http://www.cardus.ca en Copyright 2012 Cardus Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:50:51 -0500 Cardus Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:50:51 -0500 http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2902/ A good society has not only its institutions, but its loves in order. Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 A good society has not only its institutions, but its loves in order. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/print_issues/2898/ Learning in bits and scraps of the inexhaustible creation. Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Learning in bits and scraps of the inexhaustible creation. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2852/ Every reader of every publication, including News of the World, battles villainy from within themselves and without. Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Every reader of every publication, including News of the World, battles villainy from within themselves and without. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2835/ Journalists are no more (and, admittedly, no less) than citizens who have taken it upon themselves to pass information on to their fellow citizens—and therefore obliged to respect the common good, the common order, and, above all, the common law. Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Journalists are no more (and, admittedly, no less) than citizens who have taken it upon themselves to pass information on to their fellow citizens—and therefore obliged to respect the common good, the common order, and, above all, the common law. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2832/ Because work is so central to meeting a variety of human needs and the demands of justice, business—as the theater of work—takes on an entirely different meaning. Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Because work is so central to meeting a variety of human needs and the demands of justice, business—as the theater of work—takes on an entirely different meaning. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2774/ We have gone beyond the age-old politics of windy lies to an unsettling politics of instant, perpetual, and acknowledged shifting of shapes. Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400 We have gone beyond the age-old politics of windy lies to an unsettling politics of instant, perpetual, and acknowledged shifting of shapes. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2453/ Dire Straits and Huckleberry Finn are only the latest victims of misguided moralizers. Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Dire Straits and Huckleberry Finn are only the latest victims of misguided moralizers. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2443/ The whole purpose of democracy, after all, is to force our opinions on each other through argument, persuasion, voting and majority rule. Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500 The whole purpose of democracy, after all, is to force our opinions on each other through argument, persuasion, voting and majority rule. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2693/ Comment recently received this request by email: "This summer I am . . . on the side trying to figure out what to do with my life, particularly regarding seminary and/or graduate school. One thing I am trying to take into serious consideration is not only gifts, but also where there is great need, inspired be an article you wrote ["Asking big questions" by Gideon Strauss, Comment, July 14, 2006]. "As... Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Comment recently received this request by email: "This summer I am . . . on the side trying to figure out what to do with my life, particularly regarding seminary and/or graduate school. One thing I am trying to take into serious consideration is not only gifts, but also where there is great need, inspired be an article you wrote ["Asking big questions" by Gideon Strauss, Comment, July 14, 2006]. "As... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2338/ Whom do you trust in your web browsing? Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Whom do you trust in your web browsing? http://www.cardus.ca/columns/2039/ I would argue that while dissent is still the great work of the little magazine, its real unorthodoxy is not in its words, as important as they are. Rather, the existence of the little magazine stands against its culture: it reminds a society entrenched in a race for profit and enamored with short-term success that significant and lasting work is often done when neither immediate success nor profit... Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400 I would argue that while dissent is still the great work of the little magazine, its real unorthodoxy is not in its words, as important as they are. Rather, the existence of the little magazine stands against its culture: it reminds a society entrenched in a race for profit and enamored with short-term success that significant and lasting work is often done when neither immediate success nor profit... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2148/ "A Christianity that neglects the mystic element grows cold and congeals." —Abraham Kuyper Why personal piety and public life can coexist. Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400 "A Christianity that neglects the mystic element grows cold and congeals." —Abraham Kuyper Why personal piety and public life can coexist. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1573/ 2010 Comment Manifesto Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 2010 Comment Manifesto http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1465/ A testament to the necessity and the ultimate inescapability of faith, even in a profoundly secular world. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 A testament to the necessity and the ultimate inescapability of faith, even in a profoundly secular world. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1457/ With the churning detritus of the twenty-four hour news cycle separating everything from everything, how do we discern what's truly important? Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 With the churning detritus of the twenty-four hour news cycle separating everything from everything, how do we discern what's truly important? http://www.cardus.ca/organization/news/40/ Cardus' Gideon Strauss, president of the Center for Public Justice in Washington, D.C., appeared on CTS-TV's "Behind the Story" last week. Watch the roundtable discussion here. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Cardus' Gideon Strauss, president of the Center for Public Justice in Washington, D.C., appeared on CTS-TV's "Behind the Story" last week. Watch the roundtable discussion here. http://www.cardus.ca/columns/1133/ I have learned that the world changes not through media’s obsession with “events” but through the incremental impact of ideas and the vast mysteries of faith or the lack thereof. I am still trying to change and articulate the world and its meaning while understanding that in these matters reasonable people of good faith may always disagree. Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 I have learned that the world changes not through media’s obsession with “events” but through the incremental impact of ideas and the vast mysteries of faith or the lack thereof. I am still trying to change and articulate the world and its meaning while understanding that in these matters reasonable people of good faith may always disagree. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/961/ By 3:29 p.m. EDT, on Tuesday, April 21, the YouTube clip of Susan Boyle singing "I Dreamed A Dream" from Les Miserables had enjoyed 37,001,482 views. Media like YouTube are changing the way we participate in musical culture. Comment asked regular contributors to answer two questions in response to this phenomenon: What is your favourite YouTube clip? How has YouTube or similar media affected your media... Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 By 3:29 p.m. EDT, on Tuesday, April 21, the YouTube clip of Susan Boyle singing "I Dreamed A Dream" from Les Miserables had enjoyed 37,001,482 views. Media like YouTube are changing the way we participate in musical culture. Comment asked regular contributors to answer two questions in response to this phenomenon: What is your favourite YouTube clip? How has YouTube or similar media affected your media... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/956/ Gary Goodyear, one of Stephen Harper's federal cabinet ministers, has been burned badly by "gotcha" journalism on a question of evolution. But the real question, lying just below the surface, is this: Is there a proper place to articulate religious beliefs? Can believers find public spaces where their beliefs are respected, not targeted? Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Gary Goodyear, one of Stephen Harper's federal cabinet ministers, has been burned badly by "gotcha" journalism on a question of evolution. But the real question, lying just below the surface, is this: Is there a proper place to articulate religious beliefs? Can believers find public spaces where their beliefs are respected, not targeted? http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/952/ Insatiable curiosity, and a love of convergence, connection, and cross-cultural coincidence. Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Insatiable curiosity, and a love of convergence, connection, and cross-cultural coincidence.