I just read President Bush’s chapter in his new book on how he came to his ESCR funding policy. It was very interesting, particularly since I was tangentially engaged in the effort to impact the policy—and later, repeatedly defended his decision.The ESCR issue was the first major . . . . Continue Reading »
Predictably, secular commentators and dissenting Catholics are not happy that the Catholic bishops elected Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, their next president. The Catholic League reports , for example: NPR is worried that Archbishop Dolan is “overtly conservative,” and Tim . . . . Continue Reading »
So here’s a taste of what I’m going to say at BYU on Friday. I hope to see you in Provo. It’ll be hard, but not impossible, for you to buy me a drink or a coup of coffee: Marriage has become, we can say, individualized or Lockeanized enough that homosexuals can reasonably wonder . . . . Continue Reading »
So I thought I’d dig through the archives over at Voegelin View and I came up with this piece by the beloved and avuncular Dr. Ellis Sandoz: http://www.voegelinview.com/medieval-rationalism-or-mystic-philosophy-pt-4.html It’s the fourth part of a series and the other three parts . . . . Continue Reading »
Who knew? When Fordham University posted this sample of Thomas Aquinas’ handwriting on its page for today’s Natural Law Colloquium, it provided needed evidence for something that had been only conjecture up to now: the late mediaeval theologian’s writings were obviously transcribed . . . . Continue Reading »
Ramesh Ponnuru, one of the smartest conservative commentators, finds some of the arguments for a second round of quantitative easing “persuasive.” A 2% inflation rate wouldn’t be so bad if the Fed could achieve it, he observes today at the NRO site.But read what Bernanke actually . . . . Continue Reading »
Here is a remarkably poorly argued and tendentious (not to say profoundly misleading) column by Marci Hamilton , making the case against religious hiring rights. A sample: Social service providers, like other employers, are subject to the federal civil rights anti-discrimination laws. . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s second “On the Square” article, George Weigel offers one way the Catholic Church might “take a more determinedly countercultural stance” than it has in the recent past. “Let me suggest,” he writes in Countercultural Time , one specific, concrete . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve heard of orthodox Jews who become rappers (see: Matisyahu ) but Shyne is the first rapper I’ve heard who has become an orthodox Jew. In 1999, Shyne (born Jamal Michael Barrow), his mentor Sean “P.Diddy” Combs, and Combs’ then girlfriend Jennifer Lopez, were involved . . . . Continue Reading »
John M. Ellis argues that the current clamor to “Defend the Humanities!” is dishonest and misguided: There was a time when “save the humanities” would have been an appropriate cry, but that was years ago, when they were being dismantled in one department after another and . . . . Continue Reading »
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