Mary Richards and Me
In the past week alone, the Forsythes have celebrated 2 exciting family events: 1 = ELENA GRADUATES!!! Last Saturday, a week ago today, Elena graduated from college–a whole year early!–with a BA in philosophy, cum laude! We all made the mini-trek last Friday (through torrential rain!) down to Taylor University in Upland, Indiana to hang [...]
When I woke up this morning, I turned on one of my favorite Sunday morning Pandora stations to listen to as I was getting ready for church. “Hosanna” by Selah came on almost immediately. Even though I’ve heard and sung the song more than once, the lyrics really jumped out at me this time, and [...]
Is that even possible? You better believe it. Sarah Palin’s address to the Susan B. Anthony List’s Celebration of Life breakfast last weekend raised the ire of a couple pro-choice feminist scholars who claim that there’s no way on earth Susan B. Anthony was a “pro-life feminist”. In fact, according to these two women, Susan [...]
You may not be able to tell. I’m pretty good at hiding it actually. But sometimes it’s true… I read verse after verse of Scripture telling me not to be afraid and to trust in the Lord rather than my own abilities. I identify “the worst that could possibly happen” just to remind myself that [...]
By Julia G. Kiewit The utilitarian world of John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty may seem very far away. Our American culture is not based on utilitarianism, neither in its historical roots, or currently. But when we look at the world of bioethics today, we see an area frighteningly fraught with Millian tendencies. For Mill, the [...]
I’ve always appreciated the realistic attitude that the author of Ecclesiastes has towards life and death. He doesn’t see things through rose-colored glasses and he doesn’t offer a glossy depiction of what life is like. He’s just honest–even when the truth is definitely not what you want to hear. “For in much wisdom is much [...]
Not to take the heat off Obama’s Kagan nomination but to go back to happier things: my mom just posted a bunch of awesome new photos from our trip to Williamsburg (and their time in DC) on her photography blog. They are absolutely incredible so make sure you check them out!
Today, at 9am CST/10am EST, President Obama announced his choice of yet another activist SCOTUS nominee (to fill retiring Justice Stevens’ spot) with an ardently pro-abortion agenda rather than a judicial philosophy rooted in our constitution. Solicitor General Elena Kagan does not intend to faithfully apply and interpret the law, as would be her constitutional [...]
The one sad part of our mini-vacation in Williamsburg was that, when we first arrived, we learned that adult visitors are actually not permitted to dress up and walk around in colonial attire. No fair, right? And there was no getting around that rule because they didn’t even have colonial costumes in adult sizes! I [...]
