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 »
The question uppermost on everyone’s mind has now been answered: What the heck would a Bob Dylan Christmas album even sound like? Although the actual album won’t be released until October 13th, a full tracklist, along with thirty-second audio samples, has now been revealed on Amazon UK. . . . . Continue Reading »
Encountering an unexpected, bizarre situation—like a a story by Franz Kafka— can improve learning : According to research by psychologists at UC Santa Barbara and the University of British Columbia, exposure to the surrealism in, say, Kafka’s “The Country Doctor” or . . . . Continue Reading »
Speaking of children’s Mass sets, I can’t believe I didn’t see this, either. . . . . Continue Reading »
Before everyone gets tired of “playing the race card” game with Jimmy Carter, it might be worth noting that even though over fifty-four percent of the population of Washington, D.C. is African American, the white minority is not all that anxious to let the black folks vote on a . . . . Continue Reading »
Our friend Chris Mueller, who directs the music here in New York for Notre Dame, the Polish Dominican parish up near Columbia, joined what you’d have to call the battle of the early music bands last week. Secular vs. Sacred, the event featured Trio Triumvirum , an all-male ensemble singing . . . . Continue Reading »
Subscribe
Latest Issue
Support First Things
