Even after Ross Douthat’s post and mine , there may be more to unravel from the new Pew poll on the political parties and religion.I wrote, as though it were perfectly self-evident, "We cannot¯we should not¯have a party so strongly identified with opposition to religious . . . . Continue Reading »
(This is Part II of an adaptation of the Introduction to the 1996 Transaction edition of The Rise of the Unmeltable Ethnics. See Part I here .) The fraudulence of much that currently masquerades under the name “multiculturalism” results from gross perversions of the new ethnicity. The . . . . Continue Reading »
The Associated Press carried an item yesterday ¯here’s a copy from Forbes ¯that mentioned First Things . Actually, it was an unimportant wire story about Supreme Court justices’ required financial statements for 2005. It did contain this sentence, however: "Scalia . . . . Continue Reading »
(This post was written by Patrick Lee and Robert P. George.) We are grateful to Stephen Barr for continuing the conversation with us about the doctrine of the resurrection of the body. We wish to stress that we hold our view, as Professor Barr holds his, as merely probable . The resurrection is a . . . . Continue Reading »
Charlotte Allen chastises the Bush administration , and even President Bush personally, for the recent decision by the Food and Drug Administration to approve for sale "Plan B," a drug that prevents or terminates pregnancy if taken soon after intercourse. Since I believe that it is always . . . . Continue Reading »
U.S. New & World Report has just published its annual rankings of higher education. In addition to calling the horse race for No. 1 university, the magazine also puts out rankings of graduate programs. By their reckoning, the best place to study political theory is Harvard. Harvard is tied with . . . . Continue Reading »
As the Power Line blog points out, you’d be hard pressed to find a greater opposition in headlines than the ones about the new Pew study on politics and religion. The New York Times has it: "In Poll, G.O.P. Slips as a Friend of Religion." And the Washington Times insists: "Few . . . . Continue Reading »
The Episcopal cathedral in Chicago is hosting a display of the " Keiskamma Altarpiece ." Made by artists in Hamburg, South Africa, the altarpiece is a monumental needlework, combining fabric, beads, wire work and photographs, and reproduces the form and dimensions of Matthias . . . . Continue Reading »
"Philosophy asks unanswerable questions; theology gives unquestionable answers." According to John Caputo, author of the astonishingly lucid book Philosophy and Theology , the anonymous wag who first coined that sardonic witticism can only have been born in the twentieth century. We know . . . . Continue Reading »
Georgetown University has rediscovered its Catholicism. The nation’s oldest Catholic school, the flagship of Jesuit education in America, has been a sad topic among American Catholics for some time now. Crucifixes removed from classrooms, a lay president, pro-abortion activity, a general . . . . Continue Reading »
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