Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
R.R. Reno at First Things isn't happy: Some months ago, I predicted that Catholicism in America would basically accommodate itself to whatever sexual regime dominates our society. The accommodation won't be explicit. The Church won't endorse homosexuality or gay marriage. Instead, the bishops will step aside, avoid controversy, and just stop talking about things that carry …
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In a lengthy piece on Algeria's succession dilemma, we have this: At least six opposition parties boycotted the elections, arguing that the results were determined well ahead of the voting and that the ballot would not change the nature of the governing regime. One of the many opposition movements, Barakat (“Enough”), regularly demonstrated for peaceful …
Nick Park, pastor of the Solid Rock Church and Administrative Bishop of the Church of God in Ireland, gets it: The solution is clear. It’s time for the Government to get out of the marriage business. In fact, for most of human history, marriage was something practiced by communities (both religious and non-religious) and the …
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A week ago the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga decided to cut the men's track and field program: The men’s indoor and outdoor track & field teams will no longer be programs, according to Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics David Blackburn. The Mocs are concluding their five-year Title IX process, which is aimed at …
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Oh, the web we weave when we get charged up for a cause before we think things through: Until recently, same-sex couples could not legally marry. Now, some are finding they must wed if they want to keep their partner's job-based health insurance and other benefits. With same-sex marriage now legal in 35 states and …
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I'll bet that the Obama White House wishes that about this: In March 2012, on the floor of the United States Senate, Mike Lee (R-UT) predicted that if Obama was reelected gas would cost $5.45 per gallon by the start 2015. Lee said that gas prices would rise 5 cents for every month Obama was …
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I must have been in an especially catty mood when I posted this on Stand Firm in Faith: Clinton stated that “It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.” Clinton was only stealing a concept from Southern Baptist Eucharistic theology. I actually got a thumbs up for that. Nevertheless, it's something that's …
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It's supposed to be the time of year for joy and merriment, but I've seen a few things lately that bother me about the immediate course of the country. Most of those concern foreign policy, that necessary evil Americans aren't very good at, even with all the years of travel and media coverage. (I think …
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The Republican "wave" (what that means electorally depends upon whom you talk to) in the recent Congressional elections has highlighted their opponents' weaknesses at the state level. To a large extent there are two electorates: one at the mid-term and one at the Presidential year. The one thing these two have in common, according to …
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In this wild election cycle, a Republican is about to break a record she wasn't "supposed to": An upstate New York Republican is slated Tuesday to shatter the congressional record of former Brooklyn Democratic Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman as the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. Elise Stefanik, 30, is favored to win in New York’s …
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