Christopher Benson draws attention to a statement by literary critic Terry Eagleton, a Marxist who has recently started attacking the “new atheists,” who has written a book on the reality of evil: Evil is a form of transcendence, even if from the point of view
Mary Ellen Kelly reports on some remarks of then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, nee Pope Benedict XVI, on the 1985 World Cup: “The fascination with soccer,” he wrote, “lies essentially in that it forces man to discipline himself, such that, through training, he acquires dominion over himself.
Time Magazine reports on one of those ultra-violent drug gangs in Mexico: Mexico’s newest drug cartel, and certainly the most bizarre, is La Familia Michoacana, a violent but Christian fundamentalist narco-gang based in the torrid Tierra Caliente region of western Michoacan state. The group is
Christian journalist David Mills, editor of First Things, breaks down the version of reality reflected in the books teenagers read: “Real life” young adult fiction—I am summarizing a huge and diverse set of books, but I think accurately, the bad books far outweighing the good—conveys
More from David Mills on what he has learned from studying today’s teen fiction: That [see the previous post] describes in outline what these books teach about the teenage life, but they also teach a lot about the world in which teenagers live. • The
E. J. Dionne sees conservatism reverting back to its old anti-government, extremism, and conspiracy theory days while abandoning its more recent Christian versions: Barack Obama’s campaign promise of change did not include a pledge to transform American conservatism. But one of his presidency’s major legacies
Archaeologists using lasers to clear away centuries of mineral accretions have uncovered in a 4th century Roman catacomb the earliest paintings of Sts. Peter, Paul, Andrew, and John. Here is the Apostle Paul: Pictured: The ‘sensational’ 1,600-year-old icon of St Paul found in a Roman
More on the prospect that the internet makes us dumber. In this case, by rewiring our brains: Nicholas Carr, a veteran writer about technology, is not sanguine about what he learned about his own Internet-infused brain, much less my brain. “What can science tell us
A southern California seminary will soon start training not only Christian pastors but also Jewish rabbis and Muslim imams. The venerable Claremont School of Theology, which has taught Methodist ministers and theologians for more than a century, will try an unorthodox approach this fall: cross-training
Not every doctor accepts medicare patients. Many doctors only accept a few. The same is true of medicaid patients. This is because government payments are less than the going rate for their services. This could become a problem. The number of doctors refusing new Medicare
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