So I saw Man of Steel again and here are some thoughts, 1. Peter Lawler’s subversive interpretation of the Republic-in-speech is also the film’s subversive interpretation of the Republic-in-speech. 2. Zod’s tragedy is that he has completely collapsed the categories of good man and . . . . Continue Reading »
One-hundred and fifty years ago today, Gen. John F. Reynolds made the crucial tactical decisions that would start the Battle of Gettysburg, then became one of its first fatalities. Reynolds was widely admired for his personal qualities and military skill—-we have found no recorded negative . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the more interesting points for me in Sherif Girgis, Ryan Anderson, and Robert George’s book What is Marriage? was their reflection on how the legalization of same-sex marriage may contribute to demoting friendship as a lesser form of love. If marriage is so important that it has to be . . . . Continue Reading »
Recent revelations of the National Security Agency’s intrusive surveillance have provoked many nervous glances over the shoulder from Americans concerned to preserve individual civil liberties. Timothy George pointed out today that the news, coming as it does in the wake of the . . . . Continue Reading »
“It’s a sad truth that the democratic and populist impulse, if given the political means, almost always engages in some form of ethnic cleansing,” says R. R. Reno in today’s column . One often hears about how the Muslim world needs to “undergo the Enlightenment” and . . . . Continue Reading »
“The stunning news that the United States may be the most surveilled society in human history has opened a fierce debate on security, privacy, and accountability,” says Timothy George in today’s column . “It has also brought about an amazing and unpredicted political . . . . Continue Reading »
1. So this week I have to pick the books, finally, for my fall seminar entitled TECHNOLOGY. I really need some new ideas on recent developments, beginning with BIG DATA. 2. So I’ve gotten several emails this morning on THE BATTLE OF GETTSBURG. I recommend to you Ralph Peters’ article . . . . Continue Reading »
Naturalizing “Shalom”: Confessions of a Kuyperian Secularist James K. A. Smith, Comment Do Protestants Belong? Darryl Hart, Front Porch Republic The Age Demanded an Image Sarah Ruden, Books & Culture Tolkien’s Arthur Tom Shippey, Times Literary Supplement John Carroll’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Con-law is often a lot easier than you think. Justice Alito begins his comments on the section of his U.S. v. Windsor dissent that deals with the “merits” of the case (as opposed to the operational “cases and controversies” dispute about it) as follows: Same-sex marriage . . . . Continue Reading »
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