Jun
23
WSJ on New Mass Translation
June 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Diane at Te Deum laudamus, te Dominum confitemur has posted the text of Michael Foley’s OpEd piece in the Wall Street Journal on the new Mass translation. It’s worth reading.
Jun
23
Try Asking Martha Nussbaum a Challenging Question
June 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment
I’m often intrigued by the ways in which folks interpret questions or arguments that challenge their own arguments or assumptions. In the field of philosophy, questions that appear “hostile” to casual observers are actually rather common, not because philosophers are a hostile bunch but because the main task of the philosopher, at least insofar as [...]
Jun
23
Signs of Intelligence in England?
June 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment
A story in today’s Times Higher Education Supplement “reveals” (their term) the rather startling fact that there are some prominent academics in England who appear to subscribe to creationism or intelligent design (I wonder if they have folks like this guy in mind). I say “rather startling” because one of the things we’ve heard from [...]
