Early Friday morning, Catholic blogger and new media guru Brandon Vogt took the text of the papal encyclical Lumen Fidei from the Vatican website where it is available free online, and reformatted it for various readers like Kindle, Nook, and iPad , thinking that it would be a good and evangelical . . . . Continue Reading »
My On The Square column today is about how Republicans underperform even among African-Americans and Latinos who express right-leaning policy preferences. Basically, the lack of a Republican agenda that takes into account the struggles of much of the lower-middle-class makes it easier for Democrats . . . . Continue Reading »
Let’s hope that our (!) Jean Yarbrough, and perhaps even Scott Yenor and Ronald Pestritto will respond to Bob Patterson below. Here’s my two cents, based on an analysis of TR’s “The Right of the People to Rule” speech from 1912. The speech features both an ingenious riff . . . . Continue Reading »
“Even though a better Republican media strategy is necessary, it would not be sufficient,” says Pete Spiliakos in today’s column . “If Republicans want to do better among right-leaning nonwhites, they have to become a different right-leaning party.” One can be for a . . . . Continue Reading »
“Without restoration [of St. Patrick’s Cathedral] both we, the visitors and the walkers-by, and the cathedral herself will fall apart,” says Kate Monaghan in today’s column . An article mentioned on this blog from the New York Times in 2012 (at the . . . . Continue Reading »
Here is Bob’s spirited reponse to all the Teddy bashing we’ve had on this channel: It came as no surprise that my interlocutors in a recent Claremont Institute symposium, following in the tradition of Leo Strauss, are no fans of Theodore Roosevelt. But things went a little far when the . . . . Continue Reading »
Boredom and Kairos Justin Hawkins, Fare Forward The Legacy of Fr. Hesburgh Anne Hendershott, Catholic World Report The End of Our Exploring J. F. Arnold, Evangelical Outpost Pro-Life Politicians Need Help Pete Spiliakos, National Review How Will Future Historians Treat Same-Sex Marriage? Patrick J. . . . . Continue Reading »
Bobby Jindal has written an article on immigration reform. Reihan Salam comes down pretty hard on it . Jindal is against the Gang of Eight plan, but the main difference I see between Jindal and the Gang of Eight is that Jindal wants the process of certifying the border secure to happen before the . . . . Continue Reading »
Today Rod Dreher has an excellent piece over at The American Conservative . In it he argues that conservatism is losing because conservatives have given up on storytelling. Didactic writings issued from think tanks aren’t very likely to influence behavior. Compelling stories are. Dreher . . . . Continue Reading »
Even as the rest of the country has grown more accepting of same-sex marriage, Evangelicals have held firm. Over the past ten years, Evangelical opposition to same-sex marriage has stayed constant—-even slightly increased - —according to a new report from the Barna Group : In 2003, 12 . . . . Continue Reading »
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