Saturday, May 02, 2009
Re: A Public Argument [Ramesh Ponnuru]
Of course the argument over Obama's honorary degree from Notre Dame has a "public" dimension. That has never been in dispute. But the argument is largely about how Notre Dame's Catholicism and professed pro-life commitments should affect its public role. Non-Catholics and non-pro-lifers who have something insightful to say about that subject should of course speak up. If they believe that it is "anti-democratic" to raise the subject, however, they are unlikely to be able to contribute much to the discussion.
P.S. "Isolated and beleaguered"? Compared to, say, the folks who post at Danielle's website?
05/02 12:42 PM
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