Reclaiming Personhood in the Public Debate over IVF
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[image: IVF clinic]
As we consider the future of our debate over IVF, we must go deeper than
the political questions facing us and ask ourselves fundamental...
Logic as a Vector System
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In their paper, "Logic as a Vector System" (*Journal of Logic and
Computation* 2005 15(5): 751-765), Jonathan Westphal and Jim Hardy,
describe propositi...
A Last-Minute Plea to Vote for Trump
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Trump’s decision to retreat from advocacy of the pro-life cause and try to
persuade those who remain reluctant to vote for him is defensible from a
pro-lif...
Human Privilege?
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Although it's fine to express it poetically, it's not just poetic to say
that man is the link between immanence and transcendence, heaven and earth,
time...
Parents Without Authority
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The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing
editor Mark Bauerlein. Leonard Sax joins in to discuss his new book, *The
Collap...
Autumn Evenings Cut Short (But Colors Remain)
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“Goodbye Evening Sunshine” (November 2, 2024).
See you in… February, maybe? This is the weekend to set back the clocks one
hour (or, in most cases, allo...
Self-awareness: an Achilles heel of liberalism?
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The sociologist Robert Nisbet, writing in 1953, blamed much of the decline
in the 1900s on the liberalism inherited from the 1800s. He characterised
this...
Does one's vote make a difference?
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Suppose that there is a simple majority election, with two candidates, and
there is a large odd number of voters. Suppose polling data makes the
election...
My neighbor
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The parable of the good samaritan is a response to the question and who is
my neighbor, and so it begins from the given of human in-groups and out-
groups....
Progressive Catholics and capital punishment
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The debate over capital punishment between conservative and progressive
Catholics typically exhibits the following dialectic. The conservative
will set ...
Why will you drink the Lord's cup?
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29*th* Sunday OT
Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP
St. Albert the Great, Irving
The Sons of Thunder ask Jesus for a favor. He listens to their request and
says,...
The Obscurity of Scripture
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Earlier this year, Called to Communion editor Casey Chalk published his
second book, The Obscurity of Scripture, a critical assessment of the
Protestant ...
The Bonding (TNG) – The Secrets of Star Trek
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Tragedy, loss, and alien trickery. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss
this TNG story of loss and grief and what makes us human in dealing with
the death...
Smith on "Christians and/as Liberals?"
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Friend of the Show Prof. Steve Smith (San Diego) has posted the
article-version of a talk he gave at a Notre Dame conference last fall on
"Liberalism, Chri...
Being Surprised by Christ
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Some people hate surprise parties. There are those who are uncomfortable
with a last-minute vacation or even an unexpected travel upgrade. If it
wasn’t par...
Lessons From the Peace Emperor
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What lessons can we learn today from the Peace Emperor?
The post Lessons From the Peace Emperor appeared first on Eric Sammons.
The Four Horsemen of Palamism
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There are many interesting things taking place in academia right now
regarding Orthodox history and theology, beyond the usual faddish
expressions of “theo...
Muslim Converts to Greek Orthodoxy
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I am greatly looking forward to reading this new study which will begin
filling a very considerable gap in the literature on conversion:*
Proselytes of a...
Using Night Sounds and the Sound of Rain for Sleep
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Using a set of wind chimes to create beautiful music is a great way to
relax, alternatively use the sound of rain for sleep. You can play a simple
melody o...
Upton Sinclair...
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He was an incredible author, but, at bottom, a boob.
I recently began reading his 1927 *Oil!* and instantly fell in love.
I have never read anything by him...
20220510 Song
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https://english.clonline.org/cm-files/2021/05/03/istherehope-chapter-1-2-english.pdf
Ballad of the Old Man (Ballata dell’uomo vecchio)
All the sadness...
A Letter to TAI’s Subscribers and Readers
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Dear TAI readers,Due primarily to financing difficulties, The American
Interest is taking a hiatus from publishing new material.We are glad that
there is...
Enjoy Calming Downtime Sports Outdoors
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Having good relationships and good memories in the 21st century have become
far more than just sitting around chatting. Predictable and boring, whereas
the...
Farewell!
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With this post I bid Patheos farewell, but not you, gentle reader! All you
need do to continue our warm relationship (or start a warm relationship if
this ...
The Roots of Our Partisan Divide
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*Reprinted by permission from Imprimis, a publication of Hillsdale College.*
American society today is divided by party and by ideology in a way it has
p...
My Blog and Planned Parenthood
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As readers of this blog will know, my main blog and website is now here. I
have kept this blog open because it provides a platform to speak to a wider
audi...
Defending Devotion to the Sacred Heart
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Defending Devotion to the Sacred Heart | Timothy T. O'Donnell, S.T.D. |
Introduction to Heart of the Redeemer I have attempted not so much to speak
with au...
My Mom’s Funeral Homily
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My mother, Evelyn Donnetta Geiger, passed at the age of ninety-one on July
18. We just celebrated her funeral today. Thanks to everyone who has been
so k...
Commonweal Local Communities, Since You Asked...
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You’ve heard of Commonweal Local Communities, if not weeks, months, or
years ago, perhaps just recently in the comment section regarding the
launch of o...
Scrutinizing “Resisting Happiness”
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Matthew Kelly sent me a copy of his new book Resisting Happiness, and I
recently read it. New Words, Old Meanings This book is about the perennial
human ...
An Open Letter to the Editor Who Fired Mark Shea
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Dear ____: Several days ago, National Catholic Register announced that it
had dismissed Mark Shea, the blogger, pundit and apologist. As a faithful
Catholi...
Ten Years is a Long Run…
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… Ten years ago I sat down and wrote my first blog post. My intended
audience was simply a few family members who had questions about
Catholicism as I went...
ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO AN END - MY LAST BLOG POST
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Brethren, Peace be with you.
Well, after 11 years and two months I've decided to call it quits. It's
been a good run and we'd been together throughout many...
Do You Need God to Know That Abortion is Wrong?
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*The New Republic's *latest “contribution” to the abortion debate is
remarkable, in that, despite getting virtually everything it says factually
wrong, it ...
Call for Papers-Logos 2015: Religious Experience
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May 7-9, 2015 at the University of Notre Dame Religious experience is
central to religious faith and practice. It often serves as evidence for
belief; it c...
Seven Ways to Get Over an Infatuation
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“Bewitched, bothered, and bewildered am I” wrote US songwriter Lorenz Hart
about the feeling of infatuation. It’s blissful and euphoric, as we all
know. ...
Lutheran Convert: Ron Doub
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[image: Lutheran Convert: Ron Doub]
Lutheran Convert Ron Doub
*Ron Doub was a life-long Lutheran but after 15 years of trying to convert
his Catholic wife...
Temporarily – No Comment
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God willing, the content of this blog will be migrated to its new site,
starting sometime after midnight (here in East Coast America). I have been
asked to...
I want to go to this VBS
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I'll give up my aversion to skits to see this slightly Monty Python-esque
version of the book of Esther.
http://www.ironiccatholic.blogspot.com
Abby Johnson - Pro-Life Advocate
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[image: Abby Johnson IP#78 Abby Johnson unPlanned on Inside the Pages]*An
ordinary woman who has experienced extraordinary grace and wow, look what
God has...
"They Moved My Blog Without Telling Me!"
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For those of you devoted souls who have been coming to *High Concepts* in
the last few weeks ravenous for some fresh material, I have some good news
and ...
Biological Sponges Could Prevent Battlefield Deaths
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Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies The Institute for Soldier
Nanotechnologies may sound like an organization right out of a Tom Clancy
novel, but it's ...
Sarah Palin and the GOP
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One way or the other, Sarah Palin will have the biggest impact on the GOP’s
chances to win the presidency in 2012. Her recent editorial in the Wall
Street ...
A new home for Morning Catholic Must-Reads
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From today, Morning Catholic Must-Reads has a new home on The Catholic
Herald’s new website. Thank you for reading the blog here. I look forward
to seeing ...
Roman Catholic Arch / Bishops of the USA
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Besides regularly updating my Roman Catholic Arch / Bishops of the USA
page, I have recently been improving the layout of and links offered on the
page. No...