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The Audacity of Faith

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Adding to the high number of personal attacks Gov. Palin has received since she was announced as Sen. McCain’s pick—and not just standard allegations of inexperience or discrepancies in her record, but personal jabs such as those that have been made against her as a woman and mother . . . . Continue Reading »

Sexual Misattraction

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This news comes from Natalie Stilwell, a graduate student in moral theology in northern Virginia: Yesterday I came across a striking article from the science news site LiveScience: ” The Pill Makes Women Pick Bad Mates .” The results of a study headed by evolutionary psychologist . . . . Continue Reading »

Alas, the Decline of the Atlas

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Ryan has a point. Ever since online companies have attempted to improve upon reference books by making them up-to-the-minute online resources, they risk the quality of the information it’s their job to supply, while trying to keep their info-hungry readers satisfied. This is particularly a . . . . Continue Reading »

Fetuses Born Alive

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In today’s New York Times , we read: ” Obama’s View on Abortion May Divide Catholics “: Sixteen years ago, the Democratic Party refused to allow Robert P. Casey Sr., then the governor of Pennsylvania, to speak at its national convention because his anti-abortion views, . . . . Continue Reading »

Better than Yoga

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“I think of this as similar to my yoga class, only much, much more satisfying,” business executive Gary Goldstein told the New York Times . He’s one of a number of Jewish New Yorkers considered to be “very significant people” who enjoys periodic visits from a rabbi . . . . Continue Reading »

For Many, a Lasting Lecture

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Randy Pausch, famous for his “last lecture,” has died . Mr. Pausch was diagnosed with incurable pancreatic cancer in September 2006. His popular last lecture at Carnegie Mellon in September 2007 garnered international attention and was viewed by millions on the Internet. In it, Mr. . . . . Continue Reading »

“There was an Almighty Crack!”

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After making an emergency landing in the Philippines, passengers of the Quanta flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne today described their experience of the plane’s in-flight accident thus: “There was an almighty crack,” and, “There was a big bang.” Thankfully . . . . Continue Reading »