Today, on the seventh anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks, countless Americans across the country will sorrowfully remember those who lost their lives. Today, the presidential candidates are taking a moment of silence, so to speak, from their campaigns to participate in a memorial event . . . . Continue Reading »
“Responsible citizenship is a virtue, and participation in political life is a moral obligation.” —The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship” New from Grassroots Films is a powerful short film, The Catholic Vote . “Vote . . . . 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 »
The Interior Castle has been lauded as the “most sublime and mature” of Teresa of Avila’s works, one which “expresses the full flowering of her deep experience in guiding souls toward spiritual perfection.” Rereading some passages this morning, I was struck not by the . . . . Continue Reading »
I continue to be amazed at the unvarnished vitriol aimed at Sarah Palin. In Salon today, not a fringe publication, the “popular culture” writer Cintra Wilson launches a demagogic diatribe—complete with Viagra jokes and which uses the f-word—that is so over the top it is past . . . . Continue Reading »
Kathryn Jean Lopez at National Review Online calls our attention to Congressman Steve Cohen (Democrat, Tennessee) who has taken to the floor of the House of Representatives to persuade us to vote for Senator Obama. Senator Obama you see was, like Jesus, a community organizer. Pontius Pilate, on the . . . . Continue Reading »
If Barack Obama loses the presidential election, some say , the youth will never get over it. They will lose faith in politics. This prediction is meant to be grim, but I think it among the better reasons to hope Barack Obama loses. Not to trade in tired truisms, but I must repeat what seems to me . . . . Continue Reading »
If you haven’t heard already, the 3.8 billion dollar particle collider in Geneva, Switzerland was revved up for the first time this morning, and two beams of protons were successfully sent around the seventeen-mile-long underground ring: The world’s largest particle collider passed its . . . . Continue Reading »
While I’m recommending philosophers , I should make a particularly enthusiastic plug for Aurel Kolnai . Kolnai was a Hungarian-Jewish Wunderkind who converted to Catholicism under the influence of G.K. Chesterton. He then proceeded to hop erratically around the western world, publishing . . . . Continue Reading »
The concept of science as religion is apparently growing. In Berkeley, a new “temple to the religion of science” is soon to open. From the New Scientist story:“Praise be to Darwin! We are gathered here today to give thanks to those scientists who have given us something to sustain . . . . Continue Reading »
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