First, Virginia’s lawsuit brought against Obamacare’s mandatory insurance purchase provision was allowed to proceed to trial. Now, a dfferent judge has indicated that parts of a seperate lawsuit brought against the Federal Government by 20 states about the same provision will . . . . Continue Reading »
“All current versions of Christianity can be very conditionally divided into two major groups – traditional and liberal,” said Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the chairman of the Russian Orthodox Church’s Department for External Church Relations, speaking to a group of . . . . Continue Reading »
Can anyone explain what Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is trying to say ? Last week we saw a Florida Pastor – with 30 members in his church – threaten to burn Korans which lead to riots and killings in Afghanistan. We also saw Democrats and Republicans alike assume that Pastor Jones . . . . Continue Reading »
In yesterday’s On The Square, El Jefe offers an admittedly ambivalent musing on the disappearance of a once-unified culture, captured by the once-popular, What’s My Line? Dorothy Kilgallen was a perennial presence on that show’s panel and since I “murdered” her in a TV . . . . Continue Reading »
It is very clear that the Obama Administration knows its approach to health care is unpopular. Thus, the short term Medicare head, Donald Berwick—who Obama gave a recess appointment to so he wouldn’t have to testify in a Senate Committee about his rationing views—pretended . . . . Continue Reading »
Edmund Adamus, director of Pastoral Affairs for the archdiocese of Westminster, recently “did not reflect the archbishop’s opinions.” Fair enough. Let’s let Mr. Adamus speak for himself. In an interview with Zenit on the importance of Christian marriage , Adamus lamented the . . . . Continue Reading »
Over on Tablet, David Goldman explains how the Orthodox Jewish theologian Michael Wyschogrod taught him the biblical reasons behind the dietary laws : Rational argument about kashrut falls short, but I was ready to hear a biblical argument, especially now that my daughter had called me on the . . . . Continue Reading »
In The Terry Jones saga shows the strength of anti-Americanism , Janet Dailey — who is, I think, an American living in England — argues that when the “absurdity” of believing that some “wacko fantasist,” by which she means Pastor Jones, could destroy “any . . . . Continue Reading »
You probably don’t know this, but the editor of the Human Life Review , Maria McFadden Mafucci, was present for the famous “great raid” that led to the launching of First Things . The Review will be hosting their annual Great Defender of Life dinner in New York on . . . . Continue Reading »
My essay on Michael Wyschogrod, the great Orthodox Jewish theologian whose work has graced the pages of First Things twice this year. It is an honor to honor Michael at any time, but especially during the Yomim Tovim.An extract:Wo es sich christelt, da judelt es sich auch, in Heinrich Heine’s . . . . Continue Reading »
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