There is an interesting debate over at First Things between Joe Carter and David Bentley Hart on the legitimacy of the death penalty. For both Carter and Hart, the sticking point concerns how Scripture should be read and applied...
Read MoreHow’s this for strange bed-fellows? Dutch (mostly far-left) non-human animal rights supporters are teaming with the far-right ‘Freedom Party’ (which continues to be driven by worries about the considerable...
Read MoreIn 2008, Bishop Girotti, head of the Apostolic Penitentiary, released a list of “Seven Social Sins,” including three economic social sins: excessive wealth, creating poverty, and contributing to the widening gap...
Read MoreApril 10, 2011 Fifth Sunday of Lent Ezekiel 37:12-14; Psalm 130:1-8; Romans 8:8-11; John 11:1-45 In the Introduction to our book, After the Smoke Clears: The Just War Tradition and Post War Justice, Mark Allman and I start with...
Read MoreA shocking story appeared on the front page of the New York Times yesterday regarding a small-town Kentucky woman, beloved by neighbors, with a dark past. Issabell Basic, previously known as Azra Basic, was charged in 1993 for...
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