The empire strikes back

The empire strikes back: An attack on a prominent classical Christian school shows the movement has the liberal establishment running scared A majo...

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What Secures Human Rights in a Secular World?

How can we define and defend human rights in a secular world? If God is dead, what secures the ought of human rights and human dignity? This may be one of the most haunting questions of our times. Writing in Crisis, Edward Feser argues that human ...

August 24, 2006

Beyond Marriage? Yes, Way Beyond

A group of liberal intellectuals and activists has released a statement calling for the nation to transcend contentious debates over same-sex marriage and sexuality by, in effect, abolishing marriage as a social norm and institution. For some time n ...

August 23, 2006

Needed — More “Genetic Outlaws”

Elizabeth R. Schiltz has been called a "genetic outlaw." An associate professor of law at the University of St. Thomas, Professor Schiltz did the unthinkable -- she received a diagnosis that the child she was carrying would be a Down syndrome baby, a ...

August 22, 2006

The Tragic End of Children’s Literature — An Obituary and Lament

Dorothea Israel Wolfson sees the very end of children's literature -- and she sees it in "the new 2,471-page, lap-crushing Norton Anthology of Children's Literature." Her review of the anthology, published in the summer edition of the Claremont Revie ...

August 22, 2006

Want Proof That We Live in Strange Times?

"It just saddens me to see so many of our strong butch women giving up their womanhood to be a man." Now there's a statement your grandmother probably wouldn't understand. It was spoken by a character on "The L Word," a lesbian soap opera on televis ...

August 21, 2006

The Digital Generation Goes Back to School

The signs are all around us -- school buses back on the streets, school supplies on display, families back in town -- the new school year is starting all over America. And as the school supplies -- we've come a long way from loose-leaf paper, number ...

August 18, 2006

No Children Allowed — No Kidding

It should seem obvious that one key determinant of a society's future prospects is its attitude toward children. The formula is quite simple -- no children . . . no future. Keep this in mind when you read the August 13, 2006 edition of The New York ...

August 17, 2006

Gratitude Without God — Just Whom Does an Atheist Thank?

Just whom does an atheist thank? That is the fascinating question addressed in philosopher Roland Aronson's article, "Thank Who Very Much?," published in the current issue of The Philosopher's Magazine. Aronson describes the problem eloquently: Liv ...

August 16, 2006

Elmo and the End of Civilization as We Know It

Joel Stein, columnist for The Los Angeles Times, thinks he has found the culprit behind our civilizational decline -- Elmo. That's right, Elmo of Sesame Street fame. "Yes, I know that children love Elmo," Stein admits, adding: "But children are idiot ...

August 16, 2006

We Are Not Alone — Orthodox Judaism and Evolution

Conservative Christians are often lampooned as the last hold-outs against the supposedly invincible theory of evolution. This is untrue on several counts. First, surveys consistently demonstrate that the vast majority of Americans reject Darwinian ev ...

August 15, 2006