Georgetown or Christendom? Baylor or Houston Baptist? Calvin College or Wheaton? Princeton or Yale? What do you think of your school’s attitude toward religion? Toward its religious students? Toward theology? Toward its mother church? Now’s you chance to say, by taking the First Things . . . . Continue Reading »
One would think that an ultra liberal newspaper like the NYT would look askance at an advocate who believes parents should be allowed to murder their baby if the child does not suit the interests or promote the happiness of the family. But the Times loves Singer and has since the utiltiarain . . . . Continue Reading »
You would think that an ultra liberal newspaper like the New York Times—which claims to believe in human equality—would look askance at an advocate who argues that parents should be allowed to murder their babies if the child does not suit the interests of the family. Illustrating how . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s On the Square article , physicist Stephen Barr pushes back against the idea that the practice of science must necessarily be atheistic: For Haldane and Krauss, religion is about miracles, and miracles are about magic and the irrational, and therefore belief in God stands in . . . . Continue Reading »
This just came over from the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai Brith:A national campaign intended to educate the general public about Islam through a series of advertisements on buses, subways and billboards is tainted by the fact that a Web site related to the campaign links to sites that . . . . Continue Reading »
Check out these fine articles recently released for public viewing. From the May 2009 issue: A serious piece by David P. Goldman on ” Demographics and Depression ” and a delightful read by Gary A. Anderson on ” Faith and Finance .” Also, check out our features . . . . Continue Reading »
The Anglican Bishop of Durham : In the slow-moving train crash of international Anglicanism, a decision taken in California has finally brought a large coach off the rails altogether. The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church (TEC) in the United States has voted decisively to allow in principle . . . . Continue Reading »
Vicki McKenna is one of my favorite radio hosts. A political conservative, she plies her trade over the airwaves of Madison and Milwuakee. Vicki has energy, vivaciousness, a great radio voice—and she likes me! I was on her show “Upfront With Vicki McKenna” yesterday on WIBA . . . . Continue Reading »
Assisted suicide advocates will say anything in the cause of transforming suicide into a medical treatment. Barbara Coombs Lee, head of the country’s most influential assisted suicide organization Compassion and Choices (formerly Hemlock Society), writing in the Huffington Post, literally . . . . Continue Reading »
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