Does First Things influence American culture?James Davison Hunter, a professor of religion, culture, and social theory at the University of Virginia, would probably say “No” in his latest book, To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern . . . . Continue Reading »
The very smart, very serious Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, has an op-ed in the Washington Post called “If Republicans Keep Ignoring Abortion, They’ll Lose in the Midterm Elections.” She writes: Republicans oppose President Obama’s health-care . . . . Continue Reading »
Congressman Stupak agrees with your assessment , Steve. From an interview today with National Review Online : Stupak notes that his negotiations with House Democratic leaders in recent days have been revealing. “I really believe that the Democratic leadership is simply unwilling to change its . . . . Continue Reading »
“[M]y daughter, who has been studying Boethius, the great systematizer of the quadrivium, explained to me the connections between the arts of the quadrivium, in a way that also helped me see the way mathematics really does provide a unifying model for the order and design that underlies all . . . . Continue Reading »
Please excuse this excursion into areas not of direct concern to matters SHS. But my pal (and co-author) Ralph Nader deserves significant credit that he is being denied. Apparently, we have the lowest auto death rate in history. From the story:The fourth quarter of 2009 was the . . . . Continue Reading »
An Alaskan wolf pack apparently hunted and killed a jogger. Hunters are now out to kill the pack. From the story:Alaska authorities have dispatched teams of hunters to the Chignik Lake area of the Alaska Peninsular to hunt down the wolves they have concluded stalked and killed a special . . . . Continue Reading »
I received word last night that Baby Isaiah, the subject of a bitter futile care case in Canada, died in his parent’s arms after they decided the time had come to stop treatment. They made that decision—not the doctors and not the courts—based on the bad news they received . . . . Continue Reading »
Recently, there have been a number of well-meaning, though misguided, conservatives who are advocating filling in the Census with false information. Justin Taylor explains why that shouldn’t be an option for Christians : Some conservatives—for example, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, a . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the distinctive aspects of the Theology of the Body is its beautiful expression of the mutual relations of men and women, a mutuality that originates in and is best expressed by a sexual act which is constituted by self-giving. It’s a position that I am sympathetic to. But Francis . . . . Continue Reading »
Okay, so maybe I’m confused about that whole correlation/causation thing. But something happened in the 1960s and then again in the 1980s to cause grade inflation in colleges . The rise in grades in the 1960s correlates with the social upheavals of the Vietnam War. It was followed by a decade . . . . Continue Reading »
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