“In short, liberals and conservatives refuse to see the areas in which they have common ground because...
Religion
This interview with Andy Schlafly [below] of conservapedia.com is hard to watch. It’s almost embarrassing. I think Colbert...
Local schools should be allowed to decide whether or not to put on Christmas pageants that include...
(cross-posted from the United States of Jamerica) This is a little ridiculous (via Dara’s Google Reader feed):...
Via First Things, The Acton Institute’s PowerBlog discusses the Christian origins of the welfare state: The church...
Well, this is the trajectory of the modern Christian right. Its leaders have signed this declaration, further...
I linked to this earlier, but amateur history buffs will find Cato Unbound’s discussion on the origins...
[updated] Maine proponents of gay marriage rights woke to defeat today, which is a shame and another signal...
Despite my recent disagreements with Conor, one area where he is indubitably correct is in criticizing conservatism’s...
It turns out that rumors of a religiously-inspired anti-Darwin backlash were greatly exaggerated (credit goes to Freddie...
Andrew writes, on circumcision:
Continuing the discussion Chris began earlier, Scott asks: Erik, in Chris’ opening salvo, he mentions his general...
Victor Davis Hanson is visiting Europe. More precisely, Italy and Greece. Several profound insights into the nature...
Robert Wright talks about the hawkish nature of New Atheism:
John Horgan has a question – does religion do more harm than good? Leaving aside the impossibility...
A day late – I blame the holiday. This one is “Cathedral in Winter” by Ernst Ferdinand...
“Judge Sotomayor was raised in public housing? So was I. Her mother was a nurse working late...
“I gave up on post-theism in my 20’s. I worked through my post-post-theism in my early 30’s....
I read Dan Brown’s Angels & Demons several years ago. I liked some of the puzzles, and...
Daniel Larison takes issue with Obama’s Notre Dame speech and especially Obama’s use of doubt, which Larison...
