Brian Brown: Paul Ryan is the anti-policy-wonk. He’s a creator who doesn’t mind the rough-and-tumble of politics, and he doesn’t mind submitting his ideas to the authority of lesser people.

Zachary Crippen: A defeat for Republicans in the short run; a victory for conservatives in the long run.

Brian Brown: Paul Ryan is the anti-policy-wonk. He’s a creator who doesn’t mind the rough-and-tumble of politics, and he doesn’t mind submitting his ideas to the authority of lesser people.

Kevin Vance What’s a good, culturally sensitive westerner to do when culture seems to prevent some Africans from heeding his advice to practice “safe sex”? This is the conundrum that was recently illustrated in a New York Times feature titled “Cultural Attitudes and Rumors Are Lasting Obstacles to Safe Sex.” I expected a long litany […]

Kevin Vance In light of the recent health-care debate, Edward Feser has posted a useful primer on the concept of “rights” in Catholic moral theology: