Impersonating a Scholar?

by Joseph Bottum

In the news: Man Convicted of Impersonating Scholar . How could they tell? Instapundit’s funny snark : “SHOCKINGLY, NOT MICHAEL BELLESILES.” . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2010 0

Thirty Three Things (v. 17)

by Joe Carter

1. Cashvertise The average 100 USD Note is circulating for 7.4 years, it changes hands on average 3x per week, so each ad on a 100 USD note is seen by more then 1000 persons. I would say, this can easily be sold at 5 USD/note. The other notes are much shorter in circulation: $1: 1.8 years $5: 1.3 . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2010 0

Never Let Me Go

by David Mills

Our friend Joan Frawley Desmond has reviewed the new movie Never Let Me Go on the Catholic site Headline Bistro . Written by Kazuo Ishiguro — the British writer that earned global fame with The Remains of the Day , a riveting story of a class-bound butler in pre-war England — Never Let Me . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2010 0

Global Warming Hysteria: Murderous Coersion in “10-10” Anti Global Warming Ad

by Wesley J. Smith

The tyrannical impulses of global warming hysteria are clear and undeniable—whether it is NYT columnist Tom Friedman’s boy crush on the totalitarian Chinese Government’s ability to go green without impediment, some pushing for radical depopulation, and the expressed desire to . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2010 0

Ohio Militia Dudes!

by Robert Cheeks

  It seems that just weeks before the general election that old leftist rag, Time Magazine, has flushed out evidence of militant, right wing, militia types running around my neck of the woods: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2022516,00.html As it turns out about fifteen years . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2010 0

Advice to a Yank in Oxford

by John Mark Reynolds

A wise father gives good advice to his children.My oldest joins the scores of Torrey Honors students who have spent a semester taking classes in the excellent Coalition of Christian Colleges and Universities exchange program in Oxford. As a good father, I have tried to do research in order to give . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2010 0

The Conservatives’ Spiritual Leader?

by Joseph Bottum

David Brooks writes today that “Mitch Daniels, the governor of Indiana who I think is most likely to win the G.O.P. presidential nomination in 2012, is the spiritual leader” of the new wave of conservative Republican candidates. Policy leader, maybe, although I prefer Bobby Jindal. Or . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2010 0

Names

by Joseph Bottum

As you probably know, First Things has a long-standing fascination with names and namings, and we write every year about the Census Bureau’s report on the year’s names for babies. Half our readers love it. Of course, the other half are utterly indifferent when they’re not openly . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2010 0

Heroic LCMS Pastor Saves Pope

by Russell E. Saltzman

Here is a fun adventure  romp , a first novel by former  Newsday columnist Ray Keating.  Stephen Grant is an ex-CIA agent with notches on his pistol who, with a little bit of angst, turns his back on his secret life and becomes, get this, a pastor of the Lutheran Church-Missouri . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2010 0

Go Green or We Will Kill Your Children

by Joseph Bottum

A new film from Richard Curtis . As James Delingpole writes , “they believe this is actually an entirely reasonable and rather amusing position to adopt.” . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2010 0