I’ve never understood all the fuss about Santa Claus. Not the believing part: We have no problems in that department, being a happily credulous lot at our house. Two of us, after all, are under the age of six, and the rest of us read fiction without stopping every other sentence to say to . . . . Continue Reading »
The Daily Princetonian has good coverage here and here . I’ll have some further thoughts later today or tomorrow. . . . . Continue Reading »
Rob, you probably know Rahner better than I do, but I’m not sure Rahner would disagree with anything in that paragraph (or the document) you cite. Could you spell it out? When I took a course on Rahner with the eminent Lutheran theologian Robert Jenson, I got the impression that . . . . Continue Reading »
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has issued a doctrinal note on evangelization. Here’s a sample: Although non-Christians can be saved through the grace which God bestows in “ways known to him”, the Church cannot fail to recognize that such persons are lacking a . . . . Continue Reading »
Brave New Britain is showing us the future of eugenic procreation unless we are very careful, the perceived right to only have children who pass health—and eventually attribute—muster. Where once pre-implatation genetic diagnosis was reserved to prevent babies from being born with . . . . Continue Reading »
I hope this doesn’t turn out to be a replay of that episode of The Office , the one about the rival Christmas parties. It would be just like Rowan Williams to hide the conservatives’ karaoke-machine power cord. Meanwhile, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori is taking it all in . . . . Continue Reading »
Rodney Coronado is one of the more dangerous animal rights thugs in the country who was previously imprisoned for committing arson “for the animals.” Well, it looks like he is going to the hoosegow again, having entered into a plea bargain with prosecutors. From the story:A well-known . . . . Continue Reading »
I see that Jonathan Last and Michael Novak have been having at it , and getting me in the middle. Please leave me out of it. I have written about the Mormon factor in the Romney candidacy here , here , and here . But let me spare you the trouble of re-reading all that. My argument can be briefly . . . . Continue Reading »
The recent unpleasantness at Princeton brought to mind Villanova professor Robert Maranto’s musing about the ideological tilt of academia, ” As A Republican, I’m on the Fringe .” It’s a familiar story. There are far more liberals and Marxists in the professoriate than . . . . Continue Reading »
Dear Ms. Rice: I am a professor of the philosophy of law at Princeton, and someone who enjoyed your fine book Out of Egypt. I have read your endorsement of Senator Clinton and your reasoning as to why you support her despite your pro-life convictions. I am a former Democrat who left the party . . . . Continue Reading »
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