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The Intellectual Source Code For National Conservatism Can Be Found at This Niche Catholic Publication

By Peter Schwartz

…e, as it were) is Catholic natural law moral philosophy. Natural law is the 800-year-old Thomist tradition that absorbs (from revelation and scripture) and communicates (into public discourse and legal practice) a quite specific understanding of the human individual as the summit of God’s creation. First Things has hosted some of the most important debates and produced some of the most fruitful arguments in support of National Conservatism, the in…

The Horror Mugabe Doesn’t Want the World to See

By Frederick Clarkson

…are said to be on anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs that control the disease, but 800,000 Zimbabweans are thought to require therapy, or will require it in the coming months and years. Malnutrition makes ARVs less effective. Murder by starvation is “slower than a machete” “I sat in a room with 15 HIV-positive women who were starving,” Donaghue said. “Maybe its slower than a machete,” he said referring to the Rwandan genocide of the 1990s, “but its a pre…

Gambian Leaders Portray Anti-Gay Law as Defense of Islam, Ugandan Politicians as ‘Christmas Gift’; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Gambia: President, Foreign Minister Portray Anti-Gay Persecution as Defense of Islam, Africa We have reported previously on Gambia’s viciously anti-gay president Yahya Jammeh. Buzzfeed’s Lester Feder reports on the politics behind the latest wave of violence, which includes raids on people’s homes and arrests carried out by the National Intelligence Agency: But the raids come as Jammeh appears to have ratcheted up his presence on the internationa…

Something So Broken: What’s Frightening About Beasts of the Southern Wild

By Michael Pasquier

…at fall outside the federal levee system. The seventh largest delta on the planet, these wetlands contain 37 percent of the marshland in the United States and the largest commercial fishery in the lower 48 states—to say nothing of the largest offshore oil production of any state. These wetlands are also the most endangered in the country, accounting for 90 percent of all coastal wetland loss in the lower 48 states. From 2004 to 2008 (the years tha…

Catholic Church Ordained Women Before, Can Do it Again

By Phyllis Zagano

…e trajectory of deacon-priest-bishop is relatively recent—only about 700 or 800 years in the long history of the Church. In fact, the earlier understanding is that the deacon would become a bishop! I sometimes wonder if the naysayers are more afraid of women bishops than of women priests. But, in modern times, we have reestablished the tradition of a diaconate lived permanently. All priests are also ordained deacons, and in the most formal of litu…

“The Gift of Gay”: Father Matthew Kelty, Confessor to Thomas Merton, Dies at 96

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…rocuted in his bath; his body was returned to the United States in a cargo plane carrying American casualties from the war in that same region—of which he had been an especially outspoken and eloquent critic. Father Louis was buried in a simple grave next to the monastery, looking out over the hills he hymned so movingly in many of his finest books. A Friend and Fellow The monk who served as Merton’s confessor in those final, tumultuous years at G…

Aliens To Arrive in Alabama Today!

By Ben Brazil

…our periods. During this time there will be much commotion upon your earth plane. Your highest authorities will be intruding into ‘our’ atmospherics that surround our ship. This ‘security field’ is necessary for us, as there shall take place a ‘farce’ from those in your world who shall try to deny that we come in LOVE. KNOW OF THIS WE COME TO ASSIST YOUR WORLD. WE DO NOT COME TO TAKE OVER. WE DO NOT COME TO DESTRUCT. WE COME TO GIVE YOU HOPE. I le…

From Confusion to Kardashian: Misreading the Middle East

By Haroon Moghul

…untry in Europe plus the U.S., Canada, and Israel, against the rest of the planet (a world map only underlines this). Even Germany, a historically strong supporter of Israel, chose to abstain instead of voting no, as it was expected to. Hence an undisputed Israeli military victory was also a diplomatic defeat. Writing for the London Review of Books, Adam Shatz explained Israel didn’t win the short war. (How Gazans saw it deserves consideration.)…

Resurrecting Marley at 70: Rastafari History in 5 Songs

By Darren J. N. Middleton

…n 1960, and who eventually taught Marley all he knew, disembarked from the plane with Selassie, and Planno seemed as surprised as the others in attendance when His Imperial Majesty refused to walk down the red carpet rolled out for his arrival. To this day, Rastas mark the Elect of God’s act of humility with an annual ritual, Grounation Day, and Tarrus Riley’s tuneful homage to this auspicious visit, set over a Nyabinghi drum pattern (three drums…

Can Twitter Be Used to Fight Islamophobia?

By Sarah Posner

…id Jihad at the airport. Can’t yell for him. #MuslimRage —Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) September 18, 2012 Gawker shares chilling images of #muslimrage from AP.gaw.kr/OxBFcu —benwedeman (@bencnn) September 18, 2012 On a plane and people mishearing me when I say I am a *tourist*. #muslimrage —Welshy(@WelshInGaza) September 17, 2012 And don’t miss Paul Waldman and Gabe Arana’s terrific parody of Newsweek’s journalistic decline….