Family
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Woe to Those Who Call Evil Good
Mother Teresa, who dedicated her life to serving the poorest of the poor, said on more than…
Purpose: Biological, Biblical, or Both?
In one of his early books, Untimely Meditations , Friedrich Nietzsche spins a tale that, in paraphrase,…
Antonin Scalia: Not a Catholic (Judge)
On October 16, Antonin Scalia gave the keynote address at Villanova Law School’s second annual Scarpa Conference…
Saving Lost Languages
This is a story¯a creation myth from the Tofa: In the very beginning there were no people,…
Parsing Abortion Statistics and the Law
The report made headlines across the globe, but even those generally sympathetic to its conclusions acknowledged the…
The Spirit of Timidity, and How Christians Pray the Psalms
The streets of New York are clergy-friendly. In my limited experience, more so than other world cities.…
Does Doubt Belong to Faith?
The recent publication of Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light by Brian Kolodiejchuk, M.C., with its frank…
Canadian-Americans, The Civil War, Hillary Clinton and a Strange New Respect for Religion
It’s an odd thing about us transplanted Canadians. In truth, most of my siblings and I (there…
Sex and Mysticism
Advice given to tourists in Scotland is equally applicable to contemporary academia: “If you don’t like the…
The Florentine Enigma
During the summer of 1502, the young Republic of Florence appeared fated to die as quickly as…
God and Imaginary Numbers
Impossible, irrational, delusionary, absurd, untrustworthy, fictitious, imaginary: You can’t read much about religion today without encountering these…
Mother Teresa Remembered
The unfortunate publicity and distortions to the point of calumny that have surrounded the publication of the…
Policemen of the World
In the October issue of First Things (which hits newsstands today), I draw attention to the powerfully…
Land of Lincoln: A Review
In the elementary schools of the American Midwest, Abraham Lincoln has always enjoyed a good press. Schoolchildren…
The Malling of Mecca
It’s big. No, I mean really BIG. And I’m not talking about the Burj Dubai , which…
