. . . and it’s not what you might first expect. Or not only that. In a lively interview the Atlantic’s Jennie Rosenberg Gritz spoke with Eytan Kobre, an organizer of last weekend’s event at Citi Field in New York. Though some outsiders framed that public showing as a technophobic . . . . Continue Reading »
German doctors were not forced by the Nazis to commit infanticide or eugenic murder between 1939-1945, nor to participate in death camp atrocities. Now, the German Medical Association has issued an unequivocal apology. From Art Caplan’s column:Unanimously adopted by the delegates . . . . Continue Reading »
Tim Kelleher on ecumenism and the Eastern Catholic Church : Gathered for their ad limina, Eastern Catholic bishops from the U.S. were addressed last week by Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Leonardo Cardinal Sandri. His injunction—made not about abortion, the HHS mandate, . . . . Continue Reading »
There is a tendency in media and among the public to blame racism and other assorted bigotries on ignorance, stupidity, or “superstition” (religion). And sometimes that is true. But just as often, evil comes from the top, down—from those who are the . . . . Continue Reading »
New York-area readers take note: NEW YORK, NY - MAY 23, 2012 - The Center for Public Conversation at the Institute for American Values will host a conversation on Tuesday, May 29th with Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in . . . . Continue Reading »
Writing for Religion and Politics , Alfredo Garcia chronicles the lonely movement called American atheism. For one, while they do agree on the triumph of reason and the banality of religious beliefs, they do not agree about how to go about demonstrating it to the other 90% of Americans that believe . . . . Continue Reading »
Vietnam Still Abuses Human Rights, Religious Freedom Robert P. George, Cornell International Affairs Review Reading, Talking, and Edwin O’Connor Sally Thomas, Castle in the Sea The ‘Old Testament God’: Merciful, Not Monstrous Robin Schumacher, Christian Post Pop Art: A . . . . Continue Reading »
John Huston’s long-suppressed documentary about post-WWII PTSD will finally be made available on the web today. When the War Department banned it from civilian circulation in 1946, James Agee wrote, “I don’t know what is necessary to reverse this disgraceful decision, but if . . . . Continue Reading »
Oh joy. Yet another movie that features the “love” that supposedly is euthanasia. From the Daily Beast story:The plot couldn’t be simpler. Georges (Trintignant) and Anne (Emmanuelle Riva) are retired classical-music teachers who still relish each other’s company and the . . . . Continue Reading »
This thoughtful Yuval Levin article doesn’t exactly contradict what Walter Russell Mead wrote about Romney earlier in the week, but it does suggest a different emphasis for Romney’s campaign. Romney’s main challenge isn’t to get people to like and understand him better . . . . Continue Reading »
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