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What Mozilla Means
Mozilla has now made its employment policy clear. No Catholics need apply. Or Evangelical Christians. Or Eastern…
The Artist as Co-Creator
J. R. R. Tolkien begins The Silmarillion with Ilúvatar (the “Father of All”) engaged in the act…
First Links — 4.3.14
Victorians in Pursuit of PerfectionS. J. D. Green, Standpoint The Re-release of Rome, Open CityK. V. Turley,…
April 3, AD 33
In our new book, The Final Days of Jesus: The Most Important Week of the Most Important…
Singing the City
Barbara Kowalzig (Singing for the Gods, 5) observes that “Choral song was everywhere in the Greek world,…
Why Obamacare’s “Good News” Is Good For Conservatives (And America)
News this week that Obamacare had over seven million sign-ups will, I think, prove to be the…
Foreshadowing in 1 Samuel 14
1 Samuel 14 records the second of Saul’s three falls: He sins when he sacrifices impetuously without…
Latin, Elite and Vulgar
J.N. Adams takes up a classic question about the history of Latin in his Social Variation and the Latin…
Greek and Roman Sacrifice
Greek and Roman Animal Sacrifice, edited by Christopher Faraone and F.S. Naiden, is divided into four sections:…
Sleepless in Silicon Valley
People who work in the tech industry pride themselves on their long hours and work ethics. It…
Crime Rats
A tidbit from E.P. Evans’s Criminal Prosecution and the Capital Punishment of Animals(18-19). “It is said that Bartholomew…
A Letter from the Inquisition
Whereas you, the Federalist, brainchild of one Ben Domenech, of Virginia, were denounced in 2014, to this…
What Hath Mozilla to Do with Hobby Lobby?
Last week, Mozilla, the foundation and company best known for the web browser Firefox, made co-founder Brendan…
Podcast on SEBELIUS V. HOBBY LOBBY
At the Center for Law and Religion Forum, my colleague Marc DeGirolami and I have recorded a…
First Links — 4.2.14
The Genesis Machine: Physics and CreationWilliam E. Carroll, Anamnesis Justice vs. FairnessLou Markos, Civitate How Europe Defines…