Take a look at this clip from a recent episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. In the clip, Colbert mocks Republican presidential candidates who argue for admitting Syrian Christians as religious refugees. At least I think that’s what he’s doing. Unfortunately, in attacking the GOP, . . . . Continue Reading »
As I took the plane to South Bend for this Fall's Center for Ethics and Culture conference, I wondered how exactly “freedom” would be spoken of.
What We Fear When We Fear Terrorism
Ross Douthat, New York Times
Remembering the Soviet Union's Disappeared
Noah Sneider, Atlantic
Biotech Enhancement and the History of Redemption
Gilbert Meilander, New Atlantis
Politically Correct Holy Rollers: The New Campus Revival
Helen Andrews, National Review
How Can I Change the Conversation at my College around Gay People in the Church?
Eve Tushnet, Patheos
C. S. Lewis' Greatest Fiction: Convincing American Kids They Would Like Turkish Delight
Jesse Zimmerman, Atlas Obscura
‘You Stink' He Explained: the unending deliciousness of literary rivalries
Joseph Epstein, Commentary
‘People Need Other Things To Live By’: An Interview with the author of Laurus
Rod Dreher, Eugene Vodolazkin, The American Conservative
In a recent address in New York, Martin Mosebach, winner of the Georg Büchner Prize, Germany's most prestigious literary award, described the metaphysical outlook of his countrymen: “In Germany we like to distinguish between the glistening surface and the deeper values.
Carl Trueman is right to doubt that “a conservative victory” is coming. Thankfully, there is an outcome we can work for that is even better than “a conservative victory.” Continue Reading »
Even if the sexual revolution is ultimately unsustainable, it does not mean that we will see a return to traditional sexual morality. Continue Reading »
Bless me, Father, for I have sinned; it has been one day since my last confession.Three times I participated in an argument about trigger warnings. Each time I swore it was my last.Once I replied “lol i’m not mad, it’s just funny to me” Father, I was super mad.I read an article about whether . . . . Continue Reading »
Forget the War on Christmas. The real battle raging out there is the War on Advent. Rather than beginning a season of prayful preparation for the Lord's coming, the commercial world would have us believe we are already over a month into an early, raucous Christmas feast. An inverted White Witch has . . . . Continue Reading »
Earlier this month, controversy broke out when a Canadian university canceled a beginners’ yoga class it had offered for years. The reason for the class cancellation at the University of Ottawa is a bit murky, but a student government representative evidently told the instructor that the class . . . . Continue Reading »
Following on from my article about the Curriculum Review at the University of Notre Dame, I can report that the draft recommendations of the Curriculum Committee call for the retention of the current two theology course requirements. It recommends adding a core course called “Catholicism . . . . Continue Reading »
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