• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Schools
  • Government/Politics
  • Food/Restaurant
  • Arts/Entertainment/Media
  • History
  • Health and Fitness
  • Sports
  • Kobe At Lower Merion
  • 21st Century On The Main Line

This Is Lower Merion And Narberth

Serving the Main Line Community

  • Ardmore
  • Bala Cynwyd
  • Belmont Hills
  • Bryn Mawr
  • Gladwyne
  • Haverford
  • Merion
  • Narberth
  • Penn Valley
  • Penn Wynne
  • Rosemont
  • Villanova
  • Wynnewood

‘Flatulent’ Is How NY Post Describes Villanova Prof’s Politico Article That Criticizes Trump SCOTUS Pick

by Gerry September 30, 2020

‘Flatulent’ Is How NY Post Describes Villanova Prof’s Politico Article That Criticizes Trump SCOTUS Pick

On Thursday (September 24), two days before President Trump made it official that Amy Coney Barrett was his choice to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsberg on the Supreme Court, Politico published an opinion piece by Massimo Faggioli, a Theology and Religious Studies Professor at Villanova. Faggioli described Barrett as “life-long adherent of the People of Praise, a charismatic Christian group with a highly authoritarian internal structure.”


Massimo Faggioli's hit piece on @politico against #ACB has been "corrected" by the editor... The correction basically leaves him with no arguments. I am not a fan of Faggioli, but still makes me sad to see him making a fool of himself:https://t.co/EimnZIN2Qm

— Alejandro Bermudez (@albermudezr) September 25, 2020

 

Later on September 24, Sohrab Ahmari, writing the New York Post; slammed Faggioli’s article, claiming that it contained three egregious errors. Ahmari wrote, that the “Community Covenant” that Barrett signed “is no secret.” Ahmari also disputed Faggioli’s claim that Barrett, as a member of the community, had taken a “vow of obedience. Lastly, Ahmari took issue with Faggioli’s claim that Pope Francis disdains Barrett’s group.

NY Post Critique of Politico

Filed Under: Government/Politics Tagged With: Villanova

Primary Sidebar

Sports

Family Learning To Luge

Want to Try Luge? From Lower Merion, It Starts With a Drive to Lake Placid

I was watching the Luge on NBC over the weekend. I thought it was boring, especially when juxtaposed against the more dramatic events, like curling.  The color commentator kept explaining how each “slider” was doing something slightly better or worse than the others, but to my untrained eye, they all looked the same: feet first, […]

Arts and Entertainment

These Garments Have Been Politically Maligned

Most non-Arabs who wear the keffiyeh do not intend it to be Anti-Semitic in any way. They wear it as an expression of sympathy for Palestinian civilians, support for human rights, concern about war, or identification with a broader cause of national identity and self-determination. In their minds, it is directed toward Palestinians, not against […]

What Does My Fountain Pen Have In Common With The Former Lord & Taylor In Bala Cynwyd?

Both come out of the work of Raymond Loewy and his design firm. Raymond Loewy (1893–1986) helped define what modern America looked like in the mid-20th century. Through his design firm, he worked across an unusually wide range of industries—transportation, consumer products, branding, and architecture—often simultaneously. No one in history is more closely associated with […]

January 16-18: The Philly Pen Show — A Delightfully Analog Experience

f you’re looking for a break from screens, alerts, and endless scrolling, the Philly Pen Show might be the cure—at least temporarily. It’s an unapologetically analog event: pens, paper, ink, and the people who still care deeply about them. Whether you’re a serious collector, someone who misses the feel of writing by hand, or just […]

More Posts from this Category

© 2019–2026