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March 2013

March 16, 2013

Portman: Right on the Court, Wrong on Marriage

Senator Rob Portman (R–OH) announced this morning that he now supports the redefinition of marriage...

March 14, 2013

The First American Pope

The first Jesuit pope? Well, yes, in a manner of speaking. Bergoglio is an old-school...

March 13, 2013

We Don’t Need to Redefine Marriage to Fix Policy Problems

Good public policy can meet the needs of all Americans without redefining marriage. http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2013/03/9583/?utm_source=RTA+Beach+Anderson+Marriage+and+Tax&utm_campaign=winstorg&utm_medium=email

March 12, 2013

A Darwinist Mob Goes After a Serious Philosopher

Is there a greater gesture of intellectual contempt than the notion that a tweet constitutes...

March 12, 2013

A picture is worth a thousand words

When intellectual arguments against abortion fail to persuade, recourse must be had to images and...

March 12, 2013

The Odd Story of C.S. Lewis, an Extremely Odd Man

The author who understood so little about the emotional life still speaks eloquently to millions...

March 11, 2013

The Supreme Court’s First Assault on Marriage

The Supreme Court first put marriage on its track of decline forty-one years ago, when...

March 09, 2013

Brilliance or benevolence?

Eugene Korn • “When I was young I admired clever people. Now that I am...

March 09, 2013

Liberal Catholicism at Its Best (Worst)

I thought he was dead, but no. Garry Wills has a new book out, and...

March 08, 2013

I’m Gay and I Oppose Same-Sex Marriage

I wholeheartedly support civil unions for gay and lesbian couples, but I am opposed to...

March 08, 2013

Time for a new feminism

More women in power may lead to a greater understanding of the challenges that family...

March 07, 2013

Democracy and the Future of Islam

The kinds of governments that emerge from the Arab Spring have everything to do with...

March 07, 2013

NYTimes: Muslim calls for end to Arab boycott of Israel

I recently visited Israel and the West Bank for the first time. I am Muslim...

March 04, 2013

Republicans and Their Faulty Moral Arithmetic

Conservative values and money issues are worth less than concern for the poor.

March 04, 2013

My Brittle Bones

My Brittle Bones Genetic counseling clinics essentially promise to “purify” the genetic stock of the...

March 04, 2013

The Holocaust Just Got More Shocking

THIRTEEN years ago, researchers at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum began the grim task...

March 01, 2013

‘Crisis’ for Cameron as gay marriage row aids Tory defeat

The controversial push to redefine marriage is one of the reasons the Conservatives came third...

March 01, 2013

Judaism and the Meaning of Life

Emil Fackenheim (1916-2003), one of the great Jewish thinkers of the latter half of the...

February 2013

February 26, 2013

Reason, Revelation, and Revolution

Were the founding fathers good Christians? “Christian America” advocates like David Barton in- sist that...

February 26, 2013

Benedict and the Rabbi

After Pope Benedict XVI’s surprising announcement that he would resign from the papacy, leading adherents...

February 26, 2013

Are Christians the new Jews?

Christians who listen to the Jewish saga begin to understand how Jews lived with themselves...

February 26, 2013

Religious freedom is about rights, not politics

Let the critics howl over the new Office of Religious Freedom – it’s about time...

February 22, 2013

An obligation to get drunk?

The Talmud teaches that one is required to get drunk on Purim until one cannot...

February 20, 2013

Power Struggles Marked Pope’s Last Days; New Conclave to Select Compromise Choice

Recent news of Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation has sparked speculation that more may be involved...

February 19, 2013

Can a seeker understand the Bible?

How is an interested nonbeliever to approach the study of Genesis? In his commentary on...

February 15, 2013

France’s Chief Rabbi on gay marriage

Gilles Bernheim Whichever worldview you hold, it is clear that what is going on behind...

February 14, 2013

Why and How We Should Tackle the Sperm-Sale Industry

With money as the biggest incentive for sperm donation, donors are set up to be...

February 14, 2013

A Musical Messiah?

Born Jewish, but converted to Christianity, Gustav Mahler was never a true believer in either....

February 13, 2013

Pope Benedict’s Jewish legacy

Brad HirschfieldWhile some Jewish leaders have been troubled over the years by certain comments and...

February 13, 2013

Why Sperm Donation is Bad for Dads and Kids

Commercialized sperm “donation” degrades and objectifies men, promotes a culture of irresponsible parenting, and hurts...

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