George Weigel on biblical illiteracy and Bible Babel : One of the disappointments of the post-Vatican II period has been the glacial pace of the growth in Catholic biblical literacy the Council hoped to inspire. Why the slowdown? Several reasons suggest themselves. The hegemony of the . . . . Continue Reading »
This isn’t about the election, it is about our culture having developed such a strong sense of entitlement to what we want that norms and mores must fall to accommodate our desires. IVF often falls into that category.I bring this up (again) because one of Mitt Romney’s sons Tweeted . . . . Continue Reading »
The Associated Press reported last night that a first-of-its-kind ban on the rather controversial method of psychotherapy intended to eliminate same-sex attraction, or reparative therapy, is making its way through the California statehouse. Plenty of conservative religious groups are upset about . . . . Continue Reading »
Will outlawing abortion increase maternal mortality resulting from clandestine abortions? A study by a professor of family medicine at the University of Chile (the country has tight pro-life laws) suggests that the answer is no: From a public health view, restrictive laws are hypothesized to cause . . . . Continue Reading »
Davidson College’s Board of Trustees is considering whether the institution’s requirement that its president be a Presbyterian should be upheld or abandoned. The considerations advanced are familiar: the supposed tension between excellence and an increasingly limited pool of . . . . Continue Reading »
The Nuns and the “God Within” Ross Douthat, New York Times Is Youth Ministry a Failed Experiment? Alex Murashko, The Christian Post Cornel West’s Unending Quest Lisa Miller, New York Magazine “Julia” and the Demands of Charity Emily Stimpson, . . . . Continue Reading »
Out of pure laziness, I turn to the emailbox for post fodder: I’m not angling for a post here, I just really want your thoughts on this stuff. You know how I’m always belaboring the point that an undifferentiated national ballot doesn’t elect a president, 50 individual states do? . . . . Continue Reading »
I get so confused. We are told that suicide is a right, even for the mentally ill. Then, we hear that doctors should monitor their depressed patients for suicidal ideation. From the Medical News Today story:After receiving a small number of complaints that criticized GPs for . . . . Continue Reading »
If you haven’t come across it yet, Anthony Esolen has been writing a series of articles—expositions, really—covering the seven “lively virtues,” counterparts to the more widely-known deadly sins, for Crisis . This morning the third in the series, on meekness , went up. . . . . Continue Reading »
Why would anyone want to write a dissertation about black midwifery — wasn’t that subject closed with Gone With the Wind ? How could there be anything to say after “I don’t know nothing ’bout birthin’ babies!” To want more information than that, a person . . . . Continue Reading »
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