Theodicy is a topic I’ve been thinking about a bit. Next weekend, in the OT course I’m taking my final is to give a 10 minute homily on an Old Testament lection (assigned reading for a liturgy, matins, or vespers service). I was considering doing my little talk on a Genesis reading, . . . . Continue Reading »
The U.K.’s The Times has a remarkable article by a four-one year old pilot named Patrick Muirhead that contains one of the most surprising titles I’ve ever seen in a mainstream newspaper: “ The day I decided to stop being gay ” Choosing an excerpt that does justice to the piece . . . . Continue Reading »
“De gustibus non disputandum est, ” the Romans used to say: Concerning taste, it is not to be argued. But concerning taste—the physical sense, not the aesthetic sentiment—Carolyn Korsmeyer argues that it is not as philosophically inconsequential as once believed : For . . . . Continue Reading »
Taylor Mali —one of the most exciting artists to emerge from the poetry slam movement—produced a brilliant spoken word performance with his “ Totally Like Whatever, You Know? .” Now someone has set it to typography and made it (almost) better. Here is a transcript of the poem . . . . . Continue Reading »
O.k., my fellow law geeks, here is this week’s round up of the blawgosphere’s most interesting posts/articles: Is the Health Insurance Mandate constitutional? Professor Randy Barnett answers this question in the negative , and Professor Jack Balkin answers it in the affirmative . . . . . Continue Reading »
The newest edition of my podcast What It Means to be Human concerns the need to legally protect the consciences of Hippocratic physicians and other health care professionals. As I have stated repeatedly, this is going to be one of the biggest bioethical issues in the coming decade. Here . . . . Continue Reading »
Note: attendance is by invitation. If you would like to attend please send a request to events@firstthings.com Christian and Jewish Song of Songs ExegesisFirst Things is pleased to host a seminar on Christian and Jewish exegesis of the Song of Songs featuring two distinguished scholars:Prof. Shalom . . . . Continue Reading »
I reported a bit ago about the case of Francis Inglis, the mother, who while out on bail for trying to kill her seriously disabled son Tom, went to his hospital room and murdered him. In the UK, as here, such cases often generate “mercy” from the courts. But I predicted she would . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s funny: The more some Obamacare supporters deny that it would lead to health care rationing, the more it is advocated among the bioethics set and in the Medical Intelligentsia. Now, there is an explicit call to deny very early premature babies life-sustaining treatment because of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Joseph Bottum has some interesting thoughts’s about the election in today’s On the Square article. This observation in particular seems to be exactly right: The person who handed Scott Brown his victory? Ted Kennedy. Oh sure, Brown campaigned brilliantly, Martha Coakley campaigned . . . . Continue Reading »
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