1. Pinch hitting at Schwenkler’s, William R. Brafford solicits my comment on the friendly R.R. Reno’s latest: I hope it’s clear that I see the problem of stability and dynamism as one of balance, of figuring out where to set limits. And here Reno asserts that it is most important . . . . Continue Reading »
Luxembourg is hell bent on enacting euthanasia legislation, but the sovereign Grand Duke Henri refuses to sign the bill, which would prevent it from taking effect. What to do? Change the constitution! From the story:Luxembourg was plunged into a constitutional crisis on Tuesday after the sovereign, . . . . Continue Reading »
My name has appeared on the masthead now for almost two months, but i have hesitated to pen an inaugural entry, especially since, unlike some of the others in the group, i have no full-fledged manifesto to announce. And — as these things go — the longer one waits, the more difficult it . . . . Continue Reading »
My friend Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. has more on Advent hymns at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer’s blog , including lovely recordings. Here’s a slight digression in the conversation about hymns. At some point in high school or college you learn the trick of putting the phrase “in . . . . Continue Reading »
In the past year, I’ve enjoyed finding recordings of authors reading their own material online. Some voices sound the way I expected— Tolkein’s , for example—and some did not— Lewis’ , for example. I can’t say I expected Chesterton to sound the way he did, but . . . . Continue Reading »
A disturbing column in today’s LA Times has a woman wanting to “let” her Dad go by removing his feeding tube—which would really be to make him go, since there could only be one outcome from such a decision.Dad isn’t unconscious. He is debilitated and disabled by a . . . . Continue Reading »
Can everyone please stop finding Martin Buber interesting? Benjamin Balint, this means you : . . . Chief among these [misconceptions about Buber] is the common misjudgment that what is original about I and Thou , Buber’s classic statement of a philosophy of dialogue, is its teaching about . . . . Continue Reading »
The six Jews killed in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India last week were buried today in Israel: Amid heart-rending scenes, thousands of tearful Israeli mourners on Tuesday bid an emotional farewell to the six Jews killed in the Mumbai terror attacks, including the parents of the two-year-old . . . . Continue Reading »
A religious goods company in Rhode Island finds the suffering economy isn’t causing a loss in its sales but a spike. “When times are tough, more people seem to go to church,” said Brian Cavanagh, the chief executive officer of Cavanagh Co. He said sales of the company’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Ba-lo-ney! A study claims that nearly half of our young people of college age have had a psychiatric episode in the last year. From the study:Almost half of college-aged individuals had a psychiatric disorder in the past year. The overall rate of psychiatric disorders was not different between . . . . Continue Reading »
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