Last Thursday at Wheaton, two members of the First Things family, board member Timothy George and contributor Francis Beckwith, debated the question, “ Can you be Catholic and Evangelical? ” A video of the debate can be found here . (Update: Broken link is now fixed) In “ . . . . Continue Reading »
Former UK prime minister Tony Blair recently spoke at Communion and Liberation’s annual meeting in Rimini: Faith enlarges and enriches the idea of community. The recent Papal Encyclical is a remarkable document in many respects. It repays reading and re-reading. But one strand throughout it, . . . . Continue Reading »
Rita Marker, head of the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, has an important piece out in the American Thinker revealing the assisted suicide advocates behind the notorious section 1233 end-of-life counseling provision of HB 3200. And, she reveals that a senate bill . . . . Continue Reading »
The brouhaha over end of life counseling that caused the first of many leaks that have begun to sink the Obamacare boat was written by an assisted suicide advocate Congressman from Oregon named Earl Blumenauer—working in close association, with—surprise, surprise!—the assisted . . . . Continue Reading »
Andrew Alexander is the ombudsman for the Washington Post . In this Sunday’s Post , he was compelled to address the brouhaha created by an August 28 article on the front page of the Style section titled ” Opposing Gay Unions With Sanity & a Smile .” The article was a profile of . . . . Continue Reading »
Yes, it’s a bit quiet around here — that’s the sound of the school year beginning anew. You’ll notice that we’ve added, at bottom right, some choice selections for your own personal reading list. Have a nice long Labor Day weekend. We’ll see you in a few. . . . . Continue Reading »
A major official has admitted that this most important public policy proposal was written intentionally so that it could not be understood by voters. From the story:Hostility...will be intensified by a startling intervention by Karel de Gucht,...who suggested that the [bill] was designed so . . . . Continue Reading »
Derek Silvers shares a fascinating talk given by Kurt Vonnegut in which the novelist explains why people have such a need for drama in their life . [Vonnegut] said, “People have been hearing fantastic stories since time began. The problem is, they think life is supposed to be like the stories. . . . . Continue Reading »
An interesting discussion at LibraryThing on Dune ‘s effect on the science-fiction genre : One of my favourite things about SF is that the sheer amount of stuff that those authors pack into these books is unbelievable. Case in point: Double Star , by Robert A. Heinlein – in less than 200 . . . . Continue Reading »
The September Scientific American has an interesting article about one of the things that marks human beings as exceptional—our mental abilities to think and conceive uniquely from all other animals, which the writer calls the “mind.”Since this is Scientific American, the . . . . Continue Reading »
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