A few weeks ago a composer contacted us, wanting to know if we would be interested in reviewing his setting of the popular children’s book The Runaway Bunny to music à la “Peter and the Wolf.” It turns out that his concerto for violin, reader, and orchestra is . . . . Continue Reading »
Thirteen years in prison, nine years in solitary confinement. Five loaves and two fish. “Stay with us,” prayed the disciples on the road to Emmaus. So he took bread, blessed it, and gave it to them to eat. Yesterday, at the 49th International Eucharistic Congress in Quebec City, the . . . . Continue Reading »
After three doctors resigned rather than maintain—and thus, extend—the life of the catastrophically ill Samuel Golubchuk, an unnamed physician has agreed to provide the wanted care. From the story: Three doctors at the city’s Grace Hospital have refused to continue providing care . . . . Continue Reading »
Scientists are losing the war against malaria and are desperately seeking a new tactic. From the story:Faced with a losing battle against malaria, scientists are increasingly exploring new avenues that might have seemed far-fetched just a few years ago.“We don’t have things we can rely . . . . Continue Reading »
In 1993 U2 wrote a song called “The Wanderer” for Johnny Cash, which they then recorded with him. The result is a haunting picture of a sinful man looking for God in the modern world, all in Cash’s rich baritone. If you’ve never heard it, watch the movie below. . . . . Continue Reading »
Our editor in chief has some poignant remarks on Tim Russert’s passing in today’s daily article on the homepage. Read those first. But also take a look at Peggy Noonan’s column . A taste: The beautiful thing about the coverage was that it offered extremely important information to . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the joys of being a writer is that when something galls you, you can fight back. As readers of SHS know, I have been mightily irked by CBS and MSNBC swallowing whole the specious “study” that global warming is causing earthquakes. My friends at the Daily Standard saw it the same . . . . Continue Reading »
A reader sends in a link to this report , just published online: A new study of Texas’ Inpatient Hospital Discharge Public Use Data Files for 2000 through 2003 shows that the six US Catholic hospital systems operating in Texas reported providing contraceptive devices and medications as well . . . . Continue Reading »
Bishop Arthur Serratelli of Patterson, NJ, in his diocesan newspaper The Beacon (via Whispers in the Loggia ), writes a sound defense of the proposed new translation of the Mass. Or more accurately, a sound defense of the spirit in which the translation was made: But there is something more at . . . . Continue Reading »
CBS News has taken down the ridiculous story about global warming causing increased earthquake activity. But there is no acknowledgment that the “news” was pure junk. Just the statement: This page cannot be foundThat is utterly inadequate. The story was linked on the Drudge Report for . . . . Continue Reading »
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