Here’s Mitt actually defending his stand on marriage: “I believe that marriage has been defined the same way for literally thousands of years by virtually every civilization in history and that marriage is by its definition a relationship between a man and woman and if two people of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Population Change is Reversing Secularism Eric Kaufmann, AEI Pope Formally Proclaims Sainthood of Hildegard von Bingen Catholic Culture Washington’s Iconic ‘Jewish Letter’ to Be Displayed Paul Berger, Jewish Daily Forward “Evangelical” Catholicism? Micah Murphy, Truth . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Wendell Berry’s example of a man who really knows his place in the Jefferson lecture is the farmer whose horizon doesn’t extend beyond the field behind his barn. 2. That doesn’t apply to Berry himself, but he has hung around his small-town part of Kentucky most of his life. 3. . . . . Continue Reading »
Israeli archaeologist Yosef Garfinkel announced earlier this week several findings which may contribute toward a positive case for the veracity of biblical history, in particular the question of whether a centralized Israelite kingdom existed during the era of the biblically purported King David. . . . . Continue Reading »
A Time cover photo will appear in the next magazine that is beyond shameful. It shows a woman, looking defiantly at the camera, one breast being suckled by her son standing on a chair. (I won’t add to his injury by posting the photo here. If you want to see it, . . . . Continue Reading »
Or so argues Fr. Ryan Erlenbush in a post at the New Theological Movement : There is nothing in the description of the figure of Job which would make us think that he was not an historical person. Indeed, though one may hold that the various dialogues and discussions in the book of Job are stylized . . . . Continue Reading »
Russell E. Saltzman on the residue of death : The dead are not really dead. They hang around to pester us. Not as ghosts, no; I don’t believe in ghosts. Nor do I mean the dead “live on” in our memory and in our hearts, nor even necessarily—as I’ve noted before—that . . . . Continue Reading »
President Obama stated the obvious yesterday when he supported gay marriage. That issue is beyond our jurisdiction here. However, I would be remiss if I failed to note the president’s hollow hypocrisy when he claimed to “respect” religious institutions that disagree—given his . . . . Continue Reading »
Matt Franck has a good piece at Public Discourse today offering his thoughts on Obama’s announcement of his support for gay marriage and on the Richard Grenell controversy, part of which played out on these pages. You can find Matt’s piece here. . . . . Continue Reading »
In response to Georgetown University’s invitation of Kathleen Sebelius to a commencement weekend ceremony, outgoing professor Patrick Deneen has circulated a letter of protest among the faculty: Calling the invitation to speak on commencement day “one of the greatest honors that a . . . . Continue Reading »
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