Hey! He liked it! Five stars even! Thanks again, Albert! In Mary, Mother of the Son, Catholic apologist Mark Shea has given a three volume defense of Catholic Marian beliefs and practices. Over the course of the three volumes, he treats the subject from almost every conceivable angle and produces what is certain to become the standard apologetics treatment among Catholics and the target of books to come by their Protestant opposition. He goes on to say a lot of... Read more

In which we look at the first beatitude. Also, Inside Catholic ran an old piece of mine refuting the charge of the alleged anti-semitism of the Gospel of John. Read more

In which we look at the first beatitude. Also, Inside Catholic ran an old piece of mine refuting the charge of the alleged anti-semitism of the Gospel of John. Read more

My latest at the Register, in which we explore but one of the ways in which culture with no concept of the common good, in which consent is the sole criterion of the good, is on a greased slide to tyranny. Read more

My latest at the Register, in which we explore but one of the ways in which culture with no concept of the common good, in which consent is the sole criterion of the good, is on a greased slide to tyranny. Read more

Dear Friends of the Seattle G. K. Chesterton Society, We cordially invite you to our final lecture of the season, this Thursday evening, May 28, at 7:30 PM in Conference room 109, Otto Miller Hall, at Seattle Pacific University. Otto Miller Hall is located near the corner of Nickerson and Third Avenue West, across the street from the Royal Brougham Pavilion. Thursday, May 28, 2009, at 7:30 PM in Conference room 109, Otto Miller Hall *Why You Might Be to... Read more

Dear Friends of the Seattle G. K. Chesterton Society, We cordially invite you to our final lecture of the season, this Thursday evening, May 28, at 7:30 PM in Conference room 109, Otto Miller Hall, at Seattle Pacific University. Otto Miller Hall is located near the corner of Nickerson and Third Avenue West, across the street from the Royal Brougham Pavilion. Thursday, May 28, 2009, at 7:30 PM in Conference room 109, Otto Miller Hall *Why You Might Be to... Read more

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So last week the redoubtable Charlotte Allen writes a humorous piece in which she points out the obvious to people who do not suffer from the personality disorders and relational difficulties found in such abundance among the Brights: namely, the New Atheists are crashing bores and johnny one notes. The piece was actually rather light-hearted and in no way is describable as a “furious broadside”. But to the impure, all things are impure I suppose. And since P.Z. Myers’ every... Read more

Finally, a solution that all consequentialists can love. Read more