I can’t remember how it happened exactly, but yesterday I decided to write an essay about bees—bees in the history of Christian culture, to be more specific. Modern preachers rarely mention them, but Origen, John Chrysostom, Lactantius, Gregory of Nyssa, and St. Augustine all spoke about . . . . Continue Reading »
Their stats are undeniable, but their character has called into question their eligibility for the ultimate honor the baseball community can bestow: a place in Cooperstown. Barry Bonds, Pete Rose, Mark McGwire, Roger Clemens, even Shoeless Joe Jackson—all have their defenders and their . . . . Continue Reading »
I just received word that Javona Peters has passed away. It is my understanding that, to their credit, both parents who are estranged, never got to the place where they fought in court over removing her feeding tube, but instead cooperated in medical decision making. This may not assuage their grief . . . . Continue Reading »
The other day, to the consternation of some, I discussed my opposition to “off label” prescribing, meaning when a drug is approved for use to treat one malady, it is prescribed for a different one even though the medication was not specifically tested for that circumstance. To me, off . . . . Continue Reading »
Rush’s four (count em) Mac Pros went kaflooey with Leopard . And so he is weighing whether to appeal to Steve Jobs personally to do something about it, now that the latest Leopard update has proved to be a disappointment. In the end, Rush knows that he’d probably only make things worse, . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday, Nathaniel mentioned the Washington Post editorial on Iraq. Today, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal follow suit. The Times even notes some progress: Good news is rare in Iraq. But after months of bitter feuding, Iraq’s Parliament has finally approved a budget, outlined . . . . Continue Reading »
The trash isn’t picked up on time, and the public schools are failing, but at least New York City is on top of condom distribution. New Yorkers will be greeted by city health officials today handing out special NYC condoms; the slogan: “get some.” Article here and here (with . . . . Continue Reading »
This is worse than awful: A 54 day old baby was sexually abused and beaten to death by her father. Yet during her brief life 30 different health care workers cared for her, and somehow didn’t notice a thing. Plus, her mother is schizophrenic, which should have triggered a referral to social . . . . Continue Reading »
Good news in the Golubchuk case. The court has enjoined the hospital from cutting off Mr G’s treatment. But there will be a trial. But that is how it should be: Let these doctors and bioethicists justify themselves in open court in front of the press and the world and be subjected to cross . . . . Continue Reading »
So they left the Coptic Church to become Muslims in order to attain an easy divorce, then tried to deconvert and re-enter the Coptic Church, because they never truly believed in Islam, but still believed in Coptic Christianity, which forbade them to divorce, which they did anyway, as Muslims, which . . . . Continue Reading »
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