The vast revolutions in morality that have reshaped the modern landscape have been spectacularly successful, with very few exceptions. In the last hal...
With Christmas just days away, the Vatican evidently thought it was high time to reverse 2,000 years of Christian tradition and allow priests to bless...
Most of us know we’re living in consequential times, but sometimes it seems we’re living in truly dangerous times. Just over the course of the last fe...
So, what about the new speaker of the House? Is he a kind and gracious man or “a right-wing fever dream come to life,” as one columnist declared? Actu...
Michael Bywater is concerned that the present generation is growing up, but not becoming grown-ups. Writing in The Telegraph [London], Bywater bemoans the infantilism of the culture and the immaturity of so many young adults. "My grandfather was bor ...
In a 4-3 decision handed down on Wednesday, the New Jersey Supreme Court ordered the state's legislature to grant same-sex couples all the rights and responsibilities previously reserved for civil marriage. In a sweeping decision, the court found tha ...
Prospect is one of Britain's most intelligent magazines, and its writers take on some of the most interesting issues of the day. This is certainly the case with "Breeding for God" by Eric Kaufmann. In his article, Kaufmann argues that secularization ...
Have you ever wished a machine a happy birthday? Consider this machine: "It weighs 6.4 ounces and consists of a few layers of circuit boards and electronic components, covered by a scan of white polycarbonate and stainless steel. It's slightly smalle ...
My current commentary considers Wayne Grudem's new book, Evangelical Feminism: A New Path to Liberalism?. This is a truly important new book, and one that has been urgently needed. The challenge of the egalitarian movement demands an answer, and Gru ...
"Today the word manliness seems quaint and obsolete," writes Harvey C. Mansfield. "We are in the process of making the English language gender-neutral, and manliness, the quality of one gender, or rather, of one sex, seems to describe the essence of ...
Richard Dawkins and his new book, The God Delusion, continue to attract media attention and reviews. Dont miss these two reviews, published in recent days. In "Lunging, Flailing, Mispunching," literary theorist Terry Eagleton begins his review essay ...
What is human consciousness? Jay Tolson of U.S. News and World Report considers that question in the magazine's current cover story: "Science and the Soul." He gets right to the crucial question in the article's lead paragraph: "A mind is a tough thi ...
The Brookings Institution released a report yesterday on an interesting phenomenon that has appeared in recent years. American students do comparatively poorly in math compared to students of other nations -- but they feel really good about themselve ...
Some cultural developments represent massive shifts in consciousness and worldview. These developments can only be explained by a dramatic reshaping of our moral sense and understanding of basic reality. Such is the case with news coming from both ...