On this snowbound east-coast day, everybody and her brother is linking to a page of old Calvin and Hobbes comic strips, which gathers all the snowman strips from that great cartoon series. And why not? “It’s a sordid story.” . . . . Continue Reading »
In the current edition of my podcast What It Means to be Human, I discuss Martin Amis’s call for “suicide booths on every corner,” and note the tragic self loathing caused by a terror of losing his talent to old age that seems to have inspired his call for a radical euthanasia . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the main themes of the early days of First Things ’ Evangel blog was evangelicals’ complex relationship to culture. I recently came across Evangel contributor Russell Moore’s astute analysis on the question from 2007 in the pages of Touchstone , the other ecumenical magazine . . . . Continue Reading »
What comes to mind when you hear the word “professor?” A bookish scholar? A instructor from your college days? The smart dude from Gilligan’s Island ? The real answer is “none-of-the-above.” I don’t who you’re trying to kid, you implicit racist, but we all . . . . Continue Reading »
Every day on their web journal First Principles , the Intercollegiate Studies Institute posts an entry from their indispensable American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia. Today’s feature is Russell Hittinger on ” Natural Law “: At least in the English-speaking world, modern . . . . Continue Reading »
Did you know that our Lord Jesus Christ assumed that His disciples would fast, just as He assumed they would pray? Jesus commended fasting as a private act of humility and devotion to God (see Matthew 6:16-18). Note particularly that he says, “When you fast...” not “If you . . . . Continue Reading »
Senator Jim Inhofe’s (R-OK) family builds Al Gore his fifth house in Washington . . . . Continue Reading »
During Georgetown’s game against Providence this week, at 7:24 in the second half, Austin Freeman was called for a foul, leaping out against a three-point shot by Vincent Council. And, on the television broadcast, the announcer Len Elmore—normally very good—did a little of sports . . . . Continue Reading »
Houston Baptist University has an institutional “preamble” which sets the tone for everything we do. I think it is quite good and has served us well. We do have a variety of Christians working at the university (including Catholics). All must affirm the preamble. . . . . Continue Reading »
To The Source asked me to expand my critique of the article in Bioethics urging that the field drop its (very tenuous) embrace of human dignity. I was happy to do so, never wanting to miss an opportunity to defend human exceptionalism. Here is the conclusion. From my piece:But . . . . Continue Reading »
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