[Note: For more on this topic, see here and here ] When defending the indefensible, it’s generally beneficial to stop when the apologia becomes untenable. The CIA gave up trying to defend the morality or legality of waterboarding—though they may still make a Machiavellian . . . . Continue Reading »
The first ten years of the 2000s (please, no arguments over whether the first decade really ends this year) brought bioethics front and center into national and international prominence as never before. Since this is the time for creating “top ten lists,” I pondered the matter over . . . . Continue Reading »
Frank Turk suggested the Roman model for government . . . and there is much to be said in favor of Rome. With the Founding Fathers of this Republic, true patriots should model our governance more on Cicero or the Republic than on Nero or the Empire!Here is Cicero on torture:Cicero on . . . . Continue Reading »
If you took a moment to watch the YouTube video I posted in my previous note about Bach, you will rejoice in Mr. Suzuki’s clear and forthright witness to Christ and the Christian faith. Nearly ten years ago my friend Dr. Uwe Siemon-Netto wrote a piece for FIRST THINGS, and I thought it might . . . . Continue Reading »
Today is a sad anniversary—the anniversary of the death of FT founder Fr. Richard John Neuhaus . Be sure to read the lovely sermon from his lifelong friend and colleague Robert Louis Wilken today On the Square . . . . . Continue Reading »
In the October issue David Goldman examined the rise of the horror film , noting “The horror-film genre is multiplying like one of its own monsters, showing six-fold growth over the past decade—turning what used to be a Hollywood curiosity into a mainstream product.” The rise of the . . . . Continue Reading »
O.k., sportsfans, here is this week’s round up for the blawgosphere: The Ninth Circuit issued a controversial ruling this week holding that prisoners in the State of Washington have the right to vote . Roger Clegg offers his thoughts on the decision here . Chief Justice Roberts, fiscal . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m not a poet. Actually, a more candid statement more accurately state that I’m just about as far removed from being a poet and possessing poetic sensibilities as one might get. When I read prose fiction, I don’t see words ... images and a sense of what transpires moves through my . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the world’s premier interpreters and conductors of Bach music is the Japanese musician Masaaki Suzuki. And he gets Bach, unlike many Westerners. I am sick and tired of discussions of Bach by secularists who do everything they can to avoid, dismiss, denigrate and intentionally ignore the . . . . Continue Reading »
Traditional Christians oppose torture based on their understanding of Divine Revelation and centuries of experience learning the corrosive effects torture has on the society that justifies its use. Traditional conservatives should oppose torture because giving the government power to torture is . . . . Continue Reading »
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