There is an interesting note in the current issue of Philosophia Christi (v11; n2) by David Reiter about presuppositional apologetics and its famed “transcendental argument for the existence of God” (or TAG for short). This argument claims that there is a deep metaphysical connection . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s “On the Square,” South Dakota Dreamin’ , our senior editor R. R. Reno reflects on why South Dakota, and by extension much of “fly over country,” developed into such the buccolic Midwest of the cultural stereotype, when the historical and sociological . . . . Continue Reading »
Catholic scholars say those who thwart labor unions commit mortal sin: A group of Catholic scholars contends that management efforts to break labor unions are a grave breech of the church’s social doctrine and tantamount to committing mortal sin. A statement from Weymouth, Mass.-based . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m a great believer in ecumenical generosity, but I would have thought damning the founding figure of your own tradition was taking things too far. In a sermon commemorating the martyrdom of several Carthusian monks during the English Reformation, the heir of that Reformation said, “If . . . . Continue Reading »
Although I had vowed to give the subject a much needed rest, I feel compelled to show due respect to those who objected to my post claiming that atheists are exhibiting vincible ignorance in failing to acknowledge the existence of God. The most common complaint registered by my critics was that I . . . . Continue Reading »
Please, people—can we discuss climate issues without the constant WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE scenarios? A scientific conference sponsored by the Heartland Institute—which opposes global warming alarmism—has descended into the same kind of hysteria that I find so . . . . Continue Reading »
For our romantic readers: Castles for Sale . And for our less romantic readers, or those who have seen through certain contemporary forms of romance: Picasso: Creator and Destroyer and The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street . . . . . Continue Reading »
The advice columnist at Salon receives a letter from a woman worried about her father’s conservatism: This is not the man I grew up with. I think he fears a future he cannot control, and longs for a past that never existed. He is responding to this existential crisis with fear, anger and . . . . Continue Reading »
Michael Barone, on why all three of the members of Congress defeated so far this season were on appropriations committees: “Suddenly pork is not kosher.” Can I groan now? . . . . Continue Reading »
There’s a strangely nonchalant line at the beginning of yesterday’s New York Times profile of the thousandth US troop to die in Afghanistan: He was an irreverent teenager with a pregnant girlfriend when the idea first crossed his mind: Join the Army, raise a family. She had an abortion, . . . . Continue Reading »
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