Hello all. Some of you may remember me from a post I did here a while back on health care, or from my many many brilliant and insightful comments on this blog. One of my new year’s resolutions this year was to put down in some kind of systematic written form my thoughts on Catholic Social Thought, and the kind folks here at Vox Nova have graciously allowed me to join their blog to that purpose. I am a 29... Read more
One other thing: It also shows that the American people have no idea how good their lives are. The strong response to economic grievance-mongering shows that people who are incredibly wealthy by every historical standard are somehow convinced they are barely making ends meet — barely making ends meet while their families have two cars, three TVs, four cell phones, and untold numbers of other gadgets in homes they themselves own. There is a word for this: spoiled. Huckabee and... Read more
Here is my post from last night over at RedState on, inter alia, the implications of Governor Huckabee’s big win in Iowa. Read more
Recently, I was talking to one of my friends about men, relationships and marriage. She is currently single and is actively looking so she suddenly told me that she perhaps did not want to get married, because “marriage is just a paper” and it is such a long “commitment.” She may consider “living together” as an option instead in case that she finds the right person. My friend is neither Catholic nor Christian but I still see the same thought... Read more
Your resident seer didn’t do too badly. (See herefor original predictions.) I called Thompson’s deficit on the nose. I called the order on the Dem side and predicted correctly that Edwards and Clinton would be statistically close. I overestimated support for McCain and Romney, and I underestimated support for Huckabee. What does it all mean? Thompson and McCain can legitimately say they have the potential of receiving support in the Midwest in a general election. Although Giuliani didn’t campaign in... Read more
“The United States military could stay in Iraq for “maybe a hundred years” and that would be fine with me” — John McCain, New Hampshire, 2008. “The Wall will be standing in 50 and even in 100 years, if the reasons for it are not removed.” — Erich Honecker, Berlin, 1989. Read more
Jay Anderson has a post on what is, to me, a surprising development in the 2008 presidential race. Senator Sam Brownback, a darling among many conservative-minded Catholics, has thrown his support behind Republican candidate John McCain. Brownback stated: “As Catholics, we are proud to announce our support for John McCain, a genuine American hero with a conservative record who has what it takes to lead this country,” Brownback said in a statement. As Catholics?!? Perhaps I am ill-informed–and this occurs... Read more
According to Politico, Huckabee accepted $52,000 from companies that push for Embryonic Stem Cell Research and the Morning After Pill. via Feministing. Read more
Over at Mirror of Justice — my own blogging “home base” — there is an interesting conversation going on about new urbanism, sprawl, Catholic Social Thought, and natural law. Check out, in particular, this post by Greg Sisk, and then scroll down for the rest of the conversation. I’d welcome thoughts and comments from Vox Nova readers, particularly with respect to Prof. Sisk’s explanation of his disagreement with Prof. Philip Bess (who contends, among other things, that it is a... Read more
Part I. Part II. Reincarnation was a commonly held belief among the Gnostics. They believed that the spirit was a prisoner of the body. Unless it was able to escape the bonds of the material world, the spirit would find itself trapped again after death. Reincarnation prevented us from becoming what we should be. Because our bodies are grown in the womb, women were seen as being more connected to the material world and its evil ruler than men. To such Gnostics,... Read more
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