The Next Senate Democrat from the Great State of South Carolina
by Joe CarterIf you aren’t up to speed on the Alvin Greene story—the craziest tale in political news in a long, long time—then you need to see this clip from the Daily Show: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Alvin Greene Wins South Carolina Primary www.thedailyshow.com Daily . . . . Continue Reading »
Rawls, Being a Person These Days, and the New Eugenics
by Peter LawlerSo I’m writing an article about liberal eugenics and all that, and I’m actually using Rawls. Here’s (a very rough draft) snippet: American sophisticates usually speak of the significance of persons in terms of the theory of John Rawls. Rawls has become, many think, the political . . . . Continue Reading »
A Common Catholic Voice
by David MillsIn the English Catholic weekly The Tablet , a useful review of the collected texts and documents of the International Theological Commission from 1969 to 2007, which the magazine titles Must for a Modern Theologian . The reviewer describes the Commission’s work this way: In his introduction . . . . Continue Reading »
Simply and Completely Wrong
by David Mills“This execution was so unnecessary , and because it was unnecessary, it was simply and completely wrong,” writes Joseph Bottum in today’s “On the Square” essay, They Did It . He is writing of the execution in the middle of the night of Ronnie Lee Gardner. Calling . . . . Continue Reading »
TV’s 11 Most Creative Opening Credits
by Joe Carter[Note: Every Friday on First Thoughts we host a discussion about some aspect of pop culture. Today’s theme is opening credits to TV shows. Have a suggestion for a topic? Send them to me at jcarter@firstthings.com.] One of the most undervalued formats in television is the opening credit . . . . Continue Reading »
More on an Unpleasant but Important Subject
by David MillsFollowing First Things in exposing the dangers of pornography , the lefty magazine Mother Jones has just published a story by one of their staff reporters (implying that they think it an important topic) Have the Feds Gone Soft on Porn? “The days of women wearing a coy smile and not . . . . Continue Reading »
The Smear Campaign against Cardinal Pell
by Kevin Staley-JoyceDamian Thompson writes in today’s Telegraph that Cardinal George Pell’s loss of his anticipated appointment as Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops owes to “black propaganda” and a “smear campaign” stemming from long-discredited misconduct allegations and dubious . . . . Continue Reading »
Fabricated Yoga
by David MillsOur eldest works for a group that encourages schools, hospitals, and businesses to buy from local farmers and also volunteers for African aid groups (one, similar to a micro-loan program, gives goats to villagers). The first, she says, is easier to sell people because it promises to help them . . . . Continue Reading »
Why the Dog Won’t Hunt
by David P. GoldmanPresident Obama’s fiscal stimulus gave the U.S. economy a temporary adrenalin jolt that began to wear off in April, the most recent data suggest. Today’s news that weekly employment claims bounced up to 472,000—bringing the four-week average up to 463,500—confirms that the . . . . Continue Reading »
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