Today in “On the Square,” Elizabeth Scalia examines The Tolerance Disconnect , beginning with the high rate of abortion for children with Down Syndrome and the bullying of teenagers by their peers, and finds the rhetoric of tolerance inadequate. [T]his generation of teenagers has been . . . . Continue Reading »
At the Christian Century , Rodney Clapp has brief article on the brave and noble servicemembers who stand up against the practice of torture : Sergeant Joseph Darby is an army reservist who served as a military policeman at the Abu Ghraib prison. During his free time in Iraq, Darby shot photographs . . . . Continue Reading »
Theologian Albert Mohler has an interesting interview with influential sociologist Peter Berger: Mohler: For many years you’ve been at Boston University and your books have been so influential. I remember the Sacred Canopy as one of the earliest of your books that I read but had followed . . . . Continue Reading »
Unlike poets , critical theorists sometime need a little help from computer programs to let language write them. Hence, this nifty little tool from the University of Chicago . Now everyone can write nonsensical sentences with no graduate school required! Via: Alan Jacobs . . . . Continue Reading »
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America today took action, in the words of Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson, to position “the churchwide organization to make a vital and vibrant contribution to the ministries of this [ELCA] church and the work of partners throughout the world . . . .” . . . . Continue Reading »
“It is also not surprising that the same viruses that infect the culture of narcissism infect the culture of total work,” writes Anthony Esolen in Woman of Leisure , combining insights from Christopher Lasch and Josef Pieper. . . . .And yet it is taken for granted, even by . . . . Continue Reading »
A brick may be used in a pagan temple, but then reverently placed in a Christian church. A cave may be used as a stable, but then turned into the birthplace of God. No metaphysical system is safe from plundering by Christianity, because Christianity is afraid of no good idea, object, or word. Continue Reading »
What a can of worms unregulated IVF has become. Latest example: A couple using IVF and a surrogate have ordered the hired gestater to abort because the fetus/unborn baby had Down syndrome. From the story on BioNews:A couple from British Columbia, Canada, have been embroiled in a complex . . . . Continue Reading »
Ambitious parents of very young children are, according to New York Times story, depriving their children of the pleasure of picture books in favor of more challenging “chapter books,” in an attempt to help them succeed in school. As Maureen Mullarkey writes in Bye Bye Picture . . . . Continue Reading »
The pendulum has swung in our understanding of Cro-Magnon man and his art , as shown in a new book on the paintings in the Ice Age caves in the Dordogne. Fathers in Spain are entitled to leave work for two half hour periods a day for the first nine months of their child’s life for . . . . . . . Continue Reading »
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