November 2016 Archives - Position Papers

Holier than Them

My friend, the inestimable Robert George, likes to ask his college students…

About the Author: Anthony Esolen

Anthony Esolen is a professor of English at Providence College. He is the author of works such as Defending Marriage: Twelve Arguments for Sanity, Life Under Compulsion: Ten Ways to Destroy the Humanity of Your Child, The Beauty of the Word: A Running Commentary on the Roman Missal. He is a graduate of Princeton and the University of North Carolina. Anthony Esolen is on the advisory board of the Catholic Education Resource Center.

The Trouble with the “You Go Girl” Culture

Two recent films, Deepwater Horizon with Mark Wahlberg and Sully starring Tom…

About the Author: Bishop Robert Barron

Bishop-elect Robert Barron is an author, speaker, theologian, and founder of Word on Fire, a global media ministry.

Science, Philosophy, and Abortion

Laura Kennedy in an opinion piece for the Irish Times, “A thought…

About the Author: Fr Kevin O’Reilly OP

Fr Kevin O’Reilly OP, formerly taught at the Milltown Institute, Dublin, and holds doctorates in both philosophy and theology. In the forthcoming academic year he will teach moral theology at the Angelicum University, Rome.

What Unique Moral Questions Are Raised by Pregnancy?

In her new book, The Ethics of Pregnancy, Abortion and Childbirth: Exploring…

About the Author: Dr Helen Watt

Dr Helen Watt is Senior Research Fellow at the Anscombe Bioethics Centre in the UK.

Is Islam a Religion of Peace?

Is Islam a religion of peace? Is it compatible with Western liberalism?…

About the Author: Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Senior Fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at The Harvard Kennedy School, a Fellow at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Ayaan was named one of TIME Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” of 2005, one of the Glamour Heroes of 2005 and Reader’s Digest’s European of the Year for 2005. She is the best selling author of Infidel and Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now.

Euthanizing Children

The death of a terminally ill seventeen-year-old boy made headlines recently, as…

About the Author: Wesley J. Smith

Wesley J. Smith is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism and a consultant to the Patients Rights Council. His new book Culture of Death: The Age of “Do Harm” Medicine was just published by Encounter Books.

The triumph of the will over the intellect

There was a time when debates consisted in measured arguments, logical in…

About the Author: Father George W. Rutler

Father George W. Rutler is the pastor of St. Michael’s church in New York City. He has written many books, including: Hints of Heaven: The Parables of Christ and What They Mean for You, Principalities and Powers: Spiritual Combat 1942-1943, Cloud of Witnesses – Dead People I Knew When They Were Alive.