Remembering Paul Elmer More
I discuss “New Humanist” literary critic and Christian apologist Paul Elmer More in the December issue of Chronicles Magazine.
Society and culture
More on my new book
An essay by British journalist James Jeffrey in Brussels Signal tucks in a brief discussion of my recent book The Disintegration of Man.
Pro “gay marriage” and pro-life?
Another correspondent asks whether I think it’s possible to be pro-gay marriage and pro-life: whether logically, rationally, ultimately, the two positions can be reconciled. She had noticed some conservatives going that way.
It seemed to me you could give multiple … Read more
How religious is natural law?
In the Crisis piece mentioned in the previous entry, I suggested the relationship between the two was ambiguous. A blogger who wants to maintain a strong distinction between natural law and religion called me on it, so I … Read more
The radical meaning of “gay marriage”
That’s the title of my most recent piece at Crisis Magazine. It discusses recent developments in connection with the trend toward a single universal regime of contract and regulation in which no point has privileged independence.
Smartening up
That’s the topic of my most recent piece at Crisis. It’s a followup to my recent piece on stupidity.
Needed: more pith and vinegar
I’ve a piece calling for a return of the right wing aphorism up at Crisis Magazine.
Tolerance that swallows itself
My review of The Intolerance of Tolerance, a book by reformed theologian D. A. Carson, is available at The University Bookman.
The triumph of stupidity
I’ve a new piece up at Crisis Magazine on that alarming topic.