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Carson Holloway
Carson Holloway is a political scientist and the author of The Way of Life: John Paul II and the Challenge of Liberal Modernity (Baylor University Press), The Right Darwin? Evolution, Religion, and the Future of Democracy (Spence Publishing), and All Shook Up: Music, Passion and Politics (Spence Publishing), and the editor of a collection of essays entitled Magnanimity and Statesmanship (Lexington Books). His articles have appeared in the Review of Politics, Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy, Perspectives on Political Science, and First Things. He is a regular contributor to the online journal The Public Discourse. Holloway was a 2005-06 William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in Religion and Public Life in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Northern Illinois University in 1998.
Recent Posts
Weekly Standard: Florida Planned Parenthood Lobbyist Argues for Right to Post-Birth Abortion
According to a report today at the Weekly Standard's blog, a lobbyist for the Florida Alliance of Planned Parenthood Affiliates argued, in a hearing with Florida legislators, in favor of a right to ... More
In Defense of Priestly Celibacy
Over at First Things I have an article in defense of priestly celibacy. Not surprisingly, many commentators on the left took the occasion of Benedict's resignation to claim that celibacy is contrary... More
Supreme Court: Oral Argument on Same-Sex Marriage
Today the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on California's Proposition 8, which amends the State Constitution to define marriage only as a union between a man and a woman. The Court heard from at... More
Marriage and Nihilism
Over at Public Discourse I have an article contending that it is hard to see how we can redefine marriage, as our fellow citizens on the left are urging us to do, without pulling the rug out from unde... More
MSM Starts Its Smear Campaign Against Pope Francis
Francis's papacy is not even three days old and the American mainstream media has already begun a campaign to damage his reputation. In fact, the effort began the very day of his election, judging f... More
Pope Francis: A “Brilliant” Move
Almost everybody was surprised today by the selection of Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio as pope. It was surprising in the sense that he was not prominent on the lists of papabile for this con... More
Can a Murderer Find Pardon?
Can a murderer (or murderess) find pardon? Can he (or she) forgive herself? Are there still saints? Can one serve one's fellow human beings merely by praying for them and offering them words of ... More
Is Celibacy a Sin?
Is celibacy a sin? This question is posed by Walter Russell Mead at his blog. Mead does not mean seriously to suggest that celibacy is a sin. Rather, he poses the question as a way of exploring ... More
Farewell, Pope Benedict
As Pope Benedict XVI resigns from his office it seems fitting to reflect on what he taught us. An adequate appreciation of his contribution cannot be put forth in a blog, nor by me in any venue, fo... More
Republicans for Same-Sex Marriage
The New York Times today has a story on certain relatively prominent Republicans who are coming out in favor of same-sex marriage. According to the article there is an amicus curiae brief in the wor... More
