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First Links—8.11.15
Not Clowning AroundAbe Streep, New Yorker. The Poverty of Liberal EconomicsAdrian Walker, The Imaginative Conservative. Conservatism, Free…
What Cantwell Achieved
David Sehat (The Myth of American Religious Freedom, 222-3) observes that Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940) was the…
Creating Genocide
Emmanuel Katongole (A Future for Africa, 98-101) argues, as others have, that the racial division behind the…
Urban Space, Liturgical Space
Augustine Thompson (Cities of God) strongly disputes the notion that Italian urban communes of the late medieval…
7 Habits of Highly Effective People
1. Sister Bonnie Christening 2. Sister Superior Oregamus 3. Sister Koejke Fortunas 4. Sister Octogenarian…
My Daughter’s Body
It was a rainy Tuesday morning in June. I remember pounding rain on a copper roof outside…
First Links—8.11.15
Tragedy of the American DreamlandRod Dreher, The American Conservative. Why Animal Lovers Should Abhor Planned ParenthoodMary Eberstadt,…
Social Science v. Theology
Through the mid-19th century, American culture was dominated by a moral establishment that used the coercive authority…
What We Can Learn From Africa
At the end of his Word Made Global, Mark Gornik lists a number of the gifts that African…
Triune Atonement
When the Lamb takes the book, the angels sing a new song, a song of kingship (Revelation…
Reflection on Ascending Light
G-major, D-major. Amen. So be it. It is week three of the Festspiele here in Salzburg, where…
First Links—8.10.15
The Futility of Their Minds Bevil Bramwell, OMI, The Catholic Thing A Year of Racial Tumult Brings…
Myth of American Religious Freedom
Religious freedom is basic to American freedoms, conservatives say. Bringing religion into the public square violates the…
Recapitulating Israel
The early life of Moses anticipates the later history of Israel. Moses is rescued from water, flees…
The Anti-Scapegoat
The received wisdom is that Donald Trump has ridden a wave of voter anger to the top…
