It is clear to me that the Pelosi wing of the Democratic Party doesn’t believe in robust democratic debate—when it is in power, that is. Otherwise, dissent is patriotic.Nancy Pelosi has now darkly warned that the agitated current political mood—which, if anything, she unloosed by . . . . Continue Reading »
Those of us who believe that pro-life issues should be given priority of place in deciding how to vote are often chastised for downplaying valid concerns about the environment, foreign policy, healthcare, and other matters of morality and justice. But as David Koyzis persuasively argues, there is . . . . Continue Reading »
So the fall semester is finally in sufficient order that I can return to blogging. I don’t imagine that I was particularly missed. But I’ll proceed on the assumption that at least some readers liked to alternate their reflections on the very serious matters we usually discuss with one . . . . Continue Reading »
President Obama’s sudden decision to suspend deployment of an anti-ballistic missile system in Poland and the Czech Republic may be a response to Israeli-Russian diplomacy, I am told by often-reliable sources. Russian-Israeli relations have been improving at an “extroardinary” pace . . . . Continue Reading »
Professor Gerard V. Bradley has an interesting and thoughtful piece up today over at NRO , in which he laments the demise of numerous Catholic colleges/universities and encourages Catholics to bring the faith to secular schools (where the vast majority of Catholics are now being educated): We . . . . Continue Reading »
Perhaps Notre Dame President John Jenkins has decided to finally get around to having Notre Dame put its money where its mouth is in regard to the university’s alleged commitment to promoting the sanctity of life. From the South Bend Tribune : SOUTH BEND — In the aftermath of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s the second installment in the wisdom of Roger Scruton’s A POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: . . . [G]given that fact, it is more than ever necessary for us to incorporate death into our life plans. We need to recognize the value of timely death and the futility of living beyond the point . . . . Continue Reading »
It was sneaky of The New York Times to trot out Leon Wieseltier to trash Norman Podhoretz’ latest book, Why Are Jews Liberal? (Doubleday 2009). Wieseltier was raised in an observant home and in his 1998 book Kaddish showed that he knows something about Judaism. But Wieseltier’s snarky . . . . Continue Reading »
A disturbing number of people—8 million—each year seriously contemplate suicide, with some 32,000 actually doing the deed. From the story: More than 8 million Americans seriously consider suicide each year, according to a new government study. About 32,000 suicides occur in the . . . . Continue Reading »
Dan Brown, who is to history what Rasputin was to anti-coagulant therapy, has a new book out. But you knew that. Everyone knew that. Because it sold a million trillion copies in four minutes. It’s called The Lost Symbol and marks the return of Robert Langdon, symbologist (a degree now . . . . Continue Reading »
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