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Obama Chooses Private School for His Kids: Might He Have a Change of Heart on Choice for Other Kids?

Posted on November 26, 2008
During the past two decades, every Democratic nominee for President has vigorously opposed school choice for poor children trapped in failing urban public schools, even while choosing to send his own children to private rather than public schools. Looking to...

Stone on Prop. 8 and church-state separation

Posted on November 26, 2008
In this piece, Prof. Stone contends (among other things) that California's Proposition "was a highly successful effort of a particular religious group to conscript the power of the state to impose their religious beliefs on their fellow citizens, whether or...

George Weigel is Certainly No John John Haldane--or Ross Douthat

Posted on November 25, 2008
The Moral Obligation To Study Election Returns 24 Nov 2008 04:47 pm George Weigel, on the election and the Catholic vote:This year, the pro-abortion candidate carried every state in what Maggie Gallagher calls the "Decadent Catholic Corridor" -- the Northeast...

Catholic Philosopher--and Social Conservative--John Haldane on Obama's Election

Posted on November 25, 2008
Some MOJ readers will be familiar with Scottish philosopher John Haldane, but for those who are not:John Haldane is Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, Visiting Professor at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences in Virginia,...

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About FOCA

Posted on November 25, 2008
Here--that is, here--is a post at dotCommonweal that might be of interest to MOJ readers.

Fight FOCA

Posted on November 25, 2008
Here is a petition that might be of interest to MOJ readers.

"Education and Soulcraft"

Posted on November 25, 2008
In a recent issue of First Things magazine, Gilbert Meilaender has a review of Stanley Fish's new and much-remarked book, "Save the World on Your Own Time." As has been widely observed, Fish's book is, among other things, an argument...

Translation of the Pope's Letter to Marcello Pera

Posted on November 25, 2008
In reference to my previous post on the future of interreligious dialogue, here is the link to an english translation of the Pope Benedict's letter to Senator Marcello Pera, as posted by John Allen on the National Catholic Reporter's website.

What counts as "human" in the evolutionary chain?

Posted on November 25, 2008
The Church clearly (and justifiably) opposes human cloning. What about the cloning of animals if such cloning could lead to medical breakthroughs for humans? And what about using DNA to recreate species that were the bridges between animals and humans,...

The Future of Interreligious Dialogue

Posted on November 25, 2008
A few thoughts in response to the 11/24/08 New York Times article, ?Pope Questions Interreligious Dialogue,? discussing Pope Benedict?s letter to Marcello Pera about his forthcoming book, ?Why We Must Call Ourselves Christian,? including Pope Benedict?s comments that ?interreligious dialogue...

Cardinal Martini Speaks

Posted on November 25, 2008
[From America, Nov. 17, 2008:]Italian Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini said the 1968 encyclical Humanae Vitae ("Of Human Life") has cut off the church from many of the people who most need its advice about human sexuality. The encyclical, which taught...

Response to Michael

Posted on November 25, 2008
My pal Michael P. is on the case, looking out for me, and so has commended to the attention of those of us who opposed Sen. Obama's election this letter -- published on the very fine new-ish website, "Public Discourse",...

A "phantom"?

Posted on November 25, 2008
Michael links here to (and, I assume, agrees substantially with?) this Commonweal post, suggesting that the Freedom of Choice Act is just a "phantom" onto which defeated and depressed Republican pro-lifers have latched in the wake of the recent election...

How to talk about embryo destruction and euthanasia

Posted on November 24, 2008
Reflecting, here, on the state-level election-day set-backs for the pro-life cause -- specifically, the Michigan referendum on embryo-destroying research, the Washington referendum on assisted suicide, and the defeat of a pro-life initiative in California -- George Weigel suggests that: We...

"In Defense of the Sovereign Family"

Posted on November 24, 2008
The current issue of First Things includes a wonderful essay by Jack Coons, called "In Defense of the Sovereign Family." Unfortunately, the text is not yet available to non-subscribers. It would be hard to do justice to the essay in...

Education Reform in the Obama Administration

Posted on November 24, 2008
Terry Moe, an early supporter of Barack Obama's candidacy for President, writes in the Wall Street Journal (here) that Democrats can bring about meaningful change in education if they choose to put kids before adults, that is, educational reform before...

Bush skips church (for 8 years)

Posted on November 24, 2008
If we're going to take note of President-elect Obama's absence from church during this post-election period, we might want to take note of President Bush's absence from church for the duration of his Presidency.

Obama Skips Church, Head to the Gym

Posted on November 24, 2008
President Obama may reject Sally Quinn's advice that he attend the National Cathedral. Instead of attending church, he might favor a good physical workout on Sunday morning. This article is from Politico: "President-elect Barack Obama has yet to attend church...

Can a Christian operate a heterosexual dating service?

Posted on November 24, 2008
Apparently not. To get a sense of why forcing EHarmony to include same-sex couples in its online dating services is detrimental to the common good, you can check out this paper. Better yet, it's never too early to begin lining...

Lessons bishops should learn from

Posted on November 24, 2008
Lessons bishops should learn from the '08 electionFr. Richard McBrienNCR, November 24, 2008 Regardless of how individual Catholics voted in this year?s historic presidential election, there are at least three important lessons for their pastoral leadership to absorb...

Quinn on Pluralism

Posted on November 24, 2008
Sally Quinn, writing in The Washington Post, encourages President Obama and his family to select the National Cathedral as their new church home. That's fine. But her supporting argument is ridiculous: I am drawn to the cathedral over all of...

Mary Daly, RIP

Posted on November 21, 2008
I join with my former colleagues at St. John's University School of Law, and with her many other friends and academic colleagues in mourning the death of Dean Mary Daly. I've tried twice to link to the St. John's press...

What should Torts class look like in a Catholic law school?

Posted on November 21, 2008
Should Torts class look different at a Catholic law school than at Big State U Law School? In the ideal world, there may not be much of a difference, assuming that Big State U is willing to spend time getting...

The grace of living on the margins

Posted on November 20, 2008
The grace of living on the margins National Catholic Reporter November 20, 2008For more than 15 years now, I?ve felt starved by the Roman Catholic authorities. But lately I wonder if they haven?t done me a favor. Since the age...

Conference on Catholic legal education

Posted on November 20, 2008
Last week at St. Thomas, the Murphy Institute for Catholic Thought, Law, and Public Policy convened a small conference of Catholic law professors to discuss the state of Catholic legal education, focusing in particular on whether there is a need...

Is your life open to compromise?

Posted on November 19, 2008
In an indirect way I am responding to Rick?s last post. Mind you, I am not disagreeing with him because I believe he is quite correct in his assertions. What I am disagreeing with is that compromise is the only...

An abortion "compromise"?

Posted on November 19, 2008
As Jack Balkin notes, given the election of Sen. Obama, it is quite unlikely that Roe / Casey will be overturned anytime soon, and it is certain that the pro-abortion-rights position will be strongly and ably represented, and advanced, in...

International Religious Freedom Act panel

Posted on November 18, 2008
Along with Thomas Farr, of Georgetown, and the ACLU's Jeremy Gunn, I'll be speaking about the International Religious Freedom Act, on the occasion of its 10th anniversary, at this year's Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention. (More here.) If you're there...

An Event of Interest to MOJ Readers in/around NYC

Posted on November 18, 2008
The Indelible Mark: The Writer and a Catholic Childhood Tuesday, December 9, 2008 | 6-8 pmFordham University, Lincoln Center Campus, Pope Auditorium, 113 West 60th Street Q. What do you do with a Catholic childhood? A. You write about it....

Article on Church Autonomy and Government Benefits

Posted on November 17, 2008
Whether religious organizations can retain freedom to define their missions while participating in government educational or social-service funding, or tax exemptions, or other benefits programs, is one of the most important -- and challenging -- issues they face these days...

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