On the Culture

November 18, 2009 5:40 PM Newman’s Final Argument By Dr. Jeff Mirus

At the risk of boring those who never intend to read the book, I should add one final point concerning The Meaning of Newman’s Grammar of Assent. It is an important point because, once Newman has established how it is that a human person

November 18, 2009 3:31 PM Archbishop Dolan goes too far By Dr. Jeff Mirus

In another of its highly meaningful news stories, Zenit reported yesterday that Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York was well-pleased with the Yankees’ victory in the World Series. He ought to have been, as he won a case of

On The News

November 19, 2009 2:13 PM the ideal escape By Phil Lawler

Over on The Catholic Thing, Father Jim Schall announces: Nine months of the Obama administration have prompted me to flee, not to New Zealand or Argentina, but rather to Blandings Castle. A very sensible way to beat a strategic retreat

November 19, 2009 11:47 AM Europe's elite choose a new president By Phil Lawler

European leaders are meeting today to select a new president for the European Union. They will also choose an EU foreign minister. With the final ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, the 27 member-states of the EU are now formed into a

In Depth Analysis

November 13, 2009 The Bishops at the Cliff: Tobin's Challenge By Dr. Jeff Mirus

I see three challenges in Bishop Thomas Tobin's public rebuke of Congressman Patrick Kennedy in an open letter on November 12th. With respect to his pro-abortion stance, Kennedy had asserted that “the fact that I disagree with the hierarchy on some issues does not make me any less of a Catholic.” Bishop Tobin replied, point blank, that this simply is not true. The three challenges I see in this are for Kennedy, Bishop Tobin himself, and the American bishops as a

Off the Record

• 11/20/09 help is on the way
• 11/20/09 it'll be ready for you monday
• 11/19/09 a regrettably unthreatening threat
• 11/19/09 connection/no connection
• 11/19/09 see what you get for $1.8 million?
• 11/18/09 rondeau
• 11/16/09 a man of the cloth
• 11/16/09 ecclesia supplet
• 11/16/09 tell it to the judge
• 11/13/09 the limits of laissez faire