From book twelve of Homer’s Odyssey : Enough: in misery can words avail? And what so tedious as a twice-told tale? Zbigniew Janowski, reviewing Edith Hall’s new book The Return of Ulysses: A Cultural History of Homer’s Odyssey in the November issue of First Things , shows how . . . . Continue Reading »
Welcome to Halloween in West Hollywood . . . . . Continue Reading »
The Collar by George Herbert I struck the board and cried, "No more; I will abroad! What? shall I ever sigh and pine? My lines and life are free, free as the road, Loose as the wind, as large as store. Shall I be still in suit? Have I no harvest but a thorn To let me blood, and not restore What I . . . . Continue Reading »
I know it’s a little immodest for me to offer a history lesson—for those of you who don’t know, I’m twelve years old —but I want to stop Conor from buying into a liberal version of history that’s just wrong. He links approvingly to this piece by Tim Fernholz: . . . . . . Continue Reading »
Don’t take offense at my use of the second person, but you know what it’s like to write something in a late night haze—the "liquor-induced" is silent—only to find the next morning that your big epiphany was gobbledygook. Back when I was hung up on whether or not I . . . . Continue Reading »
A few excerpts from the UN’s Report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : Amputation and corporal punishment, although justified by the authorities as Islamic punishments, remain a serious cause for concern. The death penalty is imposed . . . . Continue Reading »
That’s the name of the seminar I just came back from. Run by the Acton Institute and held all over the country, these seminars provide a basic introduction to the intersection of Christian theology and free-market economics. If you (or someone you know) have wondered about how exactly to help . . . . Continue Reading »
Barbara Wagner was refused life-extending chemotherapy by Oregon Medicaid but explicitly told that the State would pay for her assisted suicide.That is the future if we accept the death agenda. In this No on I-1000 Ad, Barbara Wagner—who has since died—urges Washingtonians to vote no. . . . . Continue Reading »
Immediately following Obama’s less than reassuring pledge to the world’s most famous plumber to "spread the wealth around" we’ve been treated to a shocking character assasination of a private individual and the careful if tedious parsing of Obama’s . . . . Continue Reading »
For years we have been warned that there would be a “brain drain” if we did not pour billions into ESCR and human cloning research. I have called this the “blank check” demand.Meanwhile, in Brave New Britain—the country that never says no—scientists wanting . . . . Continue Reading »
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