American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Supreme Court and Reasonable Hope
I’m not convinced that this week’s Supreme Court decision on partial-birth abortion is as good as Justice…
Fallout
We will, I imagine, be talking about the Supreme Court’s decision in Gonzales v. Carhart for a…
Put on Your Body Armor
Concerning yesterday’s decision in Gonzales v. Carhart , a few preliminary observations based on a very quick…
Don’t Read the May Issue. No, Really … Don’t.
Another month, another issue of First Things . Just a typical production of the magazine¯this and that,…
The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
Should doctors or others be permitted to euthanize babies born with disabilities or assist the suicides of…
Assault on Christendom
Wow. We didn’t know. The “Hallelujah Chorus” is a paean celebrating Titus’ sack of Jerusalem and the…
Free Will and Physics
John Rose wrote here yesterday concerning Einstein’s attempted reconciliation of complete physical determinism and human free will,…
Am I Free to Pour My Own Coffee?
One rarely needs to argue in favor of free will. “Sir, we know our will is free,…
Einstein and Faith
Walter Isaacson’s biography Einstein: His Life and Universe hit bookstands yesterday and promises to be a bestseller.…
Pope Benedict on Iraq
In the context of his Urbi et Orbi address on Easter Sunday, Pope Benedict observed that “nothing…
The Fall of Rome: Season Two
What was perhaps the most pro-Christian show on television did not have a single Christian character in…
Good Friday 2007
“Through Mary he received his humanity, and in receiving his humanity received humanity itself. Which is to…
Notes from Underground
A word in your ear ¯A well-known physicist told me that a popular blogger told him that…
God and Man in Translation
The Passion account read at Mass on Palm Sunday this year was taken from the Gospel of…
That Motu Proprio
Having apparently gone on a silent retreat during Lent, Pope Benedict’s long-rumored motu proprio on the Latin…
