Ross Douthat on the Brink
Before I tell you why Ross Douthat’s latest New York Times column, “Germany on the Brink,”…
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Out of Options: Christians’ Losing Battle Over Equality
In the months since the Supreme Court’s decision to make marriage equality the law, conservative…
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“Own Your Heresy”: The Argument Over Who Gets to Do Public Theology Takes a Sharp Turn
The topic of Ross Douthat’s Erasmus Lecture for First Things magazine this week was “The Crisis of Conservative Catholicism,”…
Read MoreThe Plot to Turn the Synod into a “Plot”
It’s official—with Ross Douthat’s conspiracy-drenched Sunday column, the idea that the synod is somehow a “plot…
Read MoreSpringtime for Ross Douthat?
Ross Douthat’s latest column offers proof of Godwin’s law in the headline—and goes downhill from there. And the headline…
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Who’s Scared of Polygamy? A Restrained Case for the “Slippery Slope” Argument
Many rejoiced after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-same marriage nationally in late June. Others…
Read MoreDouthat: Conservatives Will Take Their Ball and Go Home if Francis Changes “Their” Church
In the New York Times, Ross Douthat cheers the conservative rebuff at the recently concluded…
Read MoreDouthat, Dionne Push Wrong Lesson on Religious Exemptions
As the Obama administration is beseeched from both sides about a potential religious exemption to…
Read MoreI Agree With Douthat, Church Can’t Accept Gay Marriage
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will decide whether to renew the Ad Hoc Committee…
Read MoreIs Stephen Pinker’s Controversial Polemic in Defense of Scientism As Bad As They Say?
Well, yes and no.
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