Back in August, I wrote a short article for the First Things homepage titled ” St. Duncan of Wall Street .” It was a review of the Acton Institute’s new movie The Call of the Entrepreneur . Readers might be interested in this interview about the film that Fr. Sirico, the president . . . . Continue Reading »
In a recent daily article on the First Things website, Santiago Ramos writes about the New York Philharmonic’s February trip to Pyongyang, North Korea, and speculates that the performance of great music before the North Korean politicos will be a bit like a real life version of the cinematic . . . . Continue Reading »
Chris Lehmann over at Slate has a review of Joel Osteen’s Become a Better You . He doesn’t much care for it: “There’s, of course, nothing inherently suspect or dishonorable about seeking uplift and consolation in the Bible. But the point of those ‘deep theological . . . . Continue Reading »
CNN is carrying a news item about a Pennsylvania priest indicted for his mob connections. Is it odd that my first thought, on reading this, wasn’t about the crime, or the scandal to the laity, or the betrayal of vows? Pop culture constrains us all, and my first thought was actually: . . . . Continue Reading »
Baylor University is the largest Baptist university in the world . Lest anyone charge the institution with resting on such laurels, it will soon become the first university in the world to offer a vaccine for cocaine addiction . Just one inoculation and your brain on drugs will look just like your . . . . Continue Reading »
I just completed The Darkest Evening of the Year by my pal Dean Koontz. It is very good; a thriller in the classic Koontz mold that really gets taut in the last 30 pages.But there is more here than a very good thrill ride—although that would be enough. Dean also mounts some well aimed social . . . . Continue Reading »
To all SHS readers and commenters: We had some technical difficulties here at SHS over the holiday, and I was unable to upload any posts, nor were the comments people made uploaded. The problem seems to be fixed now. Good thing: I was going through withdrawal.I continued to post during that time, . . . . Continue Reading »
After the Pope’s now-famous Regensburg Address, a group of scholars wrote a response whose signatories came to number 138 scholars and leaders in the Muslim world. This spring three of those scholars will travel to the Vatican to discuss “respect for the dignity of each person, . . . . Continue Reading »
Advance copies of the new issue—dated February 2008—just arrived in our office. That’s usually good news, but this time, ugh. The issue features an article by Cardinal Dulles called, “Who Can Be Saved?” And there, on page 22, at the end of the article, is a world-class . . . . Continue Reading »
I have been noticing a slight trend, or perhaps better stated, the hint of a breeze that could become a slight trend: Animal rights versus environmentalism. Animal rights, very generally stated, fervently promotes the equal moral worth of animals with people based on the capacity to feel pain or . . . . Continue Reading »
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