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Cowards in the House
Don’t miss Kevin Williamson’s moving personal testimony on the occasion of House Republicans’ unwillingness to vote on…
The Pope, Technology, Kids
In remarks delivered at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila last week, the Pope received a…
First Links — 1.22.15
Catholic Identity and the Core Curriculum at Notre Dame Charlotte Hayes, National Catholic Register The Definition of…
Ancients on the Ancients
Christopher B. Hays’s Hidden Riches is a well-organized, comprehensive compilation of Ancient Near Eastern sources – creation stories,…
Theopolis Class Registration
The Book of Revelation has fascinated Christians for two millennia, but it is more discussed than understood.…
The Prodigal and the Cross
The Prodigal Son parable (Luke 15) has been a favorite of liberal theologians for a couple of…
Revolutions in Taste
Massimo Montanari claims in his Medieval Tastes that medieval tastes and customs regarding food were changed by two…
Polite Fascism in New Jersey
In the pages of the Times of Trenton on January 20, a psychologist named Ronald J. Coughlin…
A Hint of Thermidorian Reaction?
According to the Washington Post, students at Mount Holyoke College have decided to abandon an annual tradition…
First Links—1.21.15
St. John Cassian and the Spirituality of St. Dominic Br. Nicholas Schneider, O.P. Dominicana To Fall Out…
Abominable Commerce
Balances were essential to commerce in ancient Israel, weighing not only commodities to be bought and sold…
Why Conserve?
“Do not move an ancient landmark,” Solomon says in Proverbs 23:10. Just what a king would say:…
Political Augustinianism
Michael Bruno’s Political Augustinianism is a thorough examination of recent interpretations of Augustine’s political thought, starting with French…
Unfulfilled Promises
George Friedman has written that the promise of the European union was not merely prosperity and peace,…
Europe and Nothingness
In the wake of the horrific jihadist attack on the Paris-based journal Charlie Hebdo, the trope “satirical magazine”…