I would say that vegetarianism is the diet of hope, an eschatological diet. It’s not morally obligatory, though it’s morally commendable, because it’s an impossible diet. No matter what we eat, we’re going to take away food from other animals. Even if we turn all of America into cropland we will inflict suffering on animals…

The Other Journal describes itself as “an intersection of theology and culture.” The current issue focuses on the election and features interviews with Stanley Hauerwas, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Walter Brueggemann and others.

Kerry voter Hugo Schwyzer puts tomorrow’s election in perspective: Both liberal and conservative Christians are too enamored of the power of the secular state to transform the hearts and minds and lives of its citizens and the citizens of the world. Yes, the moral character of the ruler matters. Yes, the policies of the state…

Andy at Among the Ruins has a post on the dilemma of voting, using Walker Percy’s novel The Moviegoer as his jumping-off point: I just finished re-reading Walker Percy’s novel, The Moviegoer. It’s been an extremely edifying read – especially since I was guided by an extremely competent literary critic this time. I now resonate…

In my Reformation Day post I said that one of my disagreements with Roman Catholicism was a preference for a decentralized ecclesiology (doctrine of the church) as opposed to a centralized, hierarchical one. Specifically I wrote: For most Protestants, the local congregation is sufficient in itself for the Church to be present. The universal church…

A man of conscience speaking out or the continuation of the deplorable celebrity-ization of our politics? I report, you decide.

The editors of the New Pantagruel have published a roundtable on tomorrow’s election. It’s interesting how many were Nader voters in 2000. This may be reflective of TNP’s brand of orthodox Christian, anti-consumerist, anti-modern “conservatism.” (Dare we say green conservatism?)

To complement Jim Henley’s case for Kerry, “Jane Galt” makes the thinking libertarian’s case for Bush here.

Another article today at TCS opens with this paragraph: Two of America’s most important Brits — Andrew Sullivan and Christopher Hitchens — have endorsed John Kerry for President. Their endorsements are important because both support an aggressive pursuit of the war on terrorism, an issue where Senator Kerry’s commitment is suspect. Their endorsements are also…

Around 100,000 Iraqis have been killed in violence since the US-led coalition forces invaded the country in March 2003, said a report published Friday in British medicine journal The Lancet. More than half of those who died were women and children killed in air strikes, American public health experts said in the latest issue of…