Matthew Schmitz

Via Joe Carter : In order to make sure gays and lesbians are adequately represented on the judicial bench, the state of California is requiring all judges and justices to reveal their sexual orientation, reports  The Weekly Standard . This is of course astoundingly invasive and rather . . . . Continue Reading »

Christine Baumgarthuber of the delightful Austerity Kitchen blog has a column on how people slept in pre-industrial societies. Instead of a single eight-hour interval, most people had a “first” and “second” sleep: The idea of first and second sleep derives from a form of . . . . Continue Reading »

Sandra Hapenney, a new contributor to the Catholic Thing , has a very useful essay showing that many Catholic hospitals perform sterilizations counter to Catholic teaching as laid out in the Ethical and Religious Directives (ERD) of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops: My study involved . . . . Continue Reading »

Do Jews Have a Mormon Problem? Elliot Jager, Jewish Ideas Daily The Catholic Path to Democracy Jeremy Jennings, Standpoint Romney’s Long History on Abortion Will Saletan, Slate Here We Are: Women in Favor of Religious Liberty Helen Alvare and Kim Daniels, National Review Obama’s . . . . Continue Reading »

Peter Berger, the eminent sociologist of religion at Boston University and longtime friend of First Things, offers his readers at the American Interest  some background on the HHS controversy, the cobelligerence of Catholics and Evangelicals, and then comes out swinging against the White . . . . Continue Reading »

The Pill Isn’t Good for Women Erika Bachiochi and Catherine R. Pakaluk, National Review Decline of Working Class Catholic Family George J. Marlin, Catholic Thing HHS Mandate and Cooperation with Evil Robert T. Miller, Public Discourse Sex, Lies, and Rick Santorum William McGurn, Wall Street . . . . Continue Reading »

Here Comes the Test-Tube Burger Press Association A Queer Case Against Vaughan Walker Alexander Borinsky, n+1 Skirt Length as Economic Indicator Eric Platt, Business Insider More American Men than Women Raped Each Year? Jill Filipovic, Feministe Obama’s Contraception Cram-Down: the Pork . . . . Continue Reading »

The Jews Are Next David P. Goldman, Spengler The Safe, Legal, Rare Illusion Ross Douthat, New York Times Sacred Dogma of the Left Jonathan V. Last, The Weekly Standard Where Zombies Come From Martin Kester Coombs, The American Conservative The Deconstruction of Marriage Peter Lawler, Big Think . . . . Continue Reading »

Jeremy Lin’s Faith David Brooks, New York Times Redefining Religious Activity Meir Soloveichik, Jewish Ideas Daily Contraception and Catholicism Christopher Tollefsen, National Review The Fraternal Character of the Priesthood Nicholas Frankovich, American Catholic Model of Temple Mount Comes . . . . Continue Reading »

Elie Wiesel, for some inscrutable reason, believes  that Mitt Romney owes America and the world an explanation of the posthumous baptism of Jews carried out by some elements of the Mormon church:  “How come that he hasn’t spoken up after all? It’s not, I’m sure . . . . Continue Reading »