Matthew Schmitz

Improving Our Sunday Best  Duane Litfin, Christianity Today Mormons Worry About Acceptance but Embrace Difference Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post Putting Nuns on the Pill Matthew Hanley, Catholic Thing European Identities and Immigration Pt. II Francis Fukuyama, American Interest Ten Years . . . . Continue Reading »

Good news from the Supreme Court today, with a unanimous (but by no means sweeping) ruling upholding the rights of religious groups to hire and fire their ministers. Over at Bench Memos, Rick Garnett pops champagne: Sometimes the news from 1 First Street is really, really good. Today, the Supreme . . . . Continue Reading »

Gehry’s Ghastly Eisenhower Memorial George Weigel, National Review Online European Identities & Immigration Francis Fukuyama, American Interest Why Isn’t Pork Kosher? Shmarya Rosenberg, Tablet Massachusetts Doctors Reject Physician-Assisted Suicide Adam J. MacLeod, Public Discourse . . . . Continue Reading »

In an interview with  America  magazine, Robert P. George offers advice to young people unsure of their careers and vocations: My first bit of advice would be to attend to your spiritual life. Develop a strong interior life, especially when we are making educational choices and . . . . Continue Reading »

A friend who is an ardent patriot of Cincinnati sent along this wonderful tidbit from American Catholic history: The Institutum Divi Thomae was founded in 1935 by Dr. George Sperti and the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The institute was a graduate school for scientific research. Dr. Sperti served as . . . . Continue Reading »

No Evidence Seniors Are Anti-Gay Byron Johnson, Public Discourse The Problem With Compassionate Conservatism Samuel Gregg, National Review Online It’s Not Right-Wing Social Engineering Ross Douthat, New York Times Agrarian Hypocrisy & the Evils of Distributism Mark Mitchell, Front Porch . . . . Continue Reading »

Evangel writer Gayle Trotter has a nice post on Rick Santorum’s faith over at the Washington Post  site.  Trotter mentions Ann Coulter’s claim that Santorum is more Catholic than he is conservative, citing his support for big-government programs like No Child Left Behind and . . . . Continue Reading »

Is God Just a Psychological Projection? David G. Bonagura,  Catholic Thing Personal and Political Ross Douthat, New York Times The Second-Rate William Carlos Williams John Stoehr, Jewish Daily Forward Fear of Divorce Runs High Cornell University More Than a Watchmaker Christopher Howse, . . . . Continue Reading »

The Fight over Bullying Laws Andy Sher, Chattanooga Times Free Press What Will You Tell Your Grandchildren? Luis Tellez, Public Discourse Christopher Hitchens’ Challenge to Catholics John Haldane, Catholic Herald Epiphany & the Persecution of Christ’s Faithful Leroy Huizenga, . . . . Continue Reading »

I had heard that a big announcement would be coming today for New York’s Catholics, and here it is: Archbishop Timothy Dolan is to receive the cardinal’s red hat. All our best wishes to Archbishop Dolan as he leads the New York church into the new year and, we hope, many more years to . . . . Continue Reading »