A bad day.My day began hearing an NPR NPR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Nepal Rupee. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. interview with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on the subject of the Eighth Amendment. Then I opened the February 15 edition of Commonweal com·mon·weal n. 1. The public good or welfare. 2. Archaic A commonwealth or republic. Noun 1. and read about Bishop Edward Braxton's "simple" rationale for barring Luke Timothy Johnson Luke Timothy Johnson (born November 20, 1943) is the R. W. Woodruff Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Candler School of Theology and a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. from a speaking engagement at Southern Illinois University's Newman Center. Finally, I turned to William T. Cavanaugh's review of Faith, Reason, and the War against Jihadism by George Weigel George Weigel (Baltimore, 1951 - ) is an American Catholic author, and political and social activist. He currently serves as a Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Weigel was the Founding President of the James Madison Foundation. ("Clash Course"). I was ready to turn off the lights, go back to bed, and pray for an end to this barrage. But I resisted temptation and read on. So thank you for Cathleen Kaveny's lucid and helpful column on the Eighth Amendment ("Justice or Vengeance Vengeance Absalom kills half-brother, Amnon, for raping sister, Tamar. [O. T. "). Thank you for your own "Bridge Closed" editorial on tolerance and academic freedom. And thank you for allowing William Cavanaugh the latitude to articulate why Weigel's thinking truly is so "superficial and one-sided." (REV.) PHILIP D. REIFENBERG Cudahy, Wis. |
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