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Most words are not crimes

December 7, 2015 Edward N. Peters 0

I am not sure what Archbishop Rino Fisichella meant when he said that “we need to understand well ‘physical violence’ [against the pope] because sometimes words, too, are rocks and stones, and therefore I believe […]

Essay

One city does not make a world

December 5, 2015 Edward N. Peters 0

The bi-annual papal blessing “Urbi et Orbi”—to the City (meaning Rome, of course) and to the World—is a charming Catholic event reflecting the solicitude a pope feels for the City entrusted to his episcopal care […]

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Rational Animals

The Unbearable Oppression of Yoga

December 5, 2015 Christopher S. Morrissey 0

Traditional logic is famous for classifying human beings as “rational animals.” What would traditional logicians make of the current craze of student activists who seek explicit institutional enforcement of “safe spaces” on campus? Student protests […]