I haven’t been blogging the daily machinations of those trying to pass Obamacare—even after losing the political debate over it. But Yuval Levin made a pithy comment over at The Corner about this huge mess that is worth noting. From his post:Democratic leaders should be . . . . Continue Reading »
Just to keep things interesting, I’m posting my response to JMR on the front page here. I thank him for his engagement on this issue, even if he is actually wrong about a lot of things.I think the heart of our disagreement is the Bible and how to read it.I think that’s unquestionably . . . . Continue Reading »
I am frequently asked in interviews how a radical and misanthropic organization like PETA gets so much money. The answer is simple. Many average people think the group is about just being nicer to animals, when it is actually about ending all animal domestication.Then there are the shallow . . . . Continue Reading »
Joe Carter has a splendidly detailed history of Dutch euthanasia in the “On the Square” feature here at First Things. Read it carefully. It will show how mercy killing, sold to the Dutch as a restricted practice, expanded steadily to where it now includes infanticide and . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday at HBU we hosted Daniel Cardinal DiNardo as our guest for convocation. Our director for the school of theology, David Capes, suggested the event after having heard the cardinal speak on a prior occasion. I honestly had no idea what to expect.Cardinal DiNardo asked about any themes we might . . . . Continue Reading »
Matthew Schmitz has a remembrance of French New Wave director Eric Rohmer : Among the best known of Rohmer’s films are his Six Moral Tales, movies imbued with delicate longing and keen moral awareness in which characters struggle to come to terms with their duties and desires. It’s easy . . . . Continue Reading »
So I keep reading that America is exceptional. That’s not surprising. And that unexceptional fact is both good and bad. 1. Tocqueville finds both religious madness and an insane materialistic restlessness in America. The French have pretty much stayed with that criticism, still viewing us as . . . . Continue Reading »
The big brained types who either believe global warming is a real threat—or who used a warming trend as a means of grabbing power, promoting careers, scoring grants, internationalizing governance, or a combination of the above—want to impose wrenching and economy-wounding policies on the . . . . Continue Reading »
So the Vatican’s chief exorcist insists that the joint is demon-possessed . Father Gabriele Amorth, 85, who has been the Vatican’s chief exorcist for 25 years and says he has dealt with 70,000 cases of demonic possession, said that the consequences of satanic infiltration included power . . . . Continue Reading »
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