the bishops took an . . . . Continue Reading »
The answer to the question, “Who is Mickey Mouse?,” is . . . . Continue Reading »
A Catholic publisher in England has come out with a Prayer Book for Spouses that includes a “Prayer Before Making Love”, which reads: Father, send your Holy Spirit into our hearts. Place within us love that truly gives, tenderness that truly unites, self-offering that tells the truth and . . . . Continue Reading »
Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz defends Israel before the court of public opinion, most recently in this Jerusalem Post blog entry. He writes,Richard Goldstone - the primary author of a one-sided United Nations attack on Israeli actions during the Gaza war - has now become a full-fledged . . . . Continue Reading »
The editors of Patrol Magazine , an online journal for hipster evangelicals, recently offered a broadside against those evangelicals like Brett McCracken and the Southern Baptists who remain cautious about throwing off their prudish heritage and embracing the liberating and enlightened state of . . . . Continue Reading »
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