Here is a conversation on the Claremont Review site . It’s basically Jean and Scott Yenor (who wrote a great book on the family and modern political philosophy) vs. Bob Patterson (former editor of the impressive journal THE FAMILY IN AMERICA). To repeat myself, I’m with Jean that . . . . Continue Reading »
The Millennial Pope Kevin Sullivan, Washington Post Misreading Eichmann in Jerusalem Roger Berkowitz, Opinionator Anglo Attitudes Carlin Romano, Bookforum Zombies, Sin, and Salvation Fr. Robert Barron, Strange Notions A Homily for After the Fourth of July Fr. Robert John Araujo, S.J., Mirror . . . . Continue Reading »
Thanks go to Peter Lawler for shedding some light on MOOCS. I want to go him one better, however, and suggest a superior form of the same idea, which is only slightly more expensive. Price quality, this alternative is a real steal. The alternative has been around for a long time. It is almost . . . . Continue Reading »
at the Atlantic: According to recent data from the National Opinion Research Center’s General Social Survey , American wives were nearly 40 percent more likely to be cheating on their spouses in 2010 than in 1990 . The number of husbands reporting infidelity, meanwhile, stayed constant . . . . Continue Reading »
reports: A child-custody dispute involving actor Jason Patric has evolved from Hollywood tabloid fodder into a policy battle in the state Legislature that could affect thousands of California parents. Patric, a star of films including “The Lost Boys,” donated sperm in 2009 as part of a . . . . Continue Reading »
Beliefs Aren’t Set in Stone, Except When They Are Derek Rishmawy, Mere Orthodoxy Most of Our Debates Are About Growth Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Forbes Did the Military Really Save Egypt? Khaled Abou El Fadl, ABC Religion & Ethics Stirred by Shakers C. R. Wiley, Touchstone The Greatest . . . . Continue Reading »
A little Sunday sermon from a guy with no license to preach: For those of us who are Christian—-and I suspect the same is true of our friends of other religious traditions—-it is tempting to embrace those doctrines and teachings of our faith that are acceptable to the “beautiful . . . . Continue Reading »
With all the esoteric references in recent posts to the Man of Steel, dual paternity, and what not, I decided yesterday that I would take myself, my wife—but unfortunately not my dog—to the movie theater. It has been a very long time indeed since I have entered these environs, perhaps . . . . Continue Reading »
So there has been a lot of good email about recent posts, in addition, of course, to all the thinking going on in the threads. Here’s what Jean Yarbrough of Bowdoin, the distinguished author of pathbreaking books on President TJ and President TR, wrote: I read this post with great interest, as . . . . Continue Reading »
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