Carl has commanded us to talk about impeaching Obama: Little repulsed me more than the Republican approach to impeaching Clinton. They acted that it was self-evident that he should be removed, and so they didn’t campaign on that case in 1998. The result was, of course, the . . . . Continue Reading »
Hopkins’ Agony of Spirit Edward Short, Weekly Standard Die, Selfish Gene David Dobbs, Aeon Handel’s Messiah at the Abyssinian Baptist Church A Journey Through NYC Religions The Elements of Eloquence Christopher Howse, Spectator An Ode to Calvinism Mark Tooley, Juicy Ecumenism . . . . Continue Reading »
[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”480”] Indian Schoolchildren Doing Yoga ( NYT ) [/caption] Last summer, I wrote about a constitutional challenge to yoga classes in California public schools . When a school district near San Diego added yoga to its . . . . Continue Reading »
In previous posts I have been thinking about striking moments early in Genesis that have to do with male and female—familiar moments with little-noticed features that are striking once you see them. Here is another one: the commandment not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil is . . . . Continue Reading »
As a result of a couple comments at the House Judiciary Committee hearing last week, we perhaps begin to see the first sustained public discussion of whether Obama should be impeached. An NRO writer aptly named Jonathan Strong plunged into it Thursday. And yet, as few conservative pundits seem to . . . . Continue Reading »
Fr. Ed Oakes died this morning. Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last spring, his friends knew that they’d have to face this day. Still, it’s hard. Death always is. Ed is best known for his work on Hans Urs von Balthasar. He wrote one of the first comprehensive studies published . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the popular indicators of the supposed war on Christmas is the use of the abbreviation Xmas . The well motivated, if grating, “Don’t take Christ out of Christmas” alludes not so subtly to the abbreviation. The former Anglican bishop of Blackburn, Alan Chesters, . . . . Continue Reading »
Judging solely by facebook “shares,” the most popular post I’ve done on pomocon was a recent one that compared Obamacare to a so-bad-it-cannot-be-revised undergraduate paper. I felt especially duty-bound to mock our President because he used the marketing language of . . . . Continue Reading »
Happy Friday! Here’s what you should read before you disappear into the weekend: At Postmodern Conservative , Peter Lawler is thinking about Strauss and Burke. Peter Leithart is reading about: Kant on aliens , modernism , loving life , Nelson Mandela , sophiology , and the fall of man. Dr. . . . . Continue Reading »
New York Events: Film Screening of “Eggsploitation” Tuesday, December 10 First Things is showing “Eggsploitation” and will host a Q&A with the director, producer, and writer, Jennifer Lahl. Please join us for a cheese and wine reception at 6:00 p.m., followed . . . . Continue Reading »
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