Georgia has banned abortion after the 20th week based on research indicating that fetuses may be able to feel pain after that time. From the Reuters story:The abortion measure passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature in late March included exceptions to save the life of the mother and if the . . . . Continue Reading »
Novels, Memoirs, and More for American Religion Courses Randall Stephens, Religion in American History Blog Paul Ryan and Dorothy Day at Georgetown William McGurn, Wall Street Journal Occupy Wall Street: A Post-Mortem? Lachlan Markay, The Foundry Democracies: What They Don’t . . . . Continue Reading »
So I might as well say why I find Robert Penn Warren’s account of the “agrarian” critique of modern society to be superior to Wendell Berry’s. In his novels and poetry Warren presents ambivalence—a real tension and conundrum—over against Berry’s easy condemnation . . . . Continue Reading »
The other day we discussed whether it is correct to use the law to protect gestating babies from harm they will experience after birth, even if it means criminally punishing their mothers. My perspective was that while we could certainly take the idea too far, the underlying principle is sound. From . . . . Continue Reading »
Is official Catholic reconciliation with the Society of St. Pius X possible? More importantly, is it desirable ? Writing in the Washington Post , Melinda Henneberger thinks that news of a possible reconciliation with the SSPX is simply “bad news .” This is shortsighted, and overlooks the . . . . Continue Reading »
David Clayton delves into iconography—specifically, the more-overlooked realm of Western iconography—in a post at New Liturgical Movement . His goal is twofold: first, to explore and educate about the tradition; second, to contribute to the ongoing revival . . . . Continue Reading »
Elizabeth Scalia on the first rule of being cool : Coolness does not need anyone to define it, but allow me to try. The quality of “coolness” contains within it an attitude of discrete detachment, which is not the same as aloofness. It suggests an intellect attuned to a different . . . . Continue Reading »
Matthew Milliner offers readers an invigorating walk through New York that encompasses the political, artistic, and religious. It begins at an apartment in the East Village: As I walked into my hospitable friend’s East Village apartment, I was greeted by three handsome volumes of Lenin . . . . Continue Reading »
I decided to expand my thoughts, first expressed here, about the NYT column by Professor Michael Marder claiming that it is unethical to eat peas because pea plants can communicate chemically. I took to the Daily Caller, first describing the article in question, and then noting . . . . Continue Reading »
As others have noted , today is the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, instituted by Pope Pius XII in part to serve as a counterpoint to that high holiday of socialism, May Day (celebrations of which evidently still persist , albeit in marginal and mildly annoying form). For some related . . . . Continue Reading »
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