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 »
It is clear to me that the Pelosi wing of the Democratic Party doesn’t believe in robust democratic debate—when it is in power, that is. Otherwise, dissent is patriotic.Nancy Pelosi has now darkly warned that the agitated current political mood—which, if anything, she unloosed by . . . . Continue Reading »
Those of us who believe that pro-life issues should be given priority of place in deciding how to vote are often chastised for downplaying valid concerns about the environment, foreign policy, healthcare, and other matters of morality and justice. But as David Koyzis persuasively argues, there is . . . . Continue Reading »
So the fall semester is finally in sufficient order that I can return to blogging. I don’t imagine that I was particularly missed. But I’ll proceed on the assumption that at least some readers liked to alternate their reflections on the very serious matters we usually discuss with one . . . . Continue Reading »
President Obama’s sudden decision to suspend deployment of an anti-ballistic missile system in Poland and the Czech Republic may be a response to Israeli-Russian diplomacy, I am told by often-reliable sources. Russian-Israeli relations have been improving at an “extroardinary” pace . . . . Continue Reading »
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