I have quite a few bad habits, but here is one that can be told on this blog and not just in the confessional: I sometimes use too many adjectives.This week I was reminded of this problem when I became irritated with a description on this blog of a political commentator as a Mormon. “What in . . . . Continue Reading »
As mentioned here yesterday, Idaho will sue to stop Obamacare’s mandatory purchase provision. Virginia’s bill, soon to become law, in effect, opts its citizens out of the mandatory purchase requirement altogether. From the story:The Virginia General Assembly [official . . . . Continue Reading »
As the battle over the health-care reform bill intensified this week, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious sent a letter yesterday to every member of congress assuring them that “the Senate bill will not provide taxpayer funding for elective abortions” and that they, the LCWR, . . . . Continue Reading »
At Tablet , Sheikh Abdul Hadi Palazzi, secretary general of the Italian Muslim Assembly, makes the Quranic argument for Jewish sovereignty in the land of Israel : Over the past 15 years, the political conflict between Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs has been reframed as a religious war in which . . . . Continue Reading »
Marriage, in what is evidently its most popular version, is now on the one hand an intimate ‘relationship’ involving (ideally) two successful careerists in the same bed, and on the other hand a sort of private political system in which rights and interests must be constantly asserted and . . . . Continue Reading »
Some critics of Intelligent Design conflate the movement with creationism. Of course forms of Intelligent Design can be creationist, but arguably others (like that of Aristotle on some readings of the philosopher) are not. I am both a creationist and one who believes there exists evidence for . . . . Continue Reading »
As someone who believes that bacon should be one of the four food groups, I am certainly sympathetic to your argument , David. However, I think the case you made has the unfortunate unintended effect of undercutting a key argument against abortion. The abortion debate often hinges on the question . . . . Continue Reading »
I have greatly benefited from the Veritas Forum and often browse their lectures for some of the best presentations on the most important topics. I have often wished that some of them were edited in a book to have ready on hand for simple referencing. Today I saw that IVP will publish a . . . . Continue Reading »
Having attended last Friday a forum on the ethics of food animal product hosted by the National Catholic Bioethics Center , I was particularly interested in the Times Literary Supplement ‘s review of Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals . It is an uncritical and even fawning review and . . . . Continue Reading »
Moral equivalency is a matter of dogma in the mainstream media: When five hundred Christians were massacred in their homes by machete-wielding Muslims in Nigeria’s Plateau Province on the night of March 7, news reports claimed it was simply retaliation for previous attacks on Muslims. That is . . . . Continue Reading »
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