Some intellectuals are arguing that democracy cannot effectively address climate change–and, indeed, makes it worse–and that what we need to save the planet is to eliminate political freedom and to turn towards a totalitarian government. Others don’t go quite that far, but they hold up
Did you know there was a time when children on their own played games, sang songs, collected things, and had fun outside? The Intercollegiate Review has posted an excerpt from the estimable Anthony Esolen’s book on child-raising (and how not to do it), Ten Ways
It has long struck me how many evangelicals–including some of the most anti-Catholic–actually hold to a Roman Catholic soteriology, though without the sacraments, putting a big emphasis on the role of the will, good works, and moral perfection in salvation. Now some evangelicals are advocating
The dictator of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, died recently, to nearly universal praise in the West for the way he built his country into an economic powerhouse. Columnist Richard Cohen thinks that we have “authoritarian envy” because “too much democracy” keeps government from being able
Noam Chomsky is not a conservative Christian but is rather a leftwing radical. But in his day job, he is a pioneering linguist, having shown how all languages depend on “deep structures”–complex grammatical processes that are built into the human mind–that all languages have in
A piece on the religious beliefs of presidential candidate Marco Rubio says that he attends both a Baptist church with his family and also attends mass at the Roman Catholic church of his childhood. This is because he appreciates gospel preaching and also “craves” Holy
In a column on the cops busting the parents for letting their 10 and 6 year olds walk home from the park by themselves, columnist Petula Dvorak has a felicitous sentence: “Our rapid march toward police-state parenting has got to end.” But then she compares
Humorist Stan Freberg died last week at the age of 88. He pioneered the satire of pop culture, as well as the use of music, radio, television, and recordings to do so. He is also considered the father of funny advertising. He was the son
We blogged about the Pew study of global religious affiliation, which included the rather surprising fact that the percentage of “nones,” or people with no religion, is declining world-wide. An article at the Pew website explains why. (more…)
The Christian History Institute has put out a two-part video on vocation. It’s called Going on Vocation. I’m in it. See the trailer after the jump. (more…)
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