His Majesty King Willem-Alexander has succeeded the abdicated Queen Beatrix, and now leads the Netherlands before God. May the King exemplify conformity to Christ in his person and in his office, and thereby...
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Apparently James K. A. Smith concurs with David Bentley Hart’s idea that apocalyptic theopanies are somehow required for understanding that jumping off a bridge is a bad idea. Smith simply adds that...
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John Gray at NYRB, reviewing Sperber’s new biography of Marx: The programs of “free market conservatives,” who aim to dismantle regulatory restraints on the workings of market forces while conserving...
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Wrong about the Reformation, as usual, but almost entirely right otherwise in his retrospective take on Mrs Thatcher here.
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David Bentley Hart has responded somewhat coyly to Dr Feser here. Dr Feser had pointed out the peculiarly Humean tone of Hart's remarks about natural law, which suggested that there is no bridge from...
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In a sequel to the recent controversy regarding natural law discussions at First Things, which we addressed here, Dr Thaddeus Kozinski took Dr Feser to task for, supposedly, positing natural reason as an ahistorical...
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The Onion, which might well be the United States' most truthful news service, tells it like it is by the ancient device of the animal allegory.
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02 Apr 2013
Posted by Steven Wedgeworth and Peter EscalantePastor Benjamin Miller from Long Island, NY, asks: Can you define and distinguish: (1) W.W. Bartley III’s notion of “ultimate commitment” (which he regards as voluntaristic and finally arbitrary); (1)...
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“Lousy bastard,” “monster,” and “abysmal scum” … a few of Ayn Rand’s judgments on C. S. Lewis for his arguments in The Abolition of Man. Somewhat more vituperative than the judgment...
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We watched with interest the recent controversy in the pages of First Things on natural law,[1] knowing that sooner or later the spry Dr Feser would say the right thing and settle the matter. When he did,...
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