InsideCatholic.com is hosting a debate on whether or not GW Bush’s war with Iraq qualifies as a just war. Robert R. Reilly starts with the pro-war position: The Iraq War Was Just. He opens the debate by saying what one would expect by those who supported the war: Saddam was evil, and the US had the lawful authority to wage war: (more…) Read more
The results of a new European survey are interesting. Respondents were asked whether they viewed their identities as regional, national, European, or international. France was the only country in the sample where a majority put nation first, and even that was only 52 percent. Only 15 percent of French thought of themselves as European and 13 percent put region first. The results for Germany are starkly different. Here, only 22 percent viewed their primary identification as the nation, while 36 percent saw themselves... Read more
Having seen the formulation several times and been incredulous, I’ll offer the opportunity to anyone who wishes to make the argument. Short of dragging the woman in to the abortion clinic on a leash, on what basis would one make the claim that the man should be held legally liable for the abortion? See here for example. The context of the example is here. By the way, you will see the Menedez Phenomena reflected in the polling. The Menedez Brothers killed... Read more
Some good news for a change. Pope Benedict’s Encyclical, Spe Salvi, is a big seller. Since November 30, over one million copies have been sold (and who knows how many millions of people read the text online, or printed off a copy from the Vatican?). Read more
Let us thank God for this: New Jersey is set to become the first state to legislatively abolish the death penalty since the Supreme Court restored it in the mid-1970s. Read more
The fact that Catholics cannot discuss the issue of global warming without having to bring up Al Gore is, to say the least, sad and alarming. I have said before that if we want to sit down and talk about climate change, let’s take Al Gore out of the picture. I think he is opportunistic like any other politician, but that is just my opinion on the matter. Al Gore does not form my opinion on global warming but concrete... Read more
Professor Garnett asked one of the questions that shouldn’t be asked below. Here with is my short essay reply. By the way, I want grading to be 80% spelling and grammar, 10% logic, and 10% for spelling my name right at the bottom of the post. What is torture? (more…) Read more
I thought Vox Nova’s readers would be interested in reading my latest front-page post over at RedState. Read more
This past weekend, I was a panelist — along with Judge McConnell, Prof. Chris Eisgruber, and Holly Hollman of the Baptist Joint Committee — on an episode of “Dan Rather Reports.” The show (filmed in a Hogwarts-y room on Princeton’s campus) was called “Separation Anxiety: Church and State.” If you are interested, here’s the link. Read more
One day as he was grading examinations, J.R.R. Tolkien found one with a blank sheet of paper, whereupon he scribbled down the words, “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” And so Tolkien began to write The Hobbit. That, at least, is the legend. The basic facts are correct, but years later Tolkien would never be certain as to what he exactly wrote down. Nor would he be certain as to when exactly he wrote them down.... Read more
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