While driving from Illinois to Iowa, Donald McCloskey had an epiphany. He had spent the previous night dancing at lesbian bars in Aurora and now was returning to his home in Iowa City, where he was known as a libertarian economist and conservative “by academic standards.” Once again he would . . . . Continue Reading »
Those maintaining standards of life and behavior at odds with the religion of human rights are increasingly treated as dissenters and pressured to conform. Continue Reading »
Human beings are by nature social animals. But the particularity of the “we” is always a gift. Continue Reading »
Brexit will come or Brexit will go, but the shifting sands in Northern Ireland that are being ignored in the political back-and-forth are here to stay. Continue Reading »
Abortion and gay marriage have entered Northern Ireland by the back door. Continue Reading »
Polish society continues to reject the neoliberal economic policies of previous governments. But it is as painfully polarized as ever.
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The conversation at Synod-2019 drinks more deeply from the wells of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Margaret Mead than from the living waters of biblical revelation. Continue Reading »
In Britain, the belief that God created male and female has been declared “incompatible with human dignity.” Continue Reading »
David Bromwich discusses his book American Breakdown: The Trump Years and How They Befell Us. Continue Reading »
Britain’s political and economic elite no longer really believe in the country. Continue Reading »
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