Mary Rose Somarriba

A new study reveals that perfectionists die earlier than those who aren’t perfectionists. According to the report: While trying to be perfect can also have health benefits, the mental stress for perfectionists when things don’t go as planned and their unwillingness to ask others for help . . . . Continue Reading »

A voice was heard in Cleveland, wailing and loud lamentation, Cleveland weeping for her children; she refused to be consoled, because he was no more . . . . . Continue Reading »

. . . of St. Maria Goretti! Have you heard of the California-based Goretti Group and their upcoming race for the chaste ? . . . . Continue Reading »

One can always count on our favorite Church basher, Ian Paisley, to think of new and creative ways to knock the Church. Most recently, he denounced Britain for inviting the pope because, regarding the sex-abuse scandals, the Church ” is anti-Christ in teaching and doctrine .” One . . . . Continue Reading »

Researchers at the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka have found that women who have had abortions are three times more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer later in life. Actually, this is old news; I remember hearing about this years ago, and it’s the fourth study performed in fourteen . . . . Continue Reading »

Have you heard? There’s a new genre of summer camps now, tailored exclusively to kids of agnostic and atheist families ! The full extent of what this entails, I do not know. But I do know these camps may be at a loss for good camp songs. For, as we learned from Steve Martin earlier this week, . . . . Continue Reading »

Before watching the latest delight from Pixar, Toy Story 3 , last weekend, I saw the preview for Disney’s next animated-cartoon film, Tangled. It’s the next in Disney’s line of princess films, this time based on the story of Rapunzel. There’s something refreshing . . . . Continue Reading »

Today On the Square , Hadley Arkes gives us the breakdown of yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez , confirming the very concerns he foreshadowed in his June/July FT article, ” Vast Dangers in a Small Place .” And at the Religion Clause blog, . . . . Continue Reading »

We’ve heard the news that Sen. Byrd of West Virginia died early this morning at age 92. A news story notes that ” Buildings, By-Ways and Bridge Carry Byrd’s Name .” As if to say: “Our Work Here is Done; No Memorializing Necessary.” . . . . Continue Reading »

The city of New Haven has removed the words “in the year of our Lord” from all of its high-school diplomas this year, in a stroke that the city says will make the diplomas match all their other official public documents. School superintendent Reginald Mayo said: “I’m . . . . Continue Reading »