It is my privilege to share workspace with a soon-to-be-distinguished student of history , Ryan Sayre “Prayers” Patrico. Like other advocates of civilization, Ryan is shocked and dismayed by the almost total ignorance of history among young Americans. The only consolation I can offer . . . . Continue Reading »
With Muslim head-scarves banned in French schools, and religion forced out of the public square, Muslim parents have been enrolling their children in Catholic schools. Interesting to see, yet again, how the laîcité that was designed to prevent the abuse of . . . . Continue Reading »
Martin Sheen—known to be a left handed hitter politically—has a radio ad out against the assisted suicide legalization initiative, I-1000. This is important because despite the broad and diverse coalition against legalizing assisted suicide that cuts diagonally across the nation’s . . . . Continue Reading »
P.J. O’Rourke at the Los Angeles Times offers a hilarious yet meaningful reflection on his encounter with cancer and how the experience has given him a healthy appreciation of death: I looked death in the face. All right, I didn’t. I glimpsed him in a crowd. I’ve been diagnosed . . . . Continue Reading »
Arnold Schwarzenegger, who alas is my governor, was elected to produce fiscal responsibility in California. Well, that didn’t work out: This year alone, we are about $17 billion in the hole and counting.That aside, Schwarzenneger first violated his fiscal responsibility raison d’ etre . . . . Continue Reading »
Now available online for your listening pleasure: First Things features editor R.R. Reno interviews two authors featured in our October issue, Bruce D. Porter and Gerald R. McDermott, on their answers to the question “Is Mormonism Christian?” Both interviews can be heard below, and the . . . . Continue Reading »
The picture above, if it were taken in Ecuador, would be the image of a rights-bearing entity, with constitutional rights co-equal with those of “people” and “persons.” Yes, as expected, the people of Ecuador have passed their new constitution, which as I wrote in an earlier . . . . Continue Reading »
Robert T. Miller’s observations in Friday’s Daily Article about the need for intervention in times of market panic remind us of an important truth. The fact that markets are usually the most effective and efficient mechanisms for creating incentives for wealth creation, as well as for . . . . Continue Reading »
Standing up for human exceptionalism means fighting slavery and other forms of naked human exploitation. In this regard, Peter Hitchens, the UK writer, has a very disturbing piece out about how the Chinese are exploiting the poorest in Africa in what can charitably be called a new colonialism, and . . . . Continue Reading »
Matt Crawford ably explains how college campuses have become incubators of schoolmarmish therapeutic supervision. No longer confident in the mission of higher education and therefore too hobbled to resist becoming an adjunct of popular society versus an engine of . . . . Continue Reading »
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