The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will hold a hearing next month on religious liberty, and will solicit comments for a month after that. Here’s a Commission press release: The United States Commission on Civil Rights announces that it will hold a briefing to examine recent legal . . . . Continue Reading »
A friend with a taste for newspaper archives and curiosities sends this link: a Catholic Herald story from 1967 titled Bunnies’ Sunday survey . An interdenominational magazine called Sunday surveyed the “bunnies” from the London Playboy club and found: Nearly half the . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . as summarized by a very smart student: The Wilson Center has brought in many notable speakers. Most recently, Dr. Peter Lawler of Berry College in Georgia gave an informative, as well as provocative, presentation on trends occurring in society: “Change We Can Actually See (And . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m reading NFIB v. Sebelius (the Obamacare decision) in preparation for teaching the case to my constitutional law students and came across the following most interesting passage in in Justice Ginsburg’s opinion: “A mandate to purchase a particular product would be . . . . Continue Reading »
From Benedict’s last General Audience , held in Rome this morning: When, almost eight years ago, on April 19th, [2005], I agreed to take on the Petrine ministry, I held steadfast in this certainty, which has always accompanied me. In that moment, as I have already stated several times, the . . . . Continue Reading »
Michael J. New on the lack of change in attitudes about abortion : These hopeful takes from supporters of abortion all commit the cardinal sin of abortion politics: reading too much into the results of isolated surveys. To seriously analyze fluctuations in public opinion on abortion, one needs to . . . . Continue Reading »
The rumors are true. David Barton’s story about children with guns in a nineteenth-century classroom came from Bendigo Shafter , a Louis L’Amour novel. Readers of my blog The Way of Improvement Leads Home will recall a post I did earlier this month in which I . . . . Continue Reading »
It seems a safe bet that First Things’ beloved founder would have been a kindred spirit to Amos Shuchman, a New Yorker whose obituary appeared earlier this month in the local paper of record: SHUCHMAN–Amos, of New York, on February 1, 2013. Beloved and caring husband of Alice . . . . Continue Reading »
Decentralization Done Wrong Alberto Alesina, City Journal Calvin’s Company of Pastors Michael Horton, Gospel Coalition Vocations Rose Under Benedict XVI Peter Jesserer Smith, National Catholic Register Religious Satire in the Enlightenment (and Today) Anthony Gill & Christopher . . . . Continue Reading »
Via Reihan Salam, Jed Graham argues that the labor market faces some serious downside risks in the coming year as a result of Obamacare regulations and taxes coming on line in the while the economy remains fragile. Graham believes that the cuts in the sequester would allow Obama to blame the . . . . Continue Reading »
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