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October 27, 2023
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Your Periodic Reminder That Evil Is Real
Lance Morrow
Wall Street Journal
Justice Potter Stewart observed in Jacobellis v. Ohio (1964) that while hard-core pornography is difficult to define, “I know it when I see it.” The same is true of evil.
A decent conscience, uncontaminated by ideology, knows what it is looking at. The torments that Hamas “militants” inflicted on Oct. 7—mass slaughter, rape, the beheading and incineration of babies—amounted to behavior that the high court of any uncorrupted intelligence in the world would describe as evil.
What other word would be sufficient? Wicked? Gruesome? Atrocious? Naughty? No one with any brains uses the word evil lightly. I tend to capitalize it to give the concept (vile, mysterious, theologically absolute) its metaphysical due. President Biden chose his language carefully when he spoke of the Hamas raids as “pure, unadulterated evil.” Since Oct. 7, the word—from which people used to shy away, regarding it as radioactive, over-the-top—has become commonplace and almost unavoidable.
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** Catholics Against Antisemitism
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Ryan T. Anderson, EPPC scholars George Weigel, Mary Rice Hasson, Theresa Farnan, Carrie Gress, Noelle Mering, and Luma Simms, and EPPC board members Mary Ellen Bork and Robert P. George, signed the Coalition of Catholics Against Antisemitism “Statement of Solidarity and Action () .”
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For the series "Letters on the Synod," Lance wrote about his memories of Jesuit education ([link removed]) in the 1950s.
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In The New Atlantis, Algis Valiunas reviews a new book about about psychotherapy and its practitioners ([link removed]) .
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In his column this week, George Weigel reports on the Synod on Synodality at the halfway point ([link removed]) .
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Islam has very little in common with the Christian faith ([link removed]) , writes Francis X. Maier for The Catholic Thing.
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For the Washington Examiner, Carrie Gress asks, "Is it the beginning of the end of the Girlboss Era? ([link removed]) "
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For OnePeterFive, Jennifer Bryson writes about the rediscovery of the work of Ida Friederike Görres ([link removed]) .
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Nathanael Blake writes about marriage as a risk worth taking ([link removed]) for WORLD Opinions.
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Carrie Gress joined the Drew Mariani Show to discuss what happens when a culture doesn’t value motherhood ([link removed]) , and how we can bear witness to it’s beauty.
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In the latest episode ([link removed]) of Beyond the Polls, Henry Olsen is joined by Randy Bush to discuss changing demographics in Texas, Al Cross to discuss the Kentucky governor's race, and J. Miles Coleman to discuss campaigns in the Virginia General Assembly.
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In the latest episode ([link removed]) of the Faith Angle podcast, columnist David Brooks sits down with psychiatrist Curt Thompson to discuss Brooks' latest book, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen.
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On October 28, Erika Bachiochi will speak at the Catholic Bar Association "Heeding the Call of Truth" conference ([link removed]) on the topic "The Rights of Women: A Natural Law Approach."
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Next Wednesday, Erika will appear on the panel at the American Economic Forum in Washington, D.C. on the topic of "Social Capital."
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The 2023 Erasmus Lecture
Monday, October 30, 2023
6:00–8:00 pm EDT
Live Streamed
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Union League Club
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Later this month, Carl R. Trueman will deliver the annual Erasmus Lecture in New York City on "The Desecration of Man."
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On October 31st, Henry Olsen will speak on a panel at the Heritage Foundation on the topic "Crisis of Masculinity: Why Are Boys Falling Behind? ([link removed]) " The panel will be live-streamed.
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Also on October 31st, Henry will participate in a debate on the legacy of President Ronald Reagan at the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C.
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