What is the relationship between monogamous marriage and a culture of human dignity? I try to answer that question at Public Discourse. The core of my […]
Here is New Jersey Governor Chris Christie performing “The Evolution of Dad Dancing” with Jimmy Fallon. And here is Democracy in America author Alexis de Tocqueville […]
This week a California court ruled that teacher tenure violated the state constitution by harming the educational opportunities of disadvantaged children. Already, some conservative activists and […]
At Powerline, Steven Hayward floats the provocative suggestion that President Obama might issue a blanket pardon for illegal immigrants as a way of goading the Republicans […]
In a recent post I offered a few critical remarks on some things that Cardinal Kaspar said in an interview with Commonweal. Cardinal Kaspar favors some […]
Cardinal Kaspar is a famous churchman who seems to favor some revision of the way the Church handles the question of divorce, remarriage, and admission to […]
What has Donald Sterling to do with C.S. Lewis? This: Sterling’s racist remarks, and the public reaction to them, remind us of the truth–and continued relevance–of […]
Some suggest that conservatives should or will surrender in the current contest over the meaning of marriage. Such suggestions are premature, I argue in an article […]
The Washington Post has an editorial on Nigeria’s efforts to deal with the Boko Haram kidnappings. Besides condemning these heinous acts, it also complains about the […]