John Wilkins is getting increasingly fed up with Richard Dawkins. And I don’t blame him. Dawkins wants to set up a false dichotomy under which he and all his cobelievers are on the Good Side, the sensible side, the rational side. And yet, these rational brights can call all religion ignorant and stupid without needing… Continue reading
Interesting conference in Rome planned for next March on Evolution to commemorate Darwin’s achievement and discuss the science. Thankfully, according to John Allen, it looks like the Church is definitely distancing itself from “Intelligent” Design. Professor Philip Sloan of Notre Dame, who took part in the Vatican press conference, told me afterwards that he’s seen… Continue reading
Apropos Darwin’s post today on life and our expectations about it, one of his readers, Jennifer F., points to this funny chart. Happy Friday.
After the scary week on Wall Street, Just Thomism gives me some pause with this: It’s humiliating to notice the degree to which I’ve at least taken part in the kind of avarice that is commonplace in American life. I’m buried in a mountain of junk I never needed, I eat kinds of food and… Continue reading
I was surprised (and delighted) to see that my first published poem, from a 1991 issue of First Things, is now online. I’d be curious as to Brandon’s opinion, given the excellent verse he posts on a regular basis. Perhaps it’s apropos I stumbled upon it again.