It turns out that culturally conservative Protestants in Brazil (mostly Pentecostals, I suspect, though the author of this article calls them evangelicals) have forced the newly elected president, Catholic (and former Marxist guerilla) Dilma Rousseff, to move sharply rightward in her positions on . . . . Continue Reading »
It used to be that around Christmastime (and Hannukah) there would be all sorts of stories about political and judicial conflicts about the various signs of the season: creches and menorahs in public spaces, carols and songs sung or not sung at “holiday” programs in elementary . . . . Continue Reading »
Sarah Palin has a documentary running on cable television about life in Alaska—or more accurately, creating a myth of her. All ambitious politicians try to weave such narratives. No big deal.I admire Palin in many ways, but am not obsessed with her. I have never watched the . . . . Continue Reading »
Want to be happy? Make some friends at church : Attending religious services regularly and having close friends in the congregation are key to having a happier, more satisfying life, a study finds. Even attending services irregularly — just several times a year — increases a sense of . . . . Continue Reading »
Today’s first ” On The Square ” item is Joe Carter’s column; today it’s a whimsical creation story narrative. But it’s not your run-of-the-mill creation story; rather, it addresses a certain inequality of myth Carter finds between the children of Judeo-Christian . . . . Continue Reading »
This Chronicle of Higher Education post-mortem on the failed “Great Books college for devotees of Ayn Rand” filled me with both Schadenfreude and sadness. Because I’m a decent human being—at least most of the time—I don’t like to mock failure. But . . . . Continue Reading »
If readers will pardon a reminder on this feast of the Immaculate Conception: in my column on Monday I tried to explain what the Church says about this and why she asserts something that to many of our Protestant brethren seems entirely invented. See Delivered From All Stain . . . . . Continue Reading »
I wrote about this emerging issue with Obamacare before, but the number of Obamacare waivers have now doubled. Why? To prevent a lot of people from losing their insurance. From the story:The Obama Administration has quietly granted even more waivers to one provision of the new . . . . Continue Reading »
My plans to complete this series have been delayed by a medical emergency in our extended family, which has necessitated an unexpected trip out of state and a lot of time in prayer and family decision-making. It was always going to be a difficult topic to write on. These events in a way bring the . . . . Continue Reading »
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