Yet another “In this house we believe” yard sign has popped up in my neighborhood. They come in waves.
There are several variations, but usually the residents assure us that they think “black lives matter,” “women’s rights are human rights,” “no human is illegal,” “science is real,” “love is love,” and “kindness is everything.”
First Things (1 August 2023)
I have had five conversations with the renowned Dr. Peter Kreeft of Boston College on his EWTN podcast, "The Philosophers' Bench," and you can listen to them all:
Peter Kreeft and I have five conversations on his EWTN podcast in April and May 2023: The differences between men and women, the natural law, human conscience and its sources, the virtue of tolerance, and the nature of human happiness.
The recent barrage of executive orders has put some conservatives in a triumphalist frame of mind. From reverse racism, to gender madness, to the cancerous growth of the administrative state, to the arrest of pro-lifers and the intimidation of people of faith, I keep hearing “The election changed all that. It’s all coming to an end.”
Good afternoon, everyone. I’ve just posted links to two new essays of mine to the Articles page.
“How Happiness Studies Lets Us Down,” which appeared yesterday in the online edition of First Things.
Fifteen Eighty Four blog of Cambridge University Press (5 February 2025)
First Things web edition (5 February 2025)