The Steeple and the GargoyleGregory Wolfe, ImageHiring John AllenBoston GlobeThe Silicon Valley Peasants’ RevoltWalter Russell Mead, American InterestThe Dubious Promise of Universal PreschoolDavid J. Armor & Sonia Sousa, National AffairsWhy You Need PoetryDwight . . . . Continue Reading »
[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”480”] Photo from the Huffington Post[/caption]A “Pastafarian” has taken the oath of office for the town council in Pomfret, New York, wearing a colander on his head. From the Huffington Post:The newly-elected . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s an odd story, from The Independent:Christianity dominates the United Nations and a more inclusive system must be introduced at the world peace-making organisation, according to a new study.The report Religious NGOs and The United Nations found that Christian NGOs are . . . . Continue Reading »
I can’t figure out what is the worst thing to come out of this Washington Post article on the new book by former Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Let me mention several candidates for worst news:1. It basically confirms Carl Scott’s suspicion (in this long-ago No Left Turns thread). . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at Postmodern Conservative, we receive “word from the frozen North of America.”Peter Leithart is reading David Bentley Hart’s The Experience of God (posts one, two, and three). He’s also got some posts on Isaiah and the Psalms.Here at First Thoughts, Dale M. Coulter . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at Public Discourse, Nathaniel Peters offers an explanatory review of Fr. Maciej Zieba’s book Papal Economics. Given the hubbub over Pope Francis’ Evangelii Gaudium, a careful reading of previous papal writings serves as a welcome guide.Peters argues that anthropology, rightly . . . . Continue Reading »
Baptism marks the Christian’s entry into the covenant community. At baptism the recipient’s sponsors make promises on the candidate’s behalf, as does the community witnessing the baptism. Baptism itself does not save in an ultimate sense, but it is a proximate means of grace which . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m a little envious when my friends start swapping stories about their Catholic schooling. There are common, particularly Catholic experiences shared among students at parochial schools whether they grow up in New Jersey, St. Louis, or Seattle. I’ll hear about exactly how beholden to . . . . Continue Reading »
Many will already be aware that 2014 is the centenary of the start of the Great War of 1914-18. Fewer may have realized that this year contains another centenary of significance: That of the birth of the self-destructive Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas. Thomas died at only 39—-older, it is true, than . . . . Continue Reading »
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