John Roberts has been arrested for murdering his wife Virginia in Oregon. Why is this important? His brother claims that John killed Virginia as an act of compassion because she had Lou Gehrig’s disease and didn’t want to wait to die until she would have qualified for legal assisted . . . . Continue Reading »
Archbishop Chaput’s article on the First Things homepage deserves broad dissemination. It’s a welcome follow-up to the issue that I blogged about last week . When I reviewed John DiIulio’s new book in National Review , I closed with this: The health of America’s religions . . . . Continue Reading »
Lent is not especially known for its music, but Allegri’s Miserere captures the season’s grace, sorrow, and repentance better than any other. More information about the music can be found here , including a translation of the Vulgate text. The clip below contains all but one of the . . . . Continue Reading »
I am convinced that unless they change course very soon, animal rights terrorists will soon kill someone. I bring this up because animal rights nuts apparently set fire to the home of Dr. Edythe London:Authorities are investigating a fire caused by a device left Tuesday at a house owned by a UCLA . . . . Continue Reading »
Lio thwarts an early transhumanist uploading . . . . Continue Reading »
Suppose you’re having an intellectual discussion with someone, and just when you have completely demolished his position, he says something like, “You know, civility should be a guiding principle here. It’s apparent that this discussion is becoming very divisive. We must learn to . . . . Continue Reading »
The latest efforts to create an AIDS vaccine have failed and the dread HIV continues to spread. From the story:Last fall’s spectacular failure of a three-shot regimen by Merck, which may have left some volunteers more susceptible to HIV infection, is prompting soul-searching at a major AIDS . . . . Continue Reading »
Nathaniel, I’m not so sure about your post on college endowments . Maybe it’s just because I’m dull (a thesis, admittedly, that has floated about this office on more than one occasion), but the questions whose answers you think should be “obvious” seem legitimate to . . . . Continue Reading »
Some of the most poignant devotional poetry in English comes from a seventeenth-century country parson, George Herbert . I came across the following little-known verses last night and was immediately struck by their limping discordance—a stark contrast to Herbert’s usually fluid . . . . Continue Reading »
Oh wait, we don’t say that anymore . . . It’s Ash Wednesday, which means Lent is upon us. Lent, of course, is a time for penance and self-denial. Fasting and abstinence (from meat, that is), almsgiving, increased devotions. But many Christians, especially from my generation, . . . . Continue Reading »
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