“I’ve just never liked G.K. Chesterton,” quips Austin Bramwell, “which, among the conservative Christians with whom I sometimes (though, as an Episcopalian, not often) travel, is almost enough to make me a Bad Person.” No almost about it, Austin—that makes you very . . . . Continue Reading »
The issue of euthanasia, if it is to be properly considered, must be looked at in the societal context in which doctor prescribed death would be carried out. Indeed, issues such as elder abuse, the failures of health care systems, the continuing problem of inadequate palliative care, the . . . . Continue Reading »
Today in “On the Square” we offer two articles, R. R. Reno’s regular column and physicist and editorial board member Stephen M. Barr’s response to Stephen Hawking’s belief that the universe could come into being without God. In Progressive Catholicism’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Our provocation of the day comes from the late, great British preacher Martyn Lloyd-Jones : Faith according to our Lord’s teaching in this paragraph, is primarily thinking; and the whole trouble with a man of little faith is that he does not think. He allows circumstances to bludgeon him. . . . . . . Continue Reading »
1. I don’t have the time today for the Darwinian natural right post. 2. The anticipated big showdown between David Walsh and Ralph Hancock didn’t really happen at the Sunday panel. But fear not, they are continuing the argument in a future issue of PPS. What they both say in some way is . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter Leithart explains what Christians gain from reading fiction and poetry: For Christians, the question at a certain level answers itself. We read because we are people of the book, the people of Moses, David, Nehemiah, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Matthew, Paul, and John. We read because in reading we . . . . Continue Reading »
A friend sends this quote from Father Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange , O.P.: The Church is intolerant in principle because she believes; she is tolerant in practice because she loves. The enemies of the Church are tolerant in principle because they do not believe; they are intolerant in practice . . . . Continue Reading »
Or, Living Supernaturally Without Being a WizardWhat is a poor Muggle to do?Muggles lack magic, J.K. Rowling tells me, and there is no doubt I am a muggle. My students are Muggles too, but worst of all instead of Dumbledore in class, they get me. Sometimes I get on the elevator in my two-story . . . . Continue Reading »
I try to read several books on management each year (I’m an academic administrator), usually picking up a few things from the bargain bins of the bookstores I enjoy haunting. This summer I read “Inside Drucker’s Brain,” a collection of Peter Drucker’s principles . . . . Continue Reading »
Nowhere in the Constitution is the job of the president defined as “growing” the economy, getting re-elected, implementing a party platform, maintaining his approval rating, doing “big things,” impressing foreign dignitaries, or fulfilling the people’s wishes, whatever the intrinsic . . . . Continue Reading »
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