The End is Nigh! The situation must be getting dire; Slate and the Wall Street Journal are running pieces on the problem facing the world that seems to have come from out of left field: Underpopulation. Says Slate: A somewhat more arcane milestone, meanwhile, generated no media coverage at all: It took humankind 13 years to […]
The End of New Years Resolutions
January 1, 2013 by
The ball has dropped, and a new year has begun here in the states. 2013 brings with it the promise that all years bring: a chance to start over, to build a new habit, stop an old one, and slowly work on becoming a better person. This tradition is a good one over all (other […]
The HHS Mandate Takes A Blow – And Why That’s Good!
December 19, 2012 by
Great News from the Beckett Fund folks! Today, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. handed Wheaton College and Belmont Abbey College a major victory in their challenges to the HHS mandate. Last summer, two lower courts had dismissed the Colleges’ cases as premature. Today, the appellate court reinstated those cases, and ordered the Obama Administration to […]
Levity in the Face of Adversity.
December 15, 2012 by
Today is the feast of John of the Cross. A mystic, his famous work is called “The Dark Night of the Soul,” and it speaks of that moment we all feel at times, when it feels as if we’re getting nowhere spiritually. If every time we prayed, we got happy feelings, we would begin to […]
Sacramental Marriage, Civil Marriage, Gay Marriage, and the Catholic Church
December 14, 2012 by
Mawwidge… I’m told it’s an institute you can’t disparage, though that seems anything but the case these days. A litany of arguments in favor of allowing for “gay marriage,” in the short-hand parlance, or “homosexual unions,” has been given by hosts of talking heads, celebrities, and every-day folks. It’s a “civil rights” issue, some will say. […]
So Long As They’re Dead…
December 11, 2012 by
Francis J. Beckwith describes the process of being invited, and then dis-invited, to write a piece in honor of a distinguished academic and evangelical friend for festschrift, which was being compiled by some folks in conjunction with the appropriately named Moody Publishers. Several days later, however, the editors informed me that the publisher had forced them […]
With All of the Hubris and Chutzpah of Antiochus…
December 10, 2012 by
I do not like the president. I’m sure he acts in what he views as the best interests of the most people, but he’s wrong, and he’s dismantling the very basis of our country: the first amendment, by forcing Catholics to violate their consciences in order to be in business. But that’s all old news. […]
The Future of Internet Evangelism
December 10, 2012 by
It is commonly cited as fact that arguing on the internet is “dumb,” and “pointless,” and an overall “waste of time.” As far as generalizations go, this probably smacks of truth to many who have attempted to engage in the activity known as “internet evangelism,” whether the cause they were evangelizing was one of religion […]
“My Porn Addiction”
November 26, 2012 by
From the folks over at LifeSiteNews: November 26, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – It was in the mid 90s that we began to hear a whole lot about this new thing called “the Internet,” which could answer all of mankind’s deepest questions. At around the same time I hit puberty and began to spend my time moping […]
The Magicians Twin: C. S. Lewis, Scientism, and the Future
November 23, 2012 by
C. S. Lewis passed away 49 years ago yesterday (November 22, 1963). His death was little noticed here in the states, as it happened to coincide with a startling event: The assassination of John F. Kennedy. However of the two men, Lewis’s legacy has proved startlingly vital compared to Kennedy’s. The above video is a […]