The Catholic bishops have received some credit for helping to get an amendment passed which would forbid federal funding of abortion in the health care bill. Predictably, this act of the church calling upon the state to achieve a particular moral outcome has been viewed by some as a violation of . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, anyway, Darwinism gets a rap. I’m not enough of a hip hop connoisseur to declare with any authority which rap is good and which is bad. But if you were thinking, “What I’d really like is to listen to the Origin of Species in rap format,” then Canadian rapper Baba . . . . Continue Reading »
When I was a little boy, I knew pious Christians driven a bit mad by their failure to follow reason. I also knew impious pagans sterile as great fact-grinding machines by their lack of care for metaphysical facts. God created a world of spirit and a world of matter, a world of form and substance. . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, this is good news: There has been no country whose people have been more subjected to the global warming propaganda bombardment than the UK. The meme that humans are killing the planet is everywhere—on the tellie, road signs, at science exhibits, in entertainment programs, the . . . . Continue Reading »
There’s a widespread idea amongst political commentators that mere persuasion can amount to coercion. It’s nothing new that leftists have fallen prey to the postmodern trap of subjectivism, and it’s surely this pitfall that helped coin the now tired line, “don’t impose . . . . Continue Reading »
“This is not the golden age of virtue.” So opens Professor J. Budziszewski’s “Vicious Circles, Virtuous Circles, and Getting from One to the Other,” one of the afternoon lectures at the Summons of Freedom Conference . Budziszewski is interested in decline, and that of . . . . Continue Reading »
First, I do not and will not promote insurrection. But I will promote active dissent, even active disobedience when it comes to maintaining the practice of one’s faith. The time is coming closer with the current situation in D.C. The D.C. council has taken upon itself . . . . Continue Reading »
More lovely reflections on the life and work of Karen Novak are being compiled online here . . . . . Continue Reading »
“The Catholic Voice in the Public Square: Sectarian or Civic?” was the title of a lecture given last night at Manhattan’s Church of St. Vincent Ferrer by Helen Alvaré, associate professor of law at the George Mason University School of Law, senior fellow at the Culture of Life . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m attending the Summons of Freedom conference this morning at Notre Dame’s Center for Ethics and Culture . Attending conferences such as this is always a tad bittersweet—too many helpful and interesting papers to attend with not nearly enough time. But Mary Keys’ paper had . . . . Continue Reading »
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