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Carson Holloway
Carson Holloway is a political scientist and the author of The Way of Life: John Paul II and the Challenge of Liberal Modernity (Baylor University Press), The Right Darwin? Evolution, Religion, and the Future of Democracy (Spence Publishing), and All Shook Up: Music, Passion and Politics (Spence Publishing), and the editor of a collection of essays entitled Magnanimity and Statesmanship (Lexington Books). His articles have appeared in the Review of Politics, Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy, Perspectives on Political Science, and First Things. He is a regular contributor to the online journal The Public Discourse. Holloway was a 2005-06 William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in Religion and Public Life in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Northern Illinois University in 1998.
Recent Posts
A Bummer of a Presidency
The Obama presidency is a bummer for conservatives. They don't like his politics, and they thought they should have been able to defeat his effort to be re-elected. But they failed and have to liv... More
The IRS: Can Lois Lerner Keep Her Job?
A few weeks ago, when news broke that the IRS had apparently been targeting conservative groups for heightened scrutiny, some liberal commentators claimed that there was really nothing here to see. ... More
Immigration and the Poor and Huddled Masses
The controversy over efforts at immigration reform continues. One of the latest strands involves the Heritage Foundation's report claiming that the Gang of 8 bill will cost the government of the Uni... More
Pope Francis Against the Self-Referential Church, Part 2
Last month I blogged about Pope Francis's remarks against the idea of a "self-referential" Church. The Church, the Pope believes, must reach beyond itself, must seek to bring the Gospel to those on ... More
Reuters Reports on the “Ordination” of a Woman Priest
On Saturday Reuters put out an article on a woman in Kentucky who took part in a ceremony purporting to make her into a Catholic priest. I'd like to make two points about the article. In the firs... More
A Big Obstacle to Immigration Reform
According to an old jazz tune, "It ain't what you do, it's the way how you do it." It is good to keep this principle in mind various areas of human conduct. Imagine a couple of businessmen who ha... More
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Rights
When the government of the United States announced that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev would not immediately be given the usual Miranda warning, civil libertarians expressed concern for his rights. My first reac... More
Report: Scouts to Lift Ban on Homosexual Youth
Reuters reports that the Boy Scouts of America will soon consider a proposed new policy, one that will admit homosexual youth to the organization. The Scouts have long considered homosexuality to be... More
Opening a Path to Polygamy?
Over at Public Discourse I have an article on some of the points made recently when the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the cases involving same-sex marriage. The piece is a response in partic... More
Margaret Thatcher: The Lady’s Not for Jumping
Margaret Thatcher died this week at the age of 87. May she rest in peace. Thatcher was one of Britain's most consequential prime ministers in the twentieth century: a resolute cold warrior and al... More
